Carnivalesque rated Children of Ruin: 4 stars

Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Adrian Tchaikovsky
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity’s battle for survival on a terraformed planet.
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The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity’s battle for survival on a terraformed planet.
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The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity’s battle for survival on a terraformed planet.
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I kept bouncing off this novel. I was intrigued but not gripped until the story truly started to click about a third of the way through and I could not put it down! Susanna Clarke publishes books very infrequently but 2 of her 3 are just fantastic accomplishments (I haven't read the third).
I kept bouncing off this novel. I was intrigued but not gripped until the story truly started to click about a third of the way through and I could not put it down! Susanna Clarke publishes books very infrequently but 2 of her 3 are just fantastic accomplishments (I haven't read the third).

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