Reviews and Comments

Habe ich vor Jahren schon mal gelesen und für gut befunden, da aber inzwischen der dritte Band herausgekommen ist und ich den ersten (und zweiten ...) nicht mehr wirklich präsent hatte, habe ich die Serie nochmal neu gestartet.

I quickly read through Children of Time twice and expected something similar from the second book in the series. I have to admit that I struggled to even finish it - something which seldom happens for me. While there the first book had some interesting characters which were described in some detail, I admit that not a single character from the second book draw my attention and I had trouble to remember who was who when they appeared again. The first book also lived from the looming disaster on old earth which gave the whole story around the crew of the Gilgamesh a strong purpose. There is nothing in this book which drives the story forward and the end - once finally reached- leaves no longing for a third book in the series.

All together a good read and a very interesting plot. I was a little bit disappointed by the time gap in the middle of the book as well as the rather abrupt ending - both left out parts would have been worth telling I think. The connection with climate change, although consistently done with the excerpts at the chapter starts and with the background of Cat Gallowglass is rather loose - it is a bit unclear why this is the single most important thread for this story (it didn’t feel like this to me).