A review by greglhoward
Children of God by Mary Doria Russell

1.0

I wanted to like this book, and I was hoping it would add to The Sparrow, but after reading it, I thought it subtracted instead. The plot seemed like a natural continuation, but felt like a sequel to a blockbuster movie: an implausible way to get the gang back together. And the suffering theme that I liked a lot in the first book was undermined. And the lengths the author went to in terms of plot development to set up situations for redemption and peacemaking felt too forced.