I recommend you read the first three in the Earthsea series prior to this one, though, so you know where Ged and Tenar are coming from.The Nebula and Locus Award–winning fourth novel in the renowned Earthsea series from Ursula K. well, it didn't work for me.Still, good book. I may revise my opinion once I've read this again, but for now. It almost felt as though Le Guin decided she'd toss out something vague and metaphorical lest she be accused of handing out too many answers. Instead, she shows the reader how these two characters carry on and find fulfillment, even in the face of great change.One part near the end threw me off a bit, though. It would be simple to view this shift as a loss, but Le Guin doesn't treat it as such. Ged and Tenar both find themselves in a very different place from where they began. Le Guin raises all sorts of fascinating questions about the powers each gender commands, and I really appreciated her examination of how our places in the world shift and change as we ourselves change. It may not be emotionally engaging, but it's certainly thought-provoking. I find this distance somewhat frustrating, given the beauty of the writing.But despite this naggling and persistent issue, I enjoyed the book. It's like she's riding around on their shoulders, recording what they see but glossing over how they feel. And yet, I can never really connect with her books because I don't feel as though she really gets involved with her characters. I find her very appealing on a purely aesthetic level. This was a great addition to the Earthsea Cycle.4/5 Read moreĪs always, Le Guin's writing is simply beautiful. Therru drew my sympathy from the start, and I admired her spirit and her tenacity to overcome her difficulties. Only this time they are wiser, and will need to use all of their wisdom to help little Therru. Tenar and Ged (also called Sparrowhawk), reunited after many years, are still the same characters I had grown to love in the earlier books. A book to show me how they ended up, what their family was like, and who would continue on after them. it gave me what I've always wanted at the end of a series.just one more book.

Tenar, Sparrowhawk, and little Therru make a life journey together to put the pieces of themselves back together and bring the work back to a better place.This book was a fantastic read. As she journeys to her cottage we are introduced to the little girl Therru, marked by horrible tragedy and evil.While at Ogion's cottage, Sparrowhawk returns to Tenar, but he returns scarred and damaged, missing part of himself.

Tenar has grown older, had a family, and is now a widower when she received an urgentl from Sparrowhawk's former mentor Ogion, the mage that took her in when she first came to the area. Tehanu returns us to the world of Earthsea, to the time after the The Farthest Shore and The Tombs of Atuan.

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