A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA

[lunabee34]

thelastgoodname and I are once again reading kid lit--this time Ursula K. LeGuin's Wizard of Earthsea series.

SPOILERS FOR A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA

On the whole I did not enjoy this book. It was too interior of the mind, too devoid of human relationships, too bereft of dialogue. I have realized that when too many pages go by without dialogue, I start to get BORED! Also, the lack of chicks in this books is super annoying.

I liked the emphasis on and significance of names. I liked pretty much every part when Ged was speaking to and interacting with other people (or even creatures) but those were too few and too far between. I think the last three pages of the book were my absolute favorite because he and Vetch were, you know, DOING STUFF and TALKING TO EACH OTHER.

I honestly have nothing to say about this book other than, "I read it."


I've finished the next book, The Tombs of Atuan, and I have much to say about it, so the series does get better, thank goodness.

Comments

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

This must mean you've posted on Tombs.

Yay!

*goes to see*

Also, I just finished the Great Tag Redo of Aught Eight. It took a long time, but my tags are finally in order and *useful*.

[thelastgoodname.livejournal.com]

I get my own tag! And this is how I discover that we were supposed to be reading L'Engle. We were? Oops. I clearly totally dropped that ball. I'm very sorry. Next? (Or, no, you had something else in mind, right?)

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Heeeeeee. Of course you get your own tag. :)

I think what happened with the L'Engle is that we read the first one and then either you or I got busy and we kinda just forgot about finishing it. If you want to go back to it, we can or I'm cool with forging ahead and doing something else if you'd rather.