Cintia Bortolucci Bortolucci itibaren Redland, AR, Birleşik Devletler itibaren Redland, AR, Birleşik Devletler

This book was ok it wasnt a terrible book.I loved the characters,my favorite character was temothy.

This book was a really depressing vision of the future. I definitely appreciated that the protagonist Sutty was a lesbian and Indian, as many sci-fi/fantasy stories seem to always have white characters. The planet Aka has had a communism-like revolution resulting in the destruction of most of the traditional ways of life and culture there, and Sutty is interested in learning about the traditional ways. The book is about her gradual uncovering of the Akan culture before the revolution. This was the first book I'd read in LeGuin's Hainish cycle, so I was confused as to the background for a large part of it, but I think I mostly figured it out towards the end. I thought the book lagged in the middle and ended too suddenly, but I did enjoy the prose. I've heard this isn't one of LeGuin's best works, so I'll try others.

I love Patrick O'Brian, and Jack Aubrey, and Stephen Maturin very much. This book just felt sort of in-between.... like a space holder with some character development and stuff. A way to move the characters from the end of HMS Surprise on to wherever they're going next. It didn't feel like a story by itself. Another problem was that I had this one on recorded book, and while the narrator was wonderful, I generally listened to it while I was doing something else, so it didn't get the undivided attention that I usually give this particular author. I'm going back to print for book 5.