Rock solid
4 stars
Okay Ursula, I get it. Carl Jung blew my mind too. Jokes aside? genuinely very compelling fantasy. Wish I grew up reading this instead of Harry Potter.
library binding, 182 pages
Published Aug. 10, 2008 by Paw Prints.
4 stars
(431 reviews)
A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.
Ezergill reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #1)
Чарівник Земномор'я
5 stars
Авторка недарма є легендою жанру фентезі, доволі класичний для підліткового фентезі набір кліше вона змогла піднести на новий рівень.
Кожен аспект книги заслуговує на похвалу: і детально продумана світобудова та система магії, що чудово її доповнює, і персонажі зі своїми реалістичними недоліками та цікавими арками, і таємничий, і в тому жахаючий, аспект противника головного героя, а також чудовий темп та ритм історії, що не виснажує, але і дозволяє проковтнути історію за один день.
Не можу не згадати важливий аспект книги, що полягає у конфронтації читача з певними упепедженнями. Про це згадується не одразу і на цьому не загострюється увага, але більшість персонажів мають землисто-червону або і темнішу шкіру. Що цікаво, багато видавців та ілюстраторів не пройшли цей своєрідний тест, і на ілюстраціях до багатьох видань зображені білі люди. Що й казати, в адаптації 2004 року Геда зіграв Шон Ешмор - буквально Айсмен😅
A nice quick read
4 stars
I'm giving this a solid 4 stars. There was a lot I liked about this book. I cannot help but compare it to the Inheritance Cycle (IC), which I read before this. Primarily the magic system, which is similar to a degree that I'm inclined to think IC plagiarized it. The difference is that I was pretty annoyed with the magic in IC, and in this book it just feels natural. Like IC, this book also is a coming of age story, but the protagonist Greg a really profound evolution of character, which is absent in IC. I don't think it's ever happened to me that reading a book has made me think so much less of another. I recommend this as a nice quick read, and I'm looking forward to reading more in the series.
Fynh liest reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
Slow-paced and enoyable read
5 stars
I enjoyed reading this. With her thoughtful writing style, the author did a wizardly job in creating the perfect mood for this slow-paced, sombre, yet hopeful adventure. I could feel Ged's unease and determination as if I had been with him.
I was enchanted by the interesting concept of magic in Earthsea. And I also liked that we accompany Ged, of whom we know from the start that he will be a great wizard, from his very beginnings of his magical journey, when he was still inexperienced and short-tempered.
The cherry on top was the world building, which was a real charm! On Ged's voyage, I often could grasp the feeling of being on the open sea, a remote island or at the edge of the world.
En fantasy klassiker
4 stars
Introduserer leseren for et episk univers, der magi og makt ligger i å vite tings sanne navn. Vi følger en ung trollmann på en dannelsesreise fra barndom i fattige kår til uteksaminert trollmann. Selv om boken ble skrevet for barn og ungdom så er den aldri barnslig og passer vel så godt for voksende. Anbefales!
pacavegano reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #1)
None
4 stars
There is a great deal to love in this book. There is wisdom, there is compassion, there is (particularly for its time) a considerable broadening of the scope of what a story of this type can be. Overall I am very fond of it. There are mainly two things that hold it back from being a five star read for me. The first is harm to a companion animal. The second is the fact that the writing style partakes of the heroic legend form of story telling, which is far from my favorite style. Still, unquestionably a novel that I would recommend.
There is a great deal to love in this book. There is wisdom, there is compassion, there is (particularly for its time) a considerable broadening of the scope of what a story of this type can be. Overall I am very fond of it. There are mainly two things that hold it back from being a five star read for me. The first is harm to a companion animal. The second is the fact that the writing style partakes of the heroic legend form of story telling, which is far from my favorite style. Still, unquestionably a novel that I would recommend.
Arnau reviewed Un mag de Terramar by Ursula K. Le Guin
None
5 stars
Què bonic escriu
NorthSea Witch reviewed Earthsea: The First Four Books by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #1-4)
Pure Medicine & the work of a master
This is the second time reading this cycle, and I have to say that revisiting this over the last two months--which is how long it took me to read all four books--has been a revelation. I appreciate that to say what she needed to say, at the time she said it, Le Guin needed the books to be very male centred, yet this culminates in the final book, Tehanu--to a story of survival, trauma and women's power. So grateful now that I am an older woman, to have these books
David Weir reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #1)
Very enjoyable but of its time
4 stars
I did really enjoy reading this, and will almost certainly go on to read the other Earthsea books.
I came to Earthsea after reading several of Le Guin's Hainish cycle books and short stories, including some of the earliest ones like Rocannon's World. I can see similarities with the earliest Hainish cycle works, from around the same time - an emphasis on male characters, for example - which I am sure would have been handled differently by the same author had she written them later on. But there are still a lot of great ideas here, and it is far more open-minded than most fantasy literature of its era.
Courts reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #1)
Promising Start
4 stars
This was a nice, almost Tolkienesque read. I love the fact that Le Guin deliberately made the main characters non-white, because she despised the good=white, black=evil trope.
Looking forward to the next books from the cycle.
None
5 stars
I love this book. All others that followed - and copied… - are but pale imitations.
Catship reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
Hmm
Uuuhm. I enjoyed it, and for a "men doing things while talking in a complicated way" fantasy story this is very very good. Still... I asked myself why a few times.
Must have inspired Name of The Wind
5 stars
I generally listen to fantasy and sci-fi while I work. This was a wonderful short book that had interesting magic. I loved The Name of The Wind and I feel like this work inspired Mr. Rothfuss. The nature of this world and the magic of naming seems so similar to NOTW. The story's pace was good. I normally do not select works this short but I think I need to reconsider. It was very well written and had good prose. Not as serious as the other famous works by the author, but I like a nice and fun adventure as much as a serious commentary on human nature or society. I look forward to reading everything in the series.
Review of 'A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1)' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
It's such a beautiful story, I wish I had read this when I was younger as it would surely have been formative
Shychipmunk reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #1)
Review of 'A Wizard of Earthsea' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
A captivating tale of a young wizard. I was especially taken by the form that magic takes in this world, and it seems like there's lessons and insights there that can apply to our world also. I can't wait to find out what happens to Ged next.
