eileenanddogs 's review for:

Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Really fascinating scenario and environment. Best aliens. I found a lot of it pretty grim and hopeless.
But the author wound things up super well at the end. One fascinating thing he did was a spoiler itself; when the characters were in a dire situation, he started splitting the chronology from their current "adventure" to when they got back home. I.e., he let us readers know that they did make it, even though he could have built massive suspense with it since it was against all odd. Skilled writer.
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