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The Earthsea Quartet by Ursula K. Le Guin

sigvidhr's review against another edition

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I did not finish this specific edition of the book, but in the future wish to read, from the beginning, the entire collection of books.

zannmato's review against another edition

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5.0

A phenomenal series of stories and an amazing writer with a gift for storytelling. The words have a music to them that rings of experienced truth and emotion. I must get my hands on the other stories she has written.

kristian26's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

admiralteaa's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

Throughly enjoyable read, with good depth of world building and believable flawed characters that grow and change overtime. My only cri icism is sometimes the action ramps up then fizzles out quickly 

born_in_a_cardboard_box's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

markogrun's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

Review “The Garthsea Quartet”


I have started reading this book. It is written by a French auteur, Ursula le Guin. She has written way more books with mostly positive reviews. That was the reason why I at first i was really excited about this book, but that would change when I started reading. 

Keep in mind!
I haven’t finished reading the book, but this is what have read so far.

Resume
It starts with Ged, he is a really talented wizard that wants to become a mage. For this he gets training. The only problem is that Ged is really clumsy cause he fucks things up quite a lot. 
This is for him a big problem and I think the rest of the book is going to be him overcoming his own problems.

What I think about it
The title in my opinion is really promising, and here is my result: This book is fine, its not definitely not the best I read. In the beginning I found it so extremely hard to follow the story cause for me it was really vague what exactly happened. Another negative is that its all about magic and this is something I really don’t like. 

Conclusion 
Read this book if you like magic and that kind of stuff. Otherwise it is for you probably not worth it.

calloe's review against another edition

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2.5

A wizard of Earthsea: 2.5

vaum's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious reflective relaxing

3.5

rubiks's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

4.0

bethany27's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

5.0