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deathmetalheron's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It's hard to indicate how incredible The Dispossessed is. It is a dense book with a lot of references to various political movements and ideas but its nonlinear storytelling and characterization really makes it something special. Shevek the scientist slowly morphs into a man both cynical and idealist about the future of both his people and his ideology.
What really works about these worlds is that it critiques ideas of anarchist society without letting the "old ways" of capitalism and hierarchy exhibited in A-Io. LeGuin is careful not to simply wave away problems with equality-oriented ideologies.
I also appreciate two big "little things"--the cultural hallmarks of each society were both well-defined and treated with sincerity but still unique and alien. The bald culture of A-Io with the very hairy Anaressti, the depictions of parenthood in Anaressti society. I have to say as a new father, Sheveks excitement when it comes to seeing his daughter Sadik is very emotional and made me tear up a little bit--a resounding moment of humanity in an otherwise technical and rhetorical epic of a book.
And that's the core of the book--epic political treatise that is profoundly human.
Graphic: Classism
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Colonisation, and War
jelliclejules's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Confinement
Moderate: Sexism, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism
arinheck's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Xenophobia
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Minor: Pregnancy and Alcohol
Content warning: famine/starvation and drought.serena_hien's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Police brutality, Pregnancy, War, and Classism
Minor: Miscarriage and Misogyny
petty_anthropology's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Classism
Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy
evelphysicist's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Police brutality
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Classism
Minor: Bullying, Alcohol, and War
gilnean's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Excrement, Medical content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation
finn_1312's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and War
suzylit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Bullying, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, and Classism
Minor: Death, Gun violence, and Police brutality
adeepermystery's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Medical content, and Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Classism
Minor: Miscarriage