The Earthsea Quartet

I read these when I was about 12, I would guess. I remembered the names Ged and Sparrowhawk and not really anything else.

Rereading them, I really liked them. They have a fairy-tale feel, with enough description for the setting, and not really any action-sequences, in the ‘modern' sense. No blow-by-blow accounts.

Of the four I think I found A Wizard of Earthsea the weakest. Possibly also because I have read a lot of classic fantasy. So things like the jealousy-storyline with Jasper were very predictable to me.

My favourites were The Tombs of Atuan and The Farthest Shore. Tehanu was good too, but sort of sadder and more wistful.