There doesn’t seem to be any world breaking events going on. I liked the low key focus the novel seems to have. This is an interesting development in part because it is one of the key aspects which brings the two characters together and makes what develops between them believable and real. To a lesser extend Ged’s development seems to mirror Tenar’s in that he too comes to desire a peaceful lifestyle after losing most of his powers in an offscreen fight of some description. She is some respect a very feminist character due to her desire for independence and to continue living the simple life rather than becoming a powerful mage like everyone else wants her to be. The fact that she has become a mother and experienced the pain of losing her husband, and to a lesser extent ‘losing’ her children to moving out, has become an integral part of her character. This is in part because of the large time skip between Tombs of Atuan and her current appearance. In terms of characters Tenar has certainly matured. In the midst of all this she meets the mysterious child Therru, whom she adopts for herself, though there is more to her than meets the eye. Now, years after her husband’s death and her children having left home, Ogion dies and Ged returns to the village gravely injured.

Rejecting magic she married a farmer named Flint and had two children, becoming known as Goha. Tehanu returns to the character Tenar, who took up residence in the same village as Ged’s former mentor Ogion. This is the final book in the four book collection I bought so it might be a while before I finally review the last two Earthsea books.

Yes, it’s time to finally review the fourth Earthsea novel, Tehanu.

Tehanu the last book of earthsea