Rock solid
4 stars
Okay Ursula, I get it. Carl Jung blew my mind too. Jokes aside? genuinely very compelling fantasy. Wish I grew up reading this instead of Harry Potter.
Paperback, 240 pages
Català language
Published April 20, 2020 by Raig Verd.
Un mag de Terramar
4 stars
(4 reviews)
En Ged és un nen que té una gran habilitat en les arts màgiques de Terramar, que s’articulen coneixent els noms veritables de les coses. El seu poder i ambició creixen, i el seu mestre decideix enviar-lo d’adolescent a l’escola de mags de Terramar. En Ged mostra grans habilitats a l’escola, però la vanitat i la rebel·lia no l’ajuden a adaptar-s’hi; és massa conscient que posseeix un gran poder. En un duel màgic per resoldre una discussió amb un company d’escola, en Ged allibera una criatura de la foscor que l’ataca i el persegueix. Creu que només pot fugir-ne i travessarà mitja Terramar per alliberar-se’n. Però de què fuig, en realitat?
David Weir reviewed A Wizard Of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Very enjoyable but of its time
4 stars
I did really enjoy reading this, and will almost certainly go on to read the other Earthsea books.
I came to Earthsea after reading several of Le Guin's Hainish cycle books and short stories, including some of the earliest ones like Rocannon's World. I can see similarities with the earliest Hainish cycle works, from around the same time - an emphasis on male characters, for example - which I am sure would have been handled differently by the same author had she written them later on. But there are still a lot of great ideas here, and it is far more open-minded than most fantasy literature of its era.
Promising Start
4 stars
This was a nice, almost Tolkienesque read. I love the fact that Le Guin deliberately made the main characters non-white, because she despised the good=white, black=evil trope.
Looking forward to the next books from the cycle.
Catship reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1) by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle (1))
Hmm
Uuuhm. I enjoyed it, and for a "men doing things while talking in a complicated way" fantasy story this is very very good. Still... I asked myself why a few times.