![]() ![]() She starts out as a cruel and hard girl who grows into a cruel and hard young woman. This book follows Tenar, who is a priestess dedicated to vengeful and dark gods called the Nameless Ones. As I stated in my review of the previous book, I was not expecting such a well written and engaging book as this one is. I read this and A Wizard of Earthsea after watching the TV adaption. I might need to give this book 5-stars just to escape it. This isn't one of her GREAT novels, but I might even change my mind about that, if the ideas in this book are still pounding around in the labrynths of my brain in a couple weeks. Just like the secret to writing about light is to write about darkness. She recognized, I believe, that the secret to writing about strength is to write about weakness. Her prose is very good, but her characters are amazing. ![]() She is interested in power, in evil, in humanity, in big questions and nuanced answers. ![]() She was a feminist, but unafraid to write a book both with a female lead, and a female lead who is helped by a man/wizard. Le Guin could have writen self-help and business books and I'd gladly read them. Or, rather, I have told that to SO many people I believe it is true. "Alone, no one wins freedom." - The Tombs of Atuan I adore Le Guin's voice and her soul. ![]()
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