not my fav book by my fav author
3 stars
this and the first Earthsea book are really just not my cup of tea
Mass Market Paperback, 197 pages
English language
Published June 1, 1984 by Bantam.
this and the first Earthsea book are really just not my cup of tea
This book has a strong message about the necessity of death, imagining what happens when immortality is possible.
Content warning mild spoilers inside
A lovely third instalment of the Earthsea series, and a good handoff from it being all Ged's story to broadening out. A few off notes though:
I gather that the later books were in part a deliberate effort by an older Le Guin to fix some of the deficiencies of the first 3, especially around gender (even in Tombs of Atuan, I found Tenar more a captive who has things happen to her than a full actor). As much as I did enjoy this one, it's made me look forward to those even more.