WagesOf reviewed Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Amazing
4 stars
The way Tchaikovsky brings total alien intelligence to life is just spellbinding.
Paperback, 592 pages
English language
Published July 28, 2020 by Pan Macmillan.
Children of Ruin
4 stars
(3 reviews)
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity’s battle for survival on a terraformed planet.
Thousands of years ago, Earth’s terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life — but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity’s great empire fell, and the program’s decisions were lost to time.
Aeons later, humanity and its new spider allies detected fragmentary radio signals between the stars. They dispatched an exploration vessel, hoping to find cousins from old Earth.
But those ancient terraformers woke something on Nod better left undisturbed.
Michael Haider reviewed Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky
A Phenomenal Sequel
5 stars
What a great book. In my last update, I mentioned not being surprised about where the story was at that point, but almost immediately after writing that the story took a wild turn that I didn't see coming at all. The last half of the book took so many twists and turns, making for some very exciting reading. The past couple of days I had a hard time using my free time for anything other than reading this book, it was that captivating.
Children of Ruin builds off its predecessor, Children of Time, and takes the saga to new heights. I can't wait to dive into the final book of the series, Children of Memory, and see how it all wraps up.
cblgh@bookwyrm.social reviewed Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Review of "Children of Ruin"
4 stars
Decent read! Unexpectedly enjoyed having previously read one of the author's reference books (if you have gotten into Children of Ruin you might be able to guess which topic it concerns :) Less bombastic storyline than Children of Time, a larger focus on cognition in general
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- English literature