A review by bex_knighthunterbooks
Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

This was different enough to the previous books to not be repetitive, but clearly part of the group, and again I really loved this. It explores similar themes of consciousness, sentience, and personhood all through multiple different lenses and perspectives. My favourite parts of this were on the colony, with the hardship and colonists turning against each other offset by Miranda and Liff's hopeful and curious perspectives. I also loved seeing Miranda's character develop and evolve since the previous book with a real sense of duty and ethics that was so interesting. I also really enjoyed trying to puzzle out what was going on. It's a very twisty book (more so than the previous two in the series), which I did enjoy although by the end I was starting to lose track of the threads. Boundaries of weird aliens were stretched even further in this novel with multiple new additions, including the Corvids, and another I won't name here, which continue to each be utterly unique and well drawn. One down side is that I do feel the ending was overlong after we moved off the main section of the colony, and I was occasionally impatient to get back to the colony from the flashback perspectives. However, overall this was really enjoyable and thought provoking.