oox rated Children of Time: 4 stars
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)
A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find a new home. But when …
Review for all 3 books:
The plot was fairly interesting and the characters were decent, though I never got very attached. The biggest problem IMO was that the prose was absolutely boring in book 1, and though it improved a bit, it still left a lot to be desired. The were also very silly mistakes in the writing of repetition in word choice or even characters seeming to check their watch twice in the span of a few seconds.
The sentences that were clearly supposed to be punchy, introspective, and inspiring generally felt lackluster and boring. I enjoyed these books but they were by no means great.