one of my favourite things about the first earthsea book in particular is that it is a remarkably thin book with the feel of a much larger novel. I have never s

one of my favourite things about the first earthsea book in particular is that it is a remarkably thin book with the feel of a much larger novel. I have never seen that particular feat managed better - the book is not particularly dense in the hard-to-read sense but she makes every word count and builds up an extremely rich world in a short novel.