A review by readingwithkt
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This is the first sci-fi novel I’ve read and I enjoyed it! I will definitely be reading the book that follows on from this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death

One perspective in this book comes from the POV of a spider. The word "cripple" is used in the book once, hence the CW for ableism.

there is a scene in which it is revealed that in order to control the human species, they had to remove the embryo from the womb and place it in a controlled frozen environment. This kind of content may be difficult for some readers to read, though it is not described in detail on page.