Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky

9 reviews

jillysmith's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The final entry in Children of Time and we jump genres again, this time playing into fantasy and fairy tales. All the hallmarks of the series are there, a fascination with being completely isolated from your society but almost able to see another one, and multiple converging timelines pushing the plot along. Probably the saddest of the three novels, and less horrific than Ruin, with some really touching moments. And as is classic for the series, ends on a hopeful note

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

krossi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

Minor: Child abuse and Death of parent

evelphysicist's review

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Overall a good final instalment to the trilogy but doesn’t really hit the mark like the previous 2 did for me. But I loved the other 2 so this is still good! The newly introduced species are fresh and interesting, but neither are really ever a focus. 

There are points the book becomes bogged down in philosophical rambling. The points are good, but the same ones are made so many times without a new conclusion. I would say this more than anything is what pulled the book down for me. That and

the neurodiversity metaphor becomes  too on the nose for me. I say this as some with adhd who initially found the neurodiversity depictions  quite a cute caricature, but the more explicit he made the point the more clumsy it became in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Gun violence, Incest, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

valjeanval's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

While not my favorite of the series, I think it was still a pretty good entry into the series. Brain-bending and thoughtful exploration on the meaning of sentience and how we value “life.”

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

fahyhallowell's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

adventurous intelligent virus gets trapped in ancient virtual reality engine

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide and Death of parent

mar's review

adventurous challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

something incredibly endearing about one of the greatest science fiction novels ive ever read also being a bit of a love letter to fantasy. ough

o|-< (self portrait of me taking a break from this book to lie on the floor and have an existential crisis contemplating the nature of life and sentience and consciousness)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Violence, and Death of parent

includes a moderately graphic depiction of a lynching

janisgoblin's review

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Xenophobia, and Death of parent

iono's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Loved the first two books in the series, but this third book felt like pointless nonsense that doesn't need to exist. This series should have ended as a duology.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia

Moderate: Child death, Violence, and Death of parent

emmagiverny's review

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent