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niennamarie_ 's review for:
The Doors of Eden
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
I like Sci-fi but I have to admit that I’m always wary about it because there are so many strands of sci-fi that I really don’t like. Parallel world though, fall under the types of sci-do that I do usually like. Usually. That’s why I wanted to read it, but it turned out that this one just isn’t for me.
It is overly fast-paced, to the detriment of characterisation. There just isn’t space within the super-speed plot to give the characters their due and really flesh them out. They honestly deserved better, because there is such a diverse array of characters here, and so much could have been done with them.
There are excerpts of a fictional, non-fiction book scattered throughout the story to give us a deeper insight into the other worlds and the creatures that populate them. In theory, it’s a good idea but I hated it. I just found it boring and ending up skim reading whenever they popped up.
I seem to be in the minority here, because other reviews seem to overwhelmingly positive thus far, but I just really, really didn’t enjoy this.
*Thanks to the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*
It is overly fast-paced, to the detriment of characterisation. There just isn’t space within the super-speed plot to give the characters their due and really flesh them out. They honestly deserved better, because there is such a diverse array of characters here, and so much could have been done with them.
There are excerpts of a fictional, non-fiction book scattered throughout the story to give us a deeper insight into the other worlds and the creatures that populate them. In theory, it’s a good idea but I hated it. I just found it boring and ending up skim reading whenever they popped up.
I seem to be in the minority here, because other reviews seem to overwhelmingly positive thus far, but I just really, really didn’t enjoy this.
*Thanks to the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*