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

Welcome!

[lunabee34.livejournal.com]

Absolutely you're allowed. I wish that more people would read with us, so I'm very glad that you commented. :)

It's so interesting to me because this is the first Ursula K. I've read and I didn't know anything about her and I've always had this unsubstantiated notion of her as a feminist in the back of my mind. So when we started reading this series, I was really shocked.

[thelastgoodname.livejournal.com]

She really is more feminist than this, though. Her stuff for adults is good (what little of it I've read).