Rating: Summary: this book is quite nice Review: This book is good and so are the other two books after it. It talks about this boy saving a girl from a life as a nun among other adventures. The fourth book is rather a disappointment. It takes place years later so I recommend that you don't read it. I won't tell what's the disappointment. Please read it if you only care about the adventure and not how the characters end up.
Rating: Summary: This book was one of the best fantasy books i've ever read. Review: This was a great fantasy book from the beginning. After I read this book, I couldn't wait to read the sequels. This book is definitely in my list of top 5 books ever.
Rating: Summary: A great series. Review: This series is one of the best I have ever read. It takes you to a great world, with great characters, a great heroe and fantastic evolutions in the story. If you love this kind of reading it's a must. If you don't like this kind of reading, you'll beginn to do that.
Rating: Summary: Dazed and confused Review: I give credit to Ursula for imanginative and creative scenerios of writing in this book, but must say I didn't enjoy reading it. I read this book in English last year and found the plot very hard to follow. This was not only my opinion, but the opinion of 30 other students. This book is definately not a page turner. I would only recommend this book to those of you who have very open imaginations, LOVE fantasy, and have the time to sit down and carefully read this book.
Rating: Summary: A brilliant book for everyone Review: I first read this book two years ago when i was 22 and away on holiday with my fiance. It is one of his favourite books, and he has read the whole series time and again. I enjoy reading all types of literature, although science-fiction and fantasy books are my favourite. I have always favoured sci-fi, especially Asimov and Clarke, and my fiance fantasy, particularly Tolkien and Le Guin. This book, along with The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, have made me as passionate about fantasy as sci-fi. The book works on many levels, as a good story, as escapism, as a gateway to an incredible fantasy land, and as something far deeper. The story is thought-provoking and compelling, rich and meaningful. The book examines how we consider ourselves and the world around us. What is our real self ? What are we capable of ? How do our actions influence the world around us ? How do the names that we apply to objects affect how we view and understand them ? A brilliant book that i would recommend to anyone of any age. I think its ridiculous that great literature such as this, The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Alice in Wonderland, C.S. Lewis, and so on get classified as "childrens books". They are books for everyone with imagination, who enjoys good story-telling, and interesting and unusual characters. They are tales which leave strong images for years after reading, which make you want to go back to read again and again, which offer something new each time they are read, which make you want to tell other people about them, which enthrall and inspire you, which leave you with plenty to think and talk about, and which push back the boundaries of your thoughts and imagination.
Rating: Summary: Dragons have human failings after all Review: One of the very first fantasy books I read, "A wizard of Earthsee" brings conflicting emotions to me even now. At the time I first read it, I definitely didn't understand it and found it slow and unpictoresque. Now some 15 years later, I find it a great work on human nature and the "stuff" of which human relationships are made of. Indeed, when you think of somebody, you think about a name and a mental picture of what the persons represents for you; so, the idea of imbuing the name with the essence is in my opinion a nice one. Short : this is a book you should read when you're older, it takes a whole new meaning.
Rating: Summary: A Word Can Lead Any Direction Review: Ged becomes the greatest wizard of earthsea with his use of Real Words. The magic from this and the other stories of the Earthsea series flows through your mind because the book itself is a Real Word of Power - - and will transform you into the growing world of Earthsea fans.
Rating: Summary: Not just for young adults!!! Review: I first read this "GREAT" book when I was in the 8th grade, and loved it. But it wasn't until I picked it up again much later in life that I was able to fully apreciate it. I'm twenty six right now and I still re-read it every so often, and every time that I do I find something more to love about it. This book is definatly not just for young adults, in fact with some of the issues it tackles and addresses, I'm sometimes surprised to think that it is a book written for young adults.
Rating: Summary: The best book ever! Review: I reckon that the Earthsea books are the greatist books ever so far Ive read A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore and Tehanu three times non stop!I first discovered this amazing serries of books when I was given the Earthsea Quartet at first I looked at the size of it and thought "WHAT! I'm never going to be able to read somthing that big!" And I shoved it aside for a copple of months.Untill finally I decided that I would at least give it a try and read the whole thing. Well when I'd finished it I thought "Is that all plese god I hope that Ursula K. Le Guin is going to write more books to continue this sensational serries and decided to read the whole thing again and again. I just cant stop reading the Earthsea books over and over again! At times the book even had me crying for the character that had been lost (it even had me wishing that I was part of it!). tis is the greatist book ever with taking Dragons misterios shadows and heaps more!I think that these books are a must for every one and I hope that you have or will enjoy these breath taking books as much as I have. From Ruth Catriona Mary Higgins.
Rating: Summary: It's great Review: I was absolutely thrilled after reading this book and discovering there were many others out there who agree with it's power. Sparrowhawk is a masterfully created hero and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
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