Children of Time

, #1

Paperback, 640 pages

English language

Published Nov. 7, 2016 by Pan Books.

ISBN:
978-1-4472-7330-1
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OCLC Number:
956763999

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5 stars (7 reviews)

The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home. Following their ancestor's star maps, they discovered the greatest treasure of a past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life. But all is not right in this new Eden. The planet is not waiting for them, pristine and unoccupied. New monsters have turned it from a refuge into mankind's worst nightmare. Now two civilisations are on a collision course and must fight to survive. As the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, who are the true heirs of this new Earth?

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reviewed Děti času by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Děti Země, #1)

75%

4 stars

Po Kleci dusi od stejnyho autora sem cekal mistama slozitejsi pasaze. Celkem originalni knizka, kdy se jeden experiment trosku vymkl a zbytky lidstva se s tim experimentem o par tisic let opet potkaji. Mozna castecne i sonda lidstvi (ne zrovna pozitivni).

Zaokrouhlime nahoru na 4 hvezdy.

reviewed Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)

Great world building, weak characters

4 stars

Very intriguing story and great world-building on the green planet. I was really fascinated by the cities and technologies made from silk.

But I never felt too much sympathy with the protagonists, because they either only came up for a short period and then disappeared in time, repeating the same names (Portia) for different characters didn't help. Or because they were not very likeable. There was hardly any backstory on the crew of the ship, and emotional storylines like the relationship of classicist and engineer were rather subdued, never made it into my heart. The storyline was foreseeable in many parts, even the rather abrupt ending. I found myself skipping lines and paragraphs towards the end.

This may sound negative, and honestly, the book leaves me somehow unsatisfied, even though I can't point out a singular reason. Nevertheless, I would recommend reading it, it's entertaining and gripping in most parts, …

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