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A review by avocadochicken
Dark Eden by Chris Beckett
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This was a great read. The first half of this book had an almost overwhelming sense of building tension, you know as a reader that some shit is going to go down, and Eden will be forever changed.
The world building is really fun here, flora and fauna adapted to a world without a sun is really interesting, but it’s funny - you could have essentially the exact same story set on a remote island on earth (this was sci-fi, but it being sci-fi didn’t impact the plot at all)
- John’s group is working on the wheel already, so I’m pretty sure it’s over for David
- I wonder if John will fully be a villain in the later books
- I’m super excited to see what’s down in the underworld (and are any of the animals here sapient?)
The world building is really fun here, flora and fauna adapted to a world without a sun is really interesting, but it’s funny - you could have essentially the exact same story set on a remote island on earth (this was sci-fi, but it being sci-fi didn’t impact the plot at all)
- John’s group is working on the wheel already, so I’m pretty sure it’s over for David
- I wonder if John will fully be a villain in the later books
- I’m super excited to see what’s down in the underworld (and are any of the animals here sapient?)