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Not the best LeGuin but even less than her best beats many others. Has all the magic of those battles between good and evil and is a quick read.
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The Beginning Place
The Beginning Place
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Two young people meet in a strange and wonderful place across the creek and over the threshold of the real world. To them it does not matter how or why they got to Tembreabrezi, because the town on the mountain offers them what they so desperately need: escape from their dreary daily lives. But when their place of peace becomes a realm of horror... more »
Author:
Two young people meet in a strange and wonderful place across the creek and over the threshold of the real world. To them it does not matter how or why they got to Tembreabrezi, because the town on the mountain offers them what they so desperately need: escape from their dreary daily lives. But when their place of peace becomes a realm of horror... more »
ISBN-13: 9780061001482
ISBN-10: 0061001481
Publication Date: 2/1991
Pages: 246
Edition: Reprint
Rating: 5
ISBN-10: 0061001481
Publication Date: 2/1991
Pages: 246
Edition: Reprint
Rating: 5
2.7 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 0
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Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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While The Wizard of Earthsea was supposed to have been adolescent fiction Beginning Place is, in fact, adolescent fiction. I have a shelf full of Mrs. Le Guin's books but Beginning Place just wasn't my style. However, young readers that are fans of Harry Potter might appreciate this book.
Not one of her best efforts. It reminded me of Bridge to Tarabithia, with 2 disfunctional people in a "make believe" land figuring out how to coexist with "reality". It's ok, but not fantastic.
I am not usually a fan of fantasy, but this book grabbed me with the possibility of a colorful, new world hidden away so close to the drab, colorless existence so many of us experience today in the land of strip malls and bland sameness.
Genres:
- Science Fiction & Fantasy >> Authors, A-Z >> ( L ) >> LeGuin, Ursula K.
- Science Fiction & Fantasy >> Fantasy >> General
- Science Fiction & Fantasy >> Science Fiction >> General
