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Alien Clay

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.0 AVERAGE

catperspective's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

booksandbikes17's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 27%

I don't know if it is my mood but I have DNFd the last 4 books (I think). This one was just too slow paced. Over a quarter of the way through and hardly anything has happened. 🙄

pcgonzalez's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

chaoticfall's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

steffsteff's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-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

bookmarkedbywolf's review against another edition

3.75

A hostile planet holds dangerous secrets.

Andrian Tchaikovsky never misses, this might not have been at the standard of my expectations but it was still a solid read. I had issues with the pacing and the second act of the book, it felt dragged a bit. I'm still shocked no studio has offered Tchaikovsky an adaptation deal for one of his because he's a phenomenal writer.

The political philosophy of this book resonates with what is happening in the world currently, leaders who would let people kill each other for one a slice of pizza while their pockets keep on getting fatter, resistant groups are vital to fight such governments. I know he confirmed in an interview that there are no current plans for the send book in this world but I would greatly appreciate it if he entertains the idea. It felt like there's more to this world than what we got in this book and Professor Daghdev and his mates could cause more tteouble for Mandate.

And I want to know more about the Mandate and their plans.

norespek's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 66%

Though I've liked other works by Tchaikovsky, this one was rough. Super slow pace, borderline overwritten, and frankly just boring. An unfortunate miss from a skilled author.