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speculativebecky's review
5.0
Evolution's Darling surprised and thrilled me. (Although warning it was quite a bit more adult that I expected, even having read some of Westerfeld's other adult novels.) The concepts were brilliant and the characters powerful. Lots of moments of confusion while I tried to figure out what the heck I was reading about now as the POV shifted between scenes, some to very sparse scenes of entirely dialogue but what I finished was well worth all the effort. I always say this after finishing any of his books but this is officially my favorite Westerfeld novel, despite some awkwardly graphic scenes.
runa's review
2.0
That was a weird read. That's really all there is to say. There are some interesting storylines, but a lot of them get dropped and a lot of them have vague resolutions. You can see the early formings of Scott Westerfeld's writing, but the quality definitely goes up in his other novels. I'm probably always going to be kind of annoyed by the fact that we get NO resolution or even mention of the lithomorphs later in the book. Why mention such interesting creatures and set them up to be the big mystery of the story only to completely drop them and settle on a different, less compelling mystery? Meh. The storyline with Vaddum (which ends up becoming the big mystery) does end up carrying the story, and it's interesting enough to get you through the book, but ultimately makes for a lesser story than it could have been. Lots of 'could haves'. Anyways, I'm glad I gave the story a try just to widen my experience with Scott Westerfeld's writing, but it took a while and I'm also glad/relieved to be done.
aimee70807's review
3.0
The theme is interesting --- what is sentience? The world is vivid and unique. The characters are good, although after we lose the first heroine they become less likeable. Unfortunately, there are these long passages of extremely painful sex and torture.
jenne's review
3.0
Creepy AI sex in space. I am always amazed at the variety of books that Scott Westerfeld has written.
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