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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
4.5*
“Only one needs to find the answer, but difference is strength. To save everything, we need as much difference as possible.”
Another impressive novel from Tchaikovsky! Once more, he combines natural science with scifi to create a story that is at the same time a compelling adventure/thriller and a journey into biology where he extrapolates fascinating developments. Not only this, he features a very diverse cast (LGBT+), full of convincing characters.
What can I say? I’m in awe by this author’s knowledge and imagination. And he can weave a seriously good yarn too :O)
“Only one needs to find the answer, but difference is strength. To save everything, we need as much difference as possible.”
Another impressive novel from Tchaikovsky! Once more, he combines natural science with scifi to create a story that is at the same time a compelling adventure/thriller and a journey into biology where he extrapolates fascinating developments. Not only this, he features a very diverse cast (LGBT+), full of convincing characters.
What can I say? I’m in awe by this author’s knowledge and imagination. And he can weave a seriously good yarn too :O)
An absolute blast, a thrilling rollercoaster from start to finish with many interesting twists and ideas.
Loved the writing and the characters.
5 entertaining stars!
Loved the writing and the characters.
5 entertaining stars!
I looked forward to reading this book and thought the premise was promising. Unfortunately found after a while I was losing interest and finding the parallel universe just not well placed within the story. I really struggled with so many different view points, I don’t normally but I did find some of the main characters bland and not enough depth to engage in their story.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
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:
No
Overall I enjoyed this but (for my tastes), it drags in the middle. Considering its 600 pages I wish that someone had told Tchaikovsky to reconsider what he actually needed to keep in. (Or maybe someone did, and it was even longer before).
I'm a big fan of Adrian Tchaikovsky, and "Doors of Eden" doesn't disappoint. It starts out very strong with a weird mystery and turns into a gripping and unusual adventure. My only complaints are that, as with many novels, once the secret of what's really going on is revealed, it loses a bit of mystique, and the climax is a little underwhelming.
Good overall. Dry in the middle, hence the long time it took me to finish. Good characters and world building, lots of that. 2 seems too low and 3 too high, 2.5 if I could.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed this a lot - an excellent branching-worlds adventure with some very cool speculative biology/alternative history stuff.