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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
There’s so much to unpack here, but I’ll just list off some of the stuff that’s great about this book:
+Alternate timelines
+Speculative evolution
+Giant living trilobite spaceships
+Freaking DINOSAUR RIDING-BIRDMEN
+A cynical mathematician with a brilliant sense of humour
+Cryptid-hunting girlfriends
+Neanderthals and rat people
+Villains you love to hate
You don’t wanna miss it.
+Alternate timelines
+Speculative evolution
+Giant living trilobite spaceships
+Freaking DINOSAUR RIDING-BIRDMEN
+A cynical mathematician with a brilliant sense of humour
+Cryptid-hunting girlfriends
+Neanderthals and rat people
+Villains you love to hate
You don’t wanna miss it.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
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
adventurous
challenging
informative
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:
No
An excellent, fast paced, action packed and gripping mix of sci-fi and techno-thriller that kept me hooked till the last page making me turn pages as fast as I could.
It's not easy to describe in a short review because it's a highly enjoyable read but it's also a great speculative fiction dealing with the "what if there are parallel Earths" dilemma (or the time pantaloon quoting Pratchett).
The world building is amazing, it describes a lot of different civilizations and alien creatures making them lively and realistic. The character development is excellent and I loved Julian, Lee and Dr Khan.
The author is a master storyteller and he manage six differents POV, a fast paced plot and a lot of actions never making you feel confused.
It's an excellent and highly entertaining read, strongly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
It's not easy to describe in a short review because it's a highly enjoyable read but it's also a great speculative fiction dealing with the "what if there are parallel Earths" dilemma (or the time pantaloon quoting Pratchett).
The world building is amazing, it describes a lot of different civilizations and alien creatures making them lively and realistic. The character development is excellent and I loved Julian, Lee and Dr Khan.
The author is a master storyteller and he manage six differents POV, a fast paced plot and a lot of actions never making you feel confused.
It's an excellent and highly entertaining read, strongly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
Interesting take on the parallel universe idea, with each epoch in parallel earths evolving a different dominant species. From trilobites to Neanderthals.
I LOVED this. Brilliant idea told extremely well. I never knew where it was going unless he wanted me to. Great ideas, great characters, highly suggest this to all.
Boy howdy, you can't do better than these Adrian Tchaikowsky books for Big-Ass Ideas! I've found the books I've read by him fascinating.
This one covers alternate worlds. There have been many, many alternate universes. And we hear a little about many of them. But there's a problem: they're all gonna collapse into some kind of historical singularity if Our Intrepid Heroes can't figure out how to stop it.
For me, it took a little while to figure out exactly what was going on. The storytelling has lots of interludes/asides where we find out about those alternate earths, and which species predominated in it. And there's a (figuratively) mustache-twirling villain, embodying the worst of 2020's bad cultural viewpoints. He was almost a little OTT for me.
The diverse characters are just presented as... characters. This is so welcome. And there are Neanderthal characters.
I just thought it was a lot of fun, with a lot of cool ideas. That's my kind of SF. Recommended, if you like that sort of thing.
This one covers alternate worlds. There have been many, many alternate universes. And we hear a little about many of them. But there's a problem: they're all gonna collapse into some kind of historical singularity if Our Intrepid Heroes can't figure out how to stop it.
For me, it took a little while to figure out exactly what was going on. The storytelling has lots of interludes/asides where we find out about those alternate earths, and which species predominated in it. And there's a (figuratively) mustache-twirling villain, embodying the worst of 2020's bad cultural viewpoints. He was almost a little OTT for me.
The diverse characters are just presented as... characters. This is so welcome. And there are Neanderthal characters.
I just thought it was a lot of fun, with a lot of cool ideas. That's my kind of SF. Recommended, if you like that sort of thing.
4.5 stars. Oh, this was a fantastic read, a fantasy novel on a vast scale that questions the very existence of humans and how we came to be. It is a long read, and sometimes a bit dense, but overall engrossing. There were many PoV characters, and it was great how all they eventually crossed paths. I also particularly likes how that author used the two young women and their relationship to frame the novel. In a story that spans the entire duration of evolution of life on Earth, it was humbling to be reminded that the everyday lives of people are what matters in the end. Also a shoutout to the author for great LGBT inclusion. This was one of the best speculative fiction I’ve read in a long time.
(Review copy from Netgalley)
(Review copy from Netgalley)