The Earthsea Quartet
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Average rating4.6
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Ratings10
Average rating4.6
A Wizard of Earthsea * The Tombs of Atuan * The Farthest Shore * Tehanu Ged is but a goatherd on the island of Gont when he comes by his strange powers over nature. Sent to the School of Wizards on Roke, he learns the true way of magic and proves himself a powerful magician. And it is as the Archmage Sparrowhawk that he helps the High Priestess Tenar escape the labyrinth of darkness. But over the years, Ged witnesses true magic and the ancient ways submit to the forces of evil and death. Will he too succumb, or can he hold them back?
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I read these when I was about 12, I would guess. I remembered the names Ged and Sparrowhawk and not really anything else.
Rereading them, I really liked them. They have a fairy-tale feel, with enough description for the setting, and not really any action-sequences, in the ‘modern' sense. No blow-by-blow accounts.
Of the four I think I found A Wizard of Earthsea the weakest. Possibly also because I have read a lot of classic fantasy. So things like the jealousy-storyline with Jasper were very predictable to me.
My favourites were The Tombs of Atuan and The Farthest Shore. Tehanu was good too, but sort of sadder and more wistful.
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