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The Beginning Place
The Beginning Place
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
ISBN-13: 9780060125738
ISBN-10: 006012573X
Publication Date: 2/1980
Pages: 183
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Harpercollins
Book Type: Hardcover
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5 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

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Helpful Score: 1
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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I enjoyed this book but was somewhat bothered by the rather graphic scene of the two teens in the book having sex.
chrisnsally avatar reviewed The Beginning Place on + 113 more book reviews
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.
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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.
awash-in-books avatar reviewed The Beginning Place on + 18 more book reviews
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.