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City of Illusions - Ursula K. Le Guin, Hainish Cycle #3 (1967)

And so in the third book we return to a single man stranded once more. This time he doesn't know anything about anything and has to relearn everything as if he were nearly newborn. Anyone who read Planet of Exile, the preceding book, ought to know almost immediately what he is and where he's from. The nameless stranger is given the name Falk and eventually sets out on a journey of literal self-discovery across the continent by foot. I didn't expect that the half the novel would be him meandering ever westward. I think it was too much. The other half is Shocking Revelations, Plot Twists, and Muddled Narratives. The latter half was much more enjoyable.

Rating: 3.5/5
This is mostly carried by the latter half. Maybe others will enjoy the wanderings more than I did. I felt like I was reading a playthrough of an open world game and the player decided to do all the sidequests possible along the way before arriving at the main quest.