halfflat reviewed A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Originally published in 1968, Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea marks the first …
Great work of all-ages fantasy
5 stars
I'm sure everyone knows this by now, but Le Guin's foray into all-ages fantasy is tremendous. Her writing style is as lean as ever, and the social specificity of all her work is refreshing. Takes the mytho-poetic mode of fantasy and the Bildungsroman and delicately rearranges both.