Title: Thin, thin, thin
Product review: I am a great fan of Le Guin's. She writes beautifully and intelligently, and she always explores some interesting sociological or anthropological concept in her writings. But she normally has a good solid story that the concept lives within, as well as excellent character development. Not here! This isn't a concept living within a story, it's a philosophical tract thinly disguised as a story. And I didn't connect with the characters at all. All right, I speedread. I do that when I get bored. Maybe I missed something. But I'm not going back to look for it. Life's too short. I move a lot; I limit my collection of books, but "Tehanu", "The Beginning Place", and "The Dispossessed" have travelled thousands of miles with me. Not "The Telling." I'm only glad I got it from the library and didn't spend money on it.
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