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As a young man, Wizard of Earthsea was my favorite book, and it remains one of my all-time favorite series. Focus on language, toying with both fantasy and comi
by vessenes 11y ago
As a young man, Wizard of Earthsea was my favorite book, and it remains one of my all-time favorite series. Focus on language, toying with both fantasy and coming-of-age tropes, and mortality as something to be fought and, ultimately accepted and perhaps desired. It's truly great.
- kedean 11y agoWizard of Earthesea always stuck out to me as one of the few coming of age stories in which the main character severely fucks up. He makes a HUGE mistake, owns up to it, and deals with it. Nobody kisses his wound and makes it better, he betters himself. It's a story about bootstrapping life and dealing with your problems head on, I've never read another big story that deals with that idea. The base conflict in the book is Ged's fault and nobody elses.
- vessenes 11y agoShe keeps at it in the later books. Ged's end of life is the polar opposite of wish fulfillment fantasy, and meaningful in its own right.