2/5 I did not finish this book because the characters have other gods witch is OK since its fiction but they said there gods were king of kings and since I am a Christian I did not feel comfortable fishing also the world building sucked it felt like I was reading a second book in the series with n...
2/5 I did not finish this book because the characters have other gods witch is OK since its fiction but they said there gods were king of kings and since I am a Christian I did not feel comfortable fishing also the world building sucked it felt like I was reading a second book in the series with n...
Voices: The Annals of The Western Shore #2, by Ursula leGuin Memer was born after the invasion of Ansul, her city state, so she does not personally recall a time when her people were free... but those of her House, Galvan, do, and they have taught her the old ways. Outwardly, publicly, Memer complie...
[Originally posted on tumblr on 23. August 2012] I started reading “Gifts” by Ursula K. Le Guin and asldfkajdf why is everything she writes so addictive?Orrec is so awwwwww.Poor guy.D:I hope he ends up in a better situation. Or something like that. (Also, what’s up with Emmon? If he actually had a c...
When comparing Voices to Gifts, the first book of the series, in terms of the themes described, Voices is certainly the better book. This is a book about the loss of a cultured civilization through colonization. The colonizers consider the ability to read and write a demonic ability… books as evil e...
The peaceful merchant city of Ansul, famous for its university and learning, was invaded a generation ago by an army. The Alds believe that anything written is an abomination, the educated populace are dark wizards, and that they will find their religion's foretold final battleground in Ansul. The...
This is a companion book to LeGuin's earlier, "Gifts," but it alsoworks as a stand-alone novel. It takes place about 20 years later. The two main characters from "Gifts" do appear, but are not the main characters here.The story takes place in an occupied and defeated country. Theinvaders, distrustin...
Young adult fiction has at its heart an intent to instruct, even if it says it doesn't. Children teeter on the brink of adulthood, moral dilemmas are imposed, the question of good and evil is posed and dismissed. This is often the least satisfying part of young adult fiction. Even Harry Potter, whic...
In the second volume of The Annals of the Western Shore, LeGuin takes us a long way south from the Uplands of the first volume, to the conquered coastal city of Ansul. She also provides a map of the Western Shore not printed in the first or third volumes. One of the regions on the map, Sessery, soun...
Set in the same world as Gifts, with some of the same characters, this one isn't really a sequel. Memer is a strong and complex character, and we see the shifting, war-torn world through her eyes. Le Guin is in fine form here, almost terse, poetic, and pithy. Highly recommended.
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