Reviews

Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky

sapphirelain's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

As was in the first book the authors world buildings is top notch. But while the first book made me change my feelings about

spiders

, this book actually made me actively dislike

octopuses

. I just didn’t connect with these characters. I think that the author still did an amazing job, and idk that we were supposed to connect more, just in the nature of the story, but yes. A solid sci-fi 

leanegreen90's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

printzgirl's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

willjacks's review

4.0

Still a great follow up of the first, still continuing a universe I fell in love with, still a standout novel by a great author.

However.

It just can't reach the level of the first book. Don't get me wrong, the story itself was gripping and having octopods is a better idea in principle than spiders due to their true to life intelligence. You almost knew the outcome before the book really got past the first 50 pages. A unfortunate as it sounds, a few months later and I have found the first novel to be more memorable in story. I would say the characters are more fleshed out and thus you feel more connected. But I can't stop myself from saying the first one was just better in every other field. That's not to say it isn't worth reading, because lovers of the first can still get something out of it.

lerox's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious relaxing 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

3.0

psychk33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

jaredbk's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

seba_reads's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

chestopherreks's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense 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

5.0

fallendragon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I felt that this book was less engaging than the first book. I empathised with the characters less and I started to lose interest near  3/4 through the book