Earthsea Cycle: The Tombs of Atuan (Series #2) (Paperback)

from EmScape

I enjoyed this second book in the Earthsea Trilogy much more than the first, which is odd, because usually the middle book in a Trilogy is the most dull, functioning to connect two more climactic stories. In Atuan we meet Arha, the dedicated priestess to the Nameless Ones. Sparrowhawk wanders int...

from msjoanna

I can't believe I never read this trilogy before now. I read the first book in the trilogy over the weekend, then read this one in practically one sitting. I think I actually liked this book slightly better than the first book, but that may just be related to this one having a strong female lead....

from nosborm

Strikingly different from A Wizard of Earthsea, yet still enjoyable. I wasn't totally sure about what to expect with this book but I was delightfully surprised. While I felt the book suffered a bit from a rushed climax (I did end up reading most of it in an afternoon), Le Guin does a masterful jo...

from Kplatypus

In the second Earth-Sea novel, Ged, the mage, meets Tenar, Priestess of the Unnamed Ones of Atuan. Less traditionally fantasy-oriented than the first book (A Wizard of Earthsea), The Tombs of Atuan looks at religion and rituals, devotion and freedom, and relationships between humans instead. The ...

from drbubbles

Much of the story is interesting and nicely told, even if the story itself is nothing special. The prologue and the two final chapters, however, have a rare grace to them. The prologue gives poignancy to the bulk of the story. The last two chapters offer expiation for what happens in the bulk of ...