sarah gilbert’s Reviews > A Wizard of Earthsea > Status Update

A good book to read on a rainy Saturday afternoon; and a good antidote from modern fantasy YA. (I'm looking at you, Michael Scott.) the nuance of human emotion and failing is what makes these books work; the quiet natural world held in balance but for magic is what makes the dramatic tension hold; the rhythm is lucid and deep. 'Ged's spells were cogent and potent...' yes, Ursula, and so are you.