i read the first couple of pages of Tehanu and hated it cos it had a girl protagonist and men were horrible. i just thought uh oh, feminism alert. put it down straight away.
It's totally different tonally. I didn't like it at first, then I read it again, and was like this is the greatest book I've ever read.i read the first couple of pages of Tehanu and hated it cos it had a girl protagonist and men were horrible. i just thought uh oh, feminism alert. put it down straight away.
I can forgive her anything 'cos she's Urusla Le Guin.i had the full gamergate response "don't try and sneak that into my entertainment options!'
It's totally different tonally. I didn't like it at first, then I read it again, and was like this is the greatest book I've ever read.
The second book is basically about sex. Sex from a women's POV in particular. Hard not to read the massive earthdquake at the end as some kind of orgasm.
i've been wanting to read her books, which should i get?
That's TWOES, droid, thanks though! Gonna enjoy that
There are times when it seems her heart wasnt quite in it though. The Word for World is Forest and Lathe of Heaven for example - both strong conceptually and narratively, but lacking in depth and characterisation.