A review by fbone
Dark Eden by Chris Beckett

2.0

Struggled mightily with this one. I'm glad it's over. The plot is in the same vein as [I]Earth Abides[/I] (a far superior novel) in that a few humans must start over after a catastrophe. The difference is that in [I]Earth Abides[/I] the focus is on the real world issues leading to a gradual descent into the primitive whereas [I]Dark Eden[/I] is why progress out of primeval. It's more psychological like a classic sci-fi in that it asks "Why?" with no satisfying answers. The writing was competent with intentional baby talk in dialogue. Expect lots of incest as it's part of the plot. Ending was as expected.