Magic is also in ordinary people. We just have to have patience to look at it. Once again Madame LeGuin pens characters with so much dimension that they seem to jump off the page only to walk inside our hearts. Feminism? Bah! This book asserts a woman's power and questions societal's matriarchal view.

The author seems to think that this book breaks the mold of powerful men in fantasy series. I think it is a boring book about weak men and women with no power. The story is choppy and could be written about a child in any city. It has disjointed use of magic and fantasy. This book empowers none of its characters.

Wizard of Earthsea is still my favorite but all books in this realm have been great reads. The ending seemed a bit swift but very succinct