Tehanu
- 260
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Tehanu” is the quietest of the Earthsea novels, more interested in the bonds between people than in wizardry. It brings Ged and Tenar back and gives its warmth to a mother and daughter. Some readers find the plot thinner, the magic scarcer and the pace slower than before, yet praise the ending. It speaks most to those who already know the earlier books.
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About the book
Tehanu, initially subtitled The Last Book of Earthsea, is a fantasy novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, published in February 1990 by Atheneum. It is the fourth of her Earthsea novels, written nearly twenty years after the first three novels. It was followed by further Earthsea stories, even though its subtitle initially proclaimed it as the last.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 357 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 71% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.3 | 20 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 337 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is Tehanu?
It has 260 pages — shorter than 96% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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