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A review by soletka
Children of the Sun by Beth Lewis
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-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? It's complicated
3.0
This is a kind of sci-fi novel covering the topic of loss and hope. Can there be more than one reality? Can there be an alternative world where your story can be different, where your losses and mistakes can be redone and where you could be freed from your guilt, pain and shame? At least charismatic Sol claims that this is possible. But is he only a cult leader planning a mass suicide of his followers, or is there more to his claims?
Love, its loss, guilt, shame. The novel deals with these emotions strongly. I confess that the emotional aspect was a bit too much for me, I was sold on the premise of a mysterious cult, so I was hoping for a thriller. But this novel both a human drama based on a chance of impossible hope and even the romance novel, as the star-crossed gay love story of journalist James and his lover Tony is a thread going throughout the whole book.
I´d say the emotional parts are interesting, but there is a bit too much of the heavy stuff and too little of the sci-fi and mysterious parts. The romance aspects prevail towards the end, the story goes straightly into the field of make-believe, but the logical explanations are missing and the sci-fi parts are but forgotten, which is a pity if you ask me.
Love, its loss, guilt, shame. The novel deals with these emotions strongly. I confess that the emotional aspect was a bit too much for me, I was sold on the premise of a mysterious cult, so I was hoping for a thriller. But this novel both a human drama based on a chance of impossible hope and even the romance novel, as the star-crossed gay love story of journalist James and his lover Tony is a thread going throughout the whole book.
I´d say the emotional parts are interesting, but there is a bit too much of the heavy stuff and too little of the sci-fi and mysterious parts. The romance aspects prevail towards the end, the story goes straightly into the field of make-believe, but the logical explanations are missing and the sci-fi parts are but forgotten, which is a pity if you ask me.