The Tombs of Atuan

I actually enjoyed this book better than the first Earthsea book. While it started slowly, the story was tighter and more interesting to me. I enjoyed the messages of freedom, identity, and power in this story. Because the story was much tighter, it was more interesting to me and I was able to stay focused more than I was with A Wizard of Earthsea.

According to Wikipedia, Le Guin said this book was about

Quotes

“Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it.”

“The Earth is beautiful, and bright, and kindly, but that is not all. The Earth is also terrible, and dark, and cruel. The rabbit shrieks dying in the green meadows. The mountains clench their great hands full of hidden fire. There are sharks in the sea, and there is cruelty in men's eyes.”