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libertyreads789 's review for:
Lords of Uncreation
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This series is finally over. Thank god. As you may know, I got this series gifted to me when my husband's coworker who knew I love SciFi was moving out of state and decided he wanted me to give the series a try. I'm the kind of person who will read whatever book is gifted to them so being given the whole series was a lot for me. Definitely a commitment when each book is over 500 pages of DENSE SciFi. Don't get me wrong, I love some good and dense Science Fiction. Keyword here being GOOD.
Reading this series has shown me that this author is not for me. A) This was so derivative of other amazing Science Fiction out there. Pulling elements from the Murderbot Diaries and the Expanse which are two of my most BELOVED SciFi series will just put you on the wrong side of me. B) The absolute lack of logic/world building/rules for the science drove me up the fucking wall. What do you mean that being at the "heart" of the universe suddenly means that a person is all powerful and all knowing? How? Why? And why do things and people stop following the laws of science when they enter into this place? How does any of this work?? C) Idris just kept gaining knowledge and understanding that the reader has to spend huge chapters watching him fight to obtain, but then that knowledge is kept from the reader for chapters at a time. We slip into a new chapter with multiple perspectives and none of them Idris. Just for this epiphany to be dropped on our heads halfway through a chapter with no real explanation. Absolutely infuriating to read. Speaking of infuriating to read: D) The first 100 pages are mostly perspectives I hate. I ended up liking who Olli became by the last 50 or so pages of the book, but between her and Ravin I was ready to just dump my whole series in the river for the beginning of this book.
There were elements of a good SciFi story in there, but I echo other readers when I say that the fluff, overdone dramatics, and poetic language distracted from that hidden glimmer of something special. I was drawn to the characters of the story in the first two books and really hoped to enjoy them in this final book as well, however, this found family was now separated across the cosmos and felt like shells of the characters I had previously enjoyed. They all come together at the end and show parts of who they used to be, but the dynamic of a found family never really pays off. People need to stop thinking that the best way to end a series with a found family is to separate everyone. I've always hated that and will continue to hate it forever. I want to say that this series scratched my itch for The Expanse reread (which is never happening. I swear), but in reality, it's just exhausted me for SciFi. I plan on reading a handful of romances between now and my next SciFi read.
Overall, I think you'd be better off reading one of this author's other works than reading this series. A lot of reviews say that this is worse than his Children of Time series which I can't speak to since this is my first series by him. I just don't think I have it in me to read something else from this author.