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A review by sambora
Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Imagine if Jeff Vandermeer's Annihilation and Ursula K Le Guin's The Word For World is Forest had a baby.
That's pretty damn close to what we got here with Alien Clay, and I adored it.
I'll admit it took me a little while to get with the first-person perspective, it felt a little clunky and unnecessary at first, but it ended up working brilliantly and it had completely grown on me by the quarter way mark.
This is a book about divergent evolution, symbiotic relationships in nature, revolution and uprising and yet at the same time becoming a part of the machine in which you live your life.
It's full to the brim with Tchaikovsky-isms, with a liberal dose of body horror and all sorts of creepy alien insects and creatures.
Tchaikovsky... well, the man is a genius. A rockstar. This book fantastic.
Thank you Pan Mac for the proof. What an joy it's been.
That's pretty damn close to what we got here with Alien Clay, and I adored it.
I'll admit it took me a little while to get with the first-person perspective, it felt a little clunky and unnecessary at first, but it ended up working brilliantly and it had completely grown on me by the quarter way mark.
This is a book about divergent evolution, symbiotic relationships in nature, revolution and uprising and yet at the same time becoming a part of the machine in which you live your life.
It's full to the brim with Tchaikovsky-isms, with a liberal dose of body horror and all sorts of creepy alien insects and creatures.
Tchaikovsky... well, the man is a genius. A rockstar. This book fantastic.
Thank you Pan Mac for the proof. What an joy it's been.