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Review title: Adult novel is finale to kids series
Product review: Yes, you kind of have to have read the previous books to get the deeper meanings of the plot and character development. Yes, it is not the simplistic (as if anything by leguin could be called simplistic) plot of the first few Earthsea books. Unlike those first books: aimed at children, this book is aimed at the adult who can tolerate a more complex world, more complex characters, and a few suprises along the way. Less action, more food for thought.She undoes some of the pat solutions left earlier in the series, makes heroes into human beings, and does all those things I hated in a book in my teens but appreciate now: portrays life as messy and complex and makes you question everything: But in a deepening way, not a disturbing way.Fans of LeGuin (Left Hand of Darkness, The Telling...) will not be disappointed.
