Shards of Earth

I guess I'm fully on board with Tchaikovsky now. I loved the Children of Time series, and while the setting and structure are totally different I loved this one too. I particularly liked how the deep, fundamental differences in world views and values between the characters weren't brushed away but instead became the basis for character growth. And I also loved how the nature of consciousness is important in this novel, even though it's not quite as fundamental as the Children of Time books. Can't wait to read the rest.

I just devoured this one for a refresher before starting the next two books in the trilogy. Really like AT's world building and how his prose really paints me a picture that looks just like 70's sci-fi mate paintings and book covers.

and as always this book features invertebrates as a plot point like so many of his stories!

....and multi-party conflicts, world ending crisis, class and gender politics, revolutions, the occult and cults, and other standards of good sci-fi in my opinion.

It was ok. 3 stars out of 5.
Not a bad book, very well-written. Good concepts. But it couldn't really grab me. Interesting enough to read the sequel though.

I never read anybody who portraits aliens as convincingly as Tchaikovsky. His aliens are truly alien, they don't just feel like an allegory for some human trait.

Audiobook.
Excellent. Look forward to rest of series.

My thoughts here.
http://www.nerds-feather.com/2021/06/microreview-book-shards-of-earth-by.html