The Other Wind

The final book of the 2nd Earthsea trilogy, and last book overall.

Unfortunately, it was by far the least favorite of the series. I still adore LeGuin's prose and her style of worldbuilding, but this book felt so incredibly unnecessary.

Its basic premise asks “have you ever considered that this evocative and mysterious part of the world is actually a problem that needs explaining and solving???”, and for me the answer was a clear “no.”

I did appreciate the way the conflict was unraveled, especially when the solution reveals itself by getting a bunch of important people in the same room to talk and compare notes. But the rest of the book did nothing for me.

Overall it reminded me far too much of a TV series that should have stopped seasons ago. Disappointing, and if I do reread the series I'll surely stop at Tehanu.