Holy shit thanks book twt for making me read this

Hmm wouldn’t say I ~loved~ this, but it was an interesting read and I did appreciate the world-building. As she talks about in the afterword, it’s interesting to see how Le Guin both accommodated & pushed back against fantasy tropes/conventions of the time. There’s something about her idea of a hero’s journey that does push against the stereotypical white & male war-based narrative. Not perfect but inarguably influential and transformational for the genre.

I was very confused for a lot of this, but also intrigued and the art was cool

This is technically a re-read, but since this is my first read through of my physical, ~officially translated~ copy, it was so fun! Literally used up like a whole sheet of sticky tabs though rip lol