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Title: A Dreary, Skimpy Story
Review: For a book that has won both a Nebula and a Hugo award, this work was gravely disappointing. Le Guin earned a star for having an interesting concept and creating some semi-interesting cultures, but beyond that this novel is deeply lacking in the story and character department. The story began alright and then became very dreary without that much pay-off in the end. Le Guin is a good writer and it makes reading this book bearable (otherwise I wouldn't have been able to finish it) but it is still very lacking. The main character, Genly Ai, is not interesting at all nor are the other characters really all that interesting. I recommend that this book be avoided.
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