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Alien Clay

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.0 AVERAGE

luketolvaj's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

zuler78's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ucelagon's review against another edition

4.0

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

goobatron's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I had fun listening to this. Really good!

0xb04t's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

maren_the_ninth's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Alien Clay is an odd mix of being too dull for me to get into it yet just interesting enough to keep on going. The language is very deliberately conversational, but there's no flowery language or atmosphere as a result, which as it's set on the ruins of a the planet of murderous alien parasites, you would hope for a bit more flair.

None of the characters are especially interesting on their own, but how they all interact on what is essentially a prison colony makes up for it. It's a very accessible book to read, but nothing unique within the genre.