1 hour ago · Writing · 0 comments

Heya! So, the Gazette chose "The Dispossessed" by Ursula Le Guin for this months book club (well, last months technically, since I'm writing this a day late). Anyways, as is tradition, I'm gonna review it here. So, first and foremost, did I like The Dispossessed? Is it a good book? Well, yes! I'd say it's pretty good. I did enjoy it, more or less. Depending on the situation, i might even recommend it! Is it a good story? Well... That's a more complicated question to answer. Personally, I would say maybe? On a technical level i suppose it is, but... To me, while The Dispossessed was an interesting combination of ideas, it was not an interesting story. It wasn't exactly fun to read so much as it was fun to have read. The book is written in a sort of biographical style. What I mean by that is that it's written from a somewhat detached, big picture point of view, and that things just sort of happen to our protagonist. For most of the book, Shevek doesn't have much in the way of agency. He…

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