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terryskylark's review against another edition
challenging
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
studydniowka's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I want to be a scifi girlie so bad, so I have to like it, yes?
Content Warnings
Minor: War
willowthebitchette's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
llvaralli's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
destryhawk's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
cchapple's review against another edition
5.0
Slow and beautiful. A great and honest vision of what an anarchist society might look like.
sarahdan413's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
wormposting's review against another edition
5.0
loved everything about this book, the incredible premise of a physicist from an anarchist moon colony, and the character development where we learn so much from him but also learn alongside him as he grows from childhood, experiences hardships and blessings, and faces the realities of capitalism for the first time
belllabees's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
More so than most of the other stuff I’ve read from Le Guin this is very didactic in its storytelling but not in a negative way. It reads almost like a philosophical treatise more than a sci fi story. She doesn’t mess around with her messaging and, as usual, I admire it.
helenmeigs's review against another edition
4.0
Sloggeddddd through the beginning and was very very compelled through the end! I think this one is gonna mean more to me over time, the more time it has to marinate and sink in. Not my favorite book I’ve read but I can tell it’s gonna change the way I think about the world because it already has. I will say that there were phrases throughout that BLEW MY MIND. Ursula knows how to drop a mother fucking paragraph!!!! Also reading this on valentines… NEED a love like Takver and Shevek!