Katherine
5+++/5. This is beyond any rating system.
It’s always easier not to think for oneself. Find a nice safe hierarchy and settle in. Don’t make changes, don’t risk disapproval, don’t upset your syndics. It’s always easiest to let yourself be governed.
You cannot buy the Revolution. You cannot make the Revolution. You can only be the Revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.
This book is incredible. I’ve been telling everyone how much I’ve enjoyed it since I started reading. I love how Le Guin sets up the dichotomies between Urras and Anarres. She gives you so much to think about- how each system has good and bad to it, how they are different, but also how humans will always be the same no matter what system they are born into. She gives you no easy answers and holds no punches, only presents you with this rich setting and asks you to make a decision. I love Shevek’s journey and growth as he navigates through both of these societies. The writing on a prose level is astounding. I wanted to quote half the pages. So much of what happens is applicable today, over 50 years after this was published. The Dispossessed will make you think. It will force you consider what humanity actually wants and needs. What is truly valuable? What happens when needs are not met? When the idealistic system meets the reality of what humans are?
Go read this. Seriously. Take your time with it, think about what’s being said. It certainly made me consider viewpoints I had never had the context for before. An incredible, thought-provoking, and powerful reading experience.
5+++/5. This is beyond any rating system.
It’s always easier not to think for oneself. Find a nice safe hierarchy and settle in. Don’t make changes, don’t risk disapproval, don’t upset your syndics. It’s always easiest to let yourself be governed.
You cannot buy the Revolution. You cannot make the Revolution. You can only be the Revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.
This book is incredible. I’ve been telling everyone how much I’ve enjoyed it since I started reading. I love how Le Guin sets up the dichotomies between Urras and Anarres. She gives you so much to think about- how each system has good and bad to it, how they are different, but also how humans will always be the same no matter what system they are born into. She gives you no easy answers and holds no punches, only presents you with this rich setting and asks you to make a decision. I love Shevek’s journey and growth as he navigates through both of these societies. The writing on a prose level is astounding. I wanted to quote half the pages. So much of what happens is applicable today, over 50 years after this was published. The Dispossessed will make you think. It will force you consider what humanity actually wants and needs. What is truly valuable? What happens when needs are not met? When the idealistic system meets the reality of what humans are?
Go read this. Seriously. Take your time with it, think about what’s being said. It certainly made me consider viewpoints I had never had the context for before. An incredible, thought-provoking, and powerful reading experience.