A review by trnolan
Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky

3.0

Intriguing follow-on to Children of Time that is often too clever for its own good.The world building and different forms of alien life are great but I found the constant time jumps and perspective shifts jarring to read. My entire experience with this book felt disjointed as I didn't find myself invested in any of the main characters. It was easy to walk away from for a week and not be too fussed to continue on. And the plot itself got to levels of hand-wavy that were just too much.