Review: Shards of Earth

Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

December 2, 2024 –
0% "Once upon a time, mysterious beings appeared, made a bunch of planets unlivable, then went away after one man spontaneously developed superpowers and managed to defeat just one ship. The splintered masses of humanity, including the genetically engineered and the AI offspring, are not truly ready for the BBEGs to come back.
Oh, and one Amazon falls for this man, who is surprisingly youthful for his years."
December 3, 2024 –
0% "Let's see - an all-female warrior race with relaxed social mores regarding sex. Check."
December 8, 2024 –
0% "Everybody has too many names. I'm beginning to think that Tchaikovsky is hostile toward audiobooks.

This is turning into a sidequest story."
December 9, 2024 –
0% "Oh, they found the Infinity Stones!"
December 10, 2024 –
0% "These AIs sure are sarcastic.

I like the spacer's wake.

Can't help but think that the mystical ability of a select few to navigate un-space and mentally connect with Originators and Architects, is just a wee bit like The Force."
December 15, 2024 –
0% "The early text stated that Ollie could not adapt to standard limb prosthetics because she was not born with standard limbs and couldn't operate them efficiently. And yet, she routinely operates an arachnid form with several more limbs, AND was able to plug directly into a ship's controls? She wasn't born with those, either!"
December 16, 2024 –
0% ""Oh, pay no attention to the veteran with PTSD. No WAY the enemy could come at us again!""
December 22, 2024 – Finished Reading

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