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A review by mes0pelagic_fan
Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.5
loved it in my heart i just kept thinking this is what i've wanted like 2 other books to be (looking at YOU cascade failure 🤨)
i was so happy to have a tortured/hunted wet cat protagonist man who actually did something useful for once and kept any tragic selfpity to minimal levels. also, the slay women around were actually slay and i was obsessed with basically everyone.
big respect for the author for justkilling iconic characters off sometimes it needs to be done and i can appreciate it rip rollo though I'll miss u uncle
overall compelling plot, great characters, fun world-building (pretty classic human space diaspora, adventures travelling thru space and on hostile planets, fractured human and human-adjacent polities, political intrigue, galactic threat, etc.) and the prose i really enjoyed from this author in service model! a mix of gory/violent/disturbing with really humourous turns of phrase that had me laughing whilesomeone literally got flayed alive . also, good use of cuss words i think not enough sff authors use the fuck word appropriately
i think having a resident lawyer makes a lot of sense and i love kris shes rad can't wait to find out what's up withher neck scar
also obsessed with the partheni using french that's literally so funny like way to give the space amazons a greek name (also massive slay that it comes from parthenogenisis bc they get grown in vats) and then have them do military talk in french lmfaooooooooooo
i was so happy to have a tortured/hunted wet cat protagonist man who actually did something useful for once and kept any tragic selfpity to minimal levels. also, the slay women around were actually slay and i was obsessed with basically everyone.
big respect for the author for just
overall compelling plot, great characters, fun world-building (pretty classic human space diaspora, adventures travelling thru space and on hostile planets, fractured human and human-adjacent polities, political intrigue, galactic threat, etc.) and the prose i really enjoyed from this author in service model! a mix of gory/violent/disturbing with really humourous turns of phrase that had me laughing while
i think having a resident lawyer makes a lot of sense and i love kris shes rad can't wait to find out what's up with
also obsessed with the partheni using french that's literally so funny like way to give the space amazons a greek name (also massive slay that it comes from parthenogenisis bc they get grown in vats) and then have them do military talk in french lmfaooooooooooo