Tombs of Atuan [Jun 22, 2018]

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

This is a Buddy Read for The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin starting June 22, 2018.

[C.P.]

I'm starting this one today. Anyone else still reading?

[Yanique, Thread Master]

I’m starting later today so I’m here with you!

[C.P.]

Great! I'm listening to the audio. Already about 2 hours in. Liking it, but I don't think quite as much as the first one.

[Shaitarn]

I'm in, just forgot to mark a spot in the thread!

[C.P.]

Excellent!

[C.P.]

I finished this one today. Don't have a lot of comments to make since I did most of this on two car rides, so I wasn't making notes as I listened.

I enjoyed this one, as the writing was still excellent, but it didn't have the same feel as A Wizard of Earthsea did for me. While I enjoyed all of the history and worldbuilding, I don't think that much from this will stick with me.

Not sure if I will continue the series or not.

[Yanique, Thread Master]

I’m about 2/3 of the way through and I’m loving the story telling. I agree though that plot-wise, this seems like more of a filler book so far. Don’t know how it’s going to end though, so my opinion may change.

[Beste]

I hate when new characters show up to develop storyline and leave after they serve the purpose or worst just randomly die to make it look sad. I'm glad we witnessed Tenar's childhood and we grew understanding to her behaviour before Ged arrived. I hope we see her again in the following books.

[Jakyro]

I liked the first one, but I really didn’t get into this book. We get to know Tenar from early in the story and follow her life throughout a large part of the book ... the problem with this was that nothing much interesting happens in her life.
When Ged is introduced we are already far into the book. It gets a bit more interesting then.

Problem is that with the events happening in this book I still don’t see why Ged would become Earthsea’s greatest wizard.

a pretty boring book for me ... I rated it 2 stars