A review by katieinca
Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.0

Surprising, in a good way. [b:Children of Time|25499718|Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)|Adrian Tchaikovsky|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1431014197l/25499718._SY75_.jpg|45276208] was very much not my thing and this is SO different. It's closer to a Becky Chambers found family space romp crossed with [b:The Collapsing Empire|30078567|The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)|John Scalzi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1464097677l/30078567._SY75_.jpg|50498420] "the whole human race is maybe gonna die" vibe, and there were no spiders in sight. I loved the widely varying characters despite how difficult it was to keep them straight at first, and how mean Tchaikovsky was in killing off some of my favorites.