This right after mixing up Anne McCaffrey and Ursula K Le Guin and finding out that the Pern series was just fetish dragon smut.
I personally love the style, even as an adult - it's a very easy read, but the world of earthsea, true names, and it's daoist philosophy is very appealing to me. It was the first of its kind, and really established the idea of "balance" in the fantasy genre.
The books definitely do get more sophisticated, though, both thematically and stylistically. But ultimately it's going to be a purely subjective experience, as these things always are.
I think the mention of daoist philosophy is interesting. Those works are very direct too, but I think (from a Western perspective) there's a huge amount "between the lines", both due to missing cultural context and refinement over generations of tradition, which means that while the writing is simple the meaning and implications are vast and complex.
Aside from the name thing though, I'm not sure I got that from the first book. Especially since most of the actions listed in it are very concrete.
And so was Gardner Dozois, whose "Strangers" was eerily similar to "Left Hand of Darkness".