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The Tombs of Atuan

The Earthsea Cycle, Book 2

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The Tombs of Atuan

Auteur(s): Ursula K. Le Guin
Narrateur(s): Rob Inglis
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 A bold young wizard enters the labyrinth of the sacred Tombs of Atuan to steal the magical ring of Erreth-Akbe. Instead, he finds an unhappy priestess in need of a hero to save her.©1970 Ursula K. Le Guin (P)1994 Recorded Books, LLC Fantastique Fantastique épique Épique Fiction Magique

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  • Winner, Newbery Honor, 1972
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I am revisiting a fabulous story of the struggle between good and evil and the great power of kindness. Masterfully crafted by one of the best!

Pure enjoyment!

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I adore The Tombs of Atuan. You can honestly read this as a stand-alone without having read the first series. The main character grows up from a normal small child, is taken into a temple, and grows up as the High Priestess. If you read the book, it comes with a map of her domain: the Dark Labyrinth. I love the details of this story and her mind's evolution as the story progresses. Definitely give it a listen. #Audible1

Second in a Series, But First in my Heart

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The story of a girl who grows up as the high priest of what is basically a cult of negativity. She meets a man who she sees as a bandit sorcerer , and he opens her mind up to a broader perspective and helps her see just how bad of a situation she has been in for most of her life without ever realizing it. In my opinion, the Narrative's brilliance stems from the protagonist's moral choice, which was set up over the first half. The story hinges on this choice. Should she side with this bandit who may turn out to actually be a hero, or side with the darkness of her cult that she grew up with. And this choice will culminate in a life and death situation for the bandit-hero. His fate is in her hands.

Apparently part of Le Guin's mission with this book was to invert the theme of The Princess locked in the tower, where instead the female character who is in control of the tower, which in this story is a dangerous underground Labyrinth, and the male character , while still being a great hero, is the one trapped and even worse, starving to death and at the mercy of the keeper of the labyrinth.

After having read this, I can say that I very much enjoyed certain parts of it and that it was a much tighter and more controlled experience than the first book. We also get some lore from centuries past that ties the story into the present day.

What confused me was the ending , namely the second half. I honestly feel like, even though this was the second half and the book could have gone from a 5-hour reading experience for 4-Hour one, and it would have been stronger for it. The main climax feels like it was in the center , during the main Escape and that the rest of it felt like it was stretching the effect that had been handled so tightly at the center.

However, you will read reviews both here and on Goodreads from people who say this is their favorite book in the series so I can see why people would say this . I personally feel as though i am missing something that others who adore it so much we're able to catch.

This is a Very Different Book from the First

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a really good sequel, I love how emersive these books are. Very good as a sequel because it expands on the world in a satisfying way.

succeeds as a sequel and a story

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Ursula K. LeGuin's 'Earthsea' novels are often compared to Tolkien and C.S. Lewis - and the comparisons are apt - but the themes in this installment are much darker than a journey with singing dwarves or adventures with talking animals. LeGuin works her plot around a young girl "kidnapped" from her family to serve as Priestess for 'The Nameless Ones' - a cult of the Kargish. Sparrowhawk/Ged is eventually introduced.. captured and threatened with a gruesome death.. on a mission to the pitch-black Tombs in search of a magical artifact. The Priestess Arha realizes she needs to resist her fate, resumes her identity as the peasant Tenar, and helps Ged to escape the Labyrinth - fighting evil demons on the way out. The mood is notably dark, the writing is consequently subdued, and the imagery is sombre and occultish.
That isn't to say this novel isn't suitable for children.. in the end, good triumphs (and LeGuin expounds on life-lesson moral messages suitable for little ones).. but I was pleasantly surprised by the author's courageous decision to trust her audience to handle a more weighty Fantasy tale.
The biggest drawbacks to the book are that the pacing is off (too much time is spent on background development - yielding a plodding first third of the novel), there is very little actual action, and the book is too short (the climax is revealed too quickly and resolved with little satisfaction).

Rob Inglis is a brilliant narrator, but makes a couple of uncharacteristic errors in this recording: his voice-acting for Ged is too grave, and his reading rate is too slow (I had to set the playback speed at 1.15X). Still, he turns in an above-average performance.

Due to small mistakes in the writing and slightly subpar delivery from a legendary narrator, this book is inferior to the first in the series. I have never read these books before - so there is no nostalgia factor in my rating - but as an adult fan of epic Fantasy, I can say I was impressed with this entry. It easily warrants 7.5 stars out of 10.

Surprisingly Mature

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An interesting female perspective in an extremely male-dominated culture, but I felt like this could have been a little more in depth.

Not bad

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