A review by 11corvus11
Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky

5.0

Even though this introduced even more complex beings, I found it better executed than the second (which I had a little trouble with.) All of the philosophical musings about sentience and consciousness were peak space scifi that I love. I adored the corvids debating their own sentience with each other and how mimickry was discussed. I'm a birder and there's a ton of evidence that what we reduce to "mere" mimicry by some species is more complex language/communication. So the idea of skilled mimids having this debate regularly along themselves was a cool idea.

There's also still plenty of action for those who aren't into that philosophical dialogue sorta scifi. Such a creative series. Really enjoyed it.