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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Damn, this was just so good. I’d never heard of this guy & came across this book at the library, and checked it out on a whim. it’s definitely about the demands that you pay attention, and I appreciate that in science fiction.
adventurous
emotional
funny
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:
Yes
Every time I think I can't love Adrian Tchaikovsky more, I read another book and love his writing even more ;) inventive ideas, fun narrative, great read!
Thank heaven that’s over! It was so awful that I am afraid to pick up another book, lest I be put off reading all together. I look at the five star ratings and wonder what book that was, because surely anyone who has read more than five books in a lifetime can identify this as a lot of borrowed bollocks.
I accept that authors borrow from each other, to some extent. At least this one acknowledges as much, although the frequent mentions of Narnia eventually made want to scream and find a wardrobe to hide from this miserable story telling regardless of what world I might end up in.
The premise of multiple timeframes - multiple worlds - is familiar from other SF and actual science. Quantum physics could allow for such, if you want to stretch your mind that way and see how far you get before it breaks. However, the author makes no attempt to explain anything at all. We’re just supposed to buy into all of it anyway. Man I miss Crichton! He mixed science and science fiction so incredibly well! And yes, there are “Jurassic park” references in this book too.
“Good Girl”. [cringe]
If you like long, boring science fiction stories that mixes a lot of books and movies you are already familiar with, go ahead. You won’t find any interesting characters, only a happy lot of politically correctly diverse ones, without this bringing anything to the plot whatsoever. The author tries too hard here. Way too hard! If I got it correctly, they even tried to explain “transgender” to an alien entity. Oh, which reminds me, every alien creature from another earth with any kind of intelligence is smart enough to get human language and culture through fancy translation devices. Right.
You got this far, you know what’s coming: NOT recommended! Unless you are a masochist, in which case, go ahead and frolic in the misery.
I’m going to go look for a tooth paste I can brush my brain with to wipe this out permanently.
I accept that authors borrow from each other, to some extent. At least this one acknowledges as much, although the frequent mentions of Narnia eventually made want to scream and find a wardrobe to hide from this miserable story telling regardless of what world I might end up in.
The premise of multiple timeframes - multiple worlds - is familiar from other SF and actual science. Quantum physics could allow for such, if you want to stretch your mind that way and see how far you get before it breaks. However, the author makes no attempt to explain anything at all. We’re just supposed to buy into all of it anyway. Man I miss Crichton! He mixed science and science fiction so incredibly well! And yes, there are “Jurassic park” references in this book too.
“Good Girl”. [cringe]
If you like long, boring science fiction stories that mixes a lot of books and movies you are already familiar with, go ahead. You won’t find any interesting characters, only a happy lot of politically correctly diverse ones, without this bringing anything to the plot whatsoever. The author tries too hard here. Way too hard! If I got it correctly, they even tried to explain “transgender” to an alien entity. Oh, which reminds me, every alien creature from another earth with any kind of intelligence is smart enough to get human language and culture through fancy translation devices. Right.
You got this far, you know what’s coming: NOT recommended! Unless you are a masochist, in which case, go ahead and frolic in the misery.
I’m going to go look for a tooth paste I can brush my brain with to wipe this out permanently.
slow-paced
just not quite for me. started strong and I was invested, but then i found myself just tuning out more & more as the book went on. lost interest in basically anything and everything that wasn't actively following mal, lee, or khan.
could be for someone else, but it drags a bit too much for me personally.
could be for someone else, but it drags a bit too much for me personally.
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
medium-paced
Are not we all so lucky that Adrian has so many books?! I am so happy there are about 30 left on my list!
Just like the characters in this book, I've always wanted more world than there is, another possibility, less fucked up reality...
Do you think 150 million years ago with dinosaurs is less screwed?
Just like the characters in this book, I've always wanted more world than there is, another possibility, less fucked up reality...
Do you think 150 million years ago with dinosaurs is less screwed?
4.8 the dialogue was a bit cringy at times (if I had to read Khan call someone "love" one more time, I would've died), and Julian and Alison (the MI5 agents) were written weirdly sometimes-- why did they even have kids or a family?.
But I love the multiverse and this was an amazing version of it. The sequence with all the different endings was perfect. The Trilobite ship seemed like a reference to Lilith's Brood.
But I love the multiverse and this was an amazing version of it. The sequence with all the different endings was perfect. The Trilobite ship seemed like a reference to Lilith's Brood.
Lee and Mal go looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor. Mal disappears in strange circumstances only to return a few years later as cracks start to appear between this world and numerous other parallel worlds where evolution has taken a different turn in each one producing a range of strange and varied creatures who come through the cracks, and the cracks put each of the various versions of earth in jeopardy.
It's an imaginative work but at times it was a bit of a slog. The chapters alternate with a "study" into a different reality where evolution has taken a different course. This interrupts the flow of the story and doesn't really add a great deal to it. It shows imagination but doesn't move the story on and gets a little tedious after a while. In addition to be honest I didn't really find any of the characters all that interesting.
The opening chapter seemed quite promising and the ending was pretty good, but all the stuff inbetween was just took a bit of getting through. Some interesting ideas that never really paid off for me. It really failed to captivate my interest.
It's an imaginative work but at times it was a bit of a slog. The chapters alternate with a "study" into a different reality where evolution has taken a different course. This interrupts the flow of the story and doesn't really add a great deal to it. It shows imagination but doesn't move the story on and gets a little tedious after a while. In addition to be honest I didn't really find any of the characters all that interesting.
The opening chapter seemed quite promising and the ending was pretty good, but all the stuff inbetween was just took a bit of getting through. Some interesting ideas that never really paid off for me. It really failed to captivate my interest.