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Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky

3 reviews

blacksphinx's review

adventurous inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Torture, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, War, Forced institutionalization, and Ableism

Minor: Confinement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

Homophobic slur. A character is called a pedophile once based on their physical appearance.

bluejayreads's review against another edition

3.75

I generally prefer fantasy over scifi, especially scifi as hard as Adrian Tchaikovksy tends to write. But I picked this up because I enjoyed his novella Elder Race and was willing to try something else. This is fairly hard scifi, but it had solid and likeable characters, a strong plot that manages to have our protagonists hopping from planet to planet without ever feeling contrived or like a fetch quest, and some absolutely amazing worldbuilding concepts. So many of the ideas were unique and tied into a great story. The amazing worldbuilding manages to make the whole story feel intricate and vivid, even though the plot isn't particularly complex. Adrian Tchaikovsky is a great writer and I enjoyed the read. I'm on the fence about reading book two - not becuase I think it will be bad or that there isn't room for a sequel, but becuase sequels are usually not quite as good as book one and while I liked this book, I wouldn't say I love it or call it a favorite. But again, this book was good, so I'm not ruling it out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Racism, Genocide, Body horror, Ableism, and Blood

Minor: Slavery, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Gore, and Confinement

Unreality

iono's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Medical content, Slavery, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia

Minor: Ableism, Kidnapping, Murder, and Torture