Ratings45
Average rating4.1
I really wanted to like this book more than I did. But it was just a drag to read. It didn't help that its plot was very slow, nor did it help that the characters frequently did and said things for inexplicable reasons (inexplicable even to themselves, it seems). The real kicker was that it lacked (to me) the beautiful prose that I've typically loved so much in Le Guin's books.