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Adrian Tchaikovsky: Children of Memory (EBook, 2023, Orbit) 4 stars

Earth failed. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest …

Children of Memory

4 stars

Children of Memory is the third (and final?) book in the Children of Time saga. I have very mixed feelings about this book (and also this series). If I had to sum up my feelings, the last 50 pages of this book are absolutely excellent but the middle ~200 pages drag on for quite some time. If I had to review the series as a whole, I am glad I read these three books personally, but my recommendation for others who hadn't read any would be to read the first book and stop there.

One thing I think this series does well is that each book has a very different vibe overall. Book one is very space opera / evolutionary theater, book two adds in a significant horror element, and book three feels more like a mystery (fairytale?) of strange contradictory events. I strongly agree with Tak, who described this …

Content warning Children of Memory spoilers, Nona/Harrow the Ninth spoilers