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The Doors of Eden
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Review for The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Thank you so much to Orbit for sending me a copy of this to read and review! All opinions are my own.
Summary:
“Lee’s best friend went missing on Bodmin Moor, four years ago. She and Mal were chasing rumours of monsters when they found something all too real. Now Mal is back, but where has she been, and who is she working for?”
My Thoughts
This was a 3.75/5 for me.
We start off following Lee and Mal, as they explore a spooky Moor, when abruptly Mal gets abducted, but Lee has no idea by who or where she’s gone but is determined to find her.
Being an X-Files fan, this was a very promising start for me.
I wanted to stay with just these two characters, but this cast for this continued to expand before I could actually catch up with the last characters that were introduced, which became confusing at times.
This book did a lot and sometimes I felt like it was too much at once.
If you’re looking for something action packed, with very few lulls, then you will probably enjoy this.
As for my personal thoughts, I do think that this may have done better being split into two books. I only had so many pages with each set of characters before we swapped to another group, and I never really felt like I got to relate to or understand (most) of the characters.
I felt like if it had been split into two it would've maybe made this easier for me personal.
However, I did absolutely love Tchaikovsky’s writing style. Being a biologist myself, I really enjoyed the small interludes in between each chapter, and would’ve easily read a whole books worth of them.
I am interested in picking up more of Tchaikovsky’s works, hopefully a book with a slightly less massive cast, because I really did enjoy his writing, as well as how he sets the plot moving and rarely ever slows down.
Overall (TLDR)
If you’re looking for an X-Files+multidimensional story with a huge set of characters and a very fast-paced plot, I really think you’ll enjoy this. The writing is phenomenal, I just wish I had been able to grasp the personalities of each character a little more thoroughly.
Thank you so much to Orbit for sending me a copy, I’m forever grateful.
Go read this, and then find me on Instagram and Twitter!
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Thank you so much to Orbit for sending me a copy of this to read and review! All opinions are my own.
Summary:
“Lee’s best friend went missing on Bodmin Moor, four years ago. She and Mal were chasing rumours of monsters when they found something all too real. Now Mal is back, but where has she been, and who is she working for?”
My Thoughts
This was a 3.75/5 for me.
We start off following Lee and Mal, as they explore a spooky Moor, when abruptly Mal gets abducted, but Lee has no idea by who or where she’s gone but is determined to find her.
Being an X-Files fan, this was a very promising start for me.
I wanted to stay with just these two characters, but this cast for this continued to expand before I could actually catch up with the last characters that were introduced, which became confusing at times.
This book did a lot and sometimes I felt like it was too much at once.
If you’re looking for something action packed, with very few lulls, then you will probably enjoy this.
As for my personal thoughts, I do think that this may have done better being split into two books. I only had so many pages with each set of characters before we swapped to another group, and I never really felt like I got to relate to or understand (most) of the characters.
I felt like if it had been split into two it would've maybe made this easier for me personal.
However, I did absolutely love Tchaikovsky’s writing style. Being a biologist myself, I really enjoyed the small interludes in between each chapter, and would’ve easily read a whole books worth of them.
I am interested in picking up more of Tchaikovsky’s works, hopefully a book with a slightly less massive cast, because I really did enjoy his writing, as well as how he sets the plot moving and rarely ever slows down.
Overall (TLDR)
If you’re looking for an X-Files+multidimensional story with a huge set of characters and a very fast-paced plot, I really think you’ll enjoy this. The writing is phenomenal, I just wish I had been able to grasp the personalities of each character a little more thoroughly.
Thank you so much to Orbit for sending me a copy, I’m forever grateful.
Go read this, and then find me on Instagram and Twitter!