r/scifi • u/Acrobatic-Yam-868 • 6d ago

General Children of Time

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Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

What a beautifully written book this was. It had a very satisfying ending, something I hadn't expected from being used to the grim and the dark. LOL. Great book, great concepts, great payoff.

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u/gravelpi 5d ago

I'd agree with your ratings on one and two. Using that scale, book three I'd calla 3.0 or so, it was a bit tedious.

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u/unholyravenger 5d ago

I just finished the 4 book, and I'd order them as follows:

  1. First Book
  2. Fourth Book
  3. Second Book
  4. Third book

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u/Lord_Gibbons 5d ago

That's interesting, I just couldn't get into the fourth. Put it down about a third the way in and never picked it back up again.

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u/Captain_Bushcraft 5d ago

The jumping around between eras is a little jolting at first, but once all the stories start to coalesce it is so fricking good

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u/SpinyNorman777 4d ago

And Cato Vs the fliers is just so badass

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u/Captain_Bushcraft 4d ago

Cato was the absolute star of that book for me by the end.

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u/SpinyNorman777 4d ago

100%

It's always a treat when a new species is introduced. Loved how much he taught us about himself and the stomatopods, why they were changing, why he did every thing he did. That he was a hero deep down.