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The Doors of Eden
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Daaaaaaaamn that was good.
I may be strongly biased with Tchaikovsky’s writing and I have received this book from the publisher in exchange of an honest review but the following review will be my honest review.
If you liked “Children of Time” you are probably gonna love this book. And if you though Children of Time was amazing, blew your mind and you are struggling to find something even better to keep you going: you definitely need this book. The Doors of Eden draws inspiration from the likes of Fringe and Star Trek.
The book combines the main plot and their different point of views with interludes of a book written by the Professor Ruth Emerson which are an absolute gem. It is all connected so don’t undermine them as they are wonderful small pieces of different windows that work delightfully on their own but have a meaning beyond just being mere fragments.
The plot is developed smoothly from Mal and Lee, a couple who investigates paranormal activities for fun, when one of the disappears to re appear years latter accompanied with some strange happenings around London that end up involving people in MI5, a very charismatic hacker, a mercenary and a big fish from the city. Among many others that I will leave outside to spoil as little as possible. Anything I could tell you about the plot will diminish in front of the actual plot and I honestly think the least you know the better.
The characters are absolutely amazing, specially those non human ones. I don’t know how he manages to write non human characters so well but he is excellent at it. I am positively surprised with their diversity and their development. Characters and world building are indeed the strong point of the book, to be honest I think is a strong point of the author. They make this book so rich and so diverse that I could not stop feeling in awe of his creation skills. I thought nothing would surprise me as much as Children of Time did, but I was seriously wrong. He gives so much details to all his works making them really good. So be very aware of the details because once you start connecting the dots you may end up in awe of his planning skills.
Doing a review for this book is very complex as the book is very well developed and has a lot of sides and I would love to tell you all about all those aspects but I honestly think the least you know, the better.
I cannot encourage you enough to go and get the book as soon as it comes out.
I may be strongly biased with Tchaikovsky’s writing and I have received this book from the publisher in exchange of an honest review but the following review will be my honest review.
If you liked “Children of Time” you are probably gonna love this book. And if you though Children of Time was amazing, blew your mind and you are struggling to find something even better to keep you going: you definitely need this book. The Doors of Eden draws inspiration from the likes of Fringe and Star Trek.
The book combines the main plot and their different point of views with interludes of a book written by the Professor Ruth Emerson which are an absolute gem. It is all connected so don’t undermine them as they are wonderful small pieces of different windows that work delightfully on their own but have a meaning beyond just being mere fragments.
The plot is developed smoothly from Mal and Lee, a couple who investigates paranormal activities for fun, when one of the disappears to re appear years latter accompanied with some strange happenings around London that end up involving people in MI5, a very charismatic hacker, a mercenary and a big fish from the city. Among many others that I will leave outside to spoil as little as possible. Anything I could tell you about the plot will diminish in front of the actual plot and I honestly think the least you know the better.
The characters are absolutely amazing, specially those non human ones. I don’t know how he manages to write non human characters so well but he is excellent at it. I am positively surprised with their diversity and their development. Characters and world building are indeed the strong point of the book, to be honest I think is a strong point of the author. They make this book so rich and so diverse that I could not stop feeling in awe of his creation skills. I thought nothing would surprise me as much as Children of Time did, but I was seriously wrong. He gives so much details to all his works making them really good. So be very aware of the details because once you start connecting the dots you may end up in awe of his planning skills.
Doing a review for this book is very complex as the book is very well developed and has a lot of sides and I would love to tell you all about all those aspects but I honestly think the least you know, the better.
I cannot encourage you enough to go and get the book as soon as it comes out.