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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
fast-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
adventurous
challenging
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:
Yes
adventurous
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:
Yes
Enjoyed this a lot early, but ended up recycling some of the ideas from Children of Time in the last 100 pages or so. So I was less enthused by the end.
This book is half an idea for a short story tortured into a novel. There are no memorable characters, virtually no plot, just an underdeveloped setting. I DNFed after 200+ pages of reading the same description of life on this planet over and over. I think I understand how the author is so prolific now.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
hopeful
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I don't know where to begin with this book. It is amazing from beginning to end. Tchiakovsky has some truly brilliant ideas in this book that are so good I am surprised that they were not used extensively in SF books before (or at least more widely).
There is a lot that I could talk about. The characters were great, the science was interesting, and the plot had me intrigued. The political commentary was also really good and how everything had multiple layers. I found the whole thing to be great. I will say that if you don't like more science forward SF, this book might be a miss since there is a lot of talking about the Alien Biology but all in all I loved every second of this book.
My rating system
1 - Did not enjoy
2 - Not irredeemable but has too many flaws to say I enjoyed
3 - Enjoyed it
4 - Great book but didn't love it
5 - Amazing book
There is a lot that I could talk about. The characters were great, the science was interesting, and the plot had me intrigued. The political commentary was also really good and how everything had multiple layers. I found the whole thing to be great. I will say that if you don't like more science forward SF, this book might be a miss since there is a lot of talking about the Alien Biology but all in all I loved every second of this book.
My rating system
1 - Did not enjoy
2 - Not irredeemable but has too many flaws to say I enjoyed
3 - Enjoyed it
4 - Great book but didn't love it
5 - Amazing book
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
I wanted to enjoy this more than I did. Had the ingredients for an interesting science based anti-fascism message, but I struggled with the narrative style and none of the characters seemed exceptionally interesting.