From the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Doors of Eden is an extraordinary feat of the imagination and a page-turning adventure. Writing at the top of his game, The Doors of Eden is a breathtaking novel from a bestselling author. They thought we were safe. They were wrong. Four years ago, two girls went looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor. Only one came back. Lee thought she'd lost Mal, but now she's miraculously returned. But what happened that day on the moors? And where has she been all this ...
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From the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Doors of Eden is an extraordinary feat of the imagination and a page-turning adventure. Writing at the top of his game, The Doors of Eden is a breathtaking novel from a bestselling author. They thought we were safe. They were wrong. Four years ago, two girls went looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor. Only one came back. Lee thought she'd lost Mal, but now she's miraculously returned. But what happened that day on the moors? And where has she been all this time? Mal's reappearance hasn't gone unnoticed by MI5 officers either, and Lee isn't the only one with questions. Julian Sabreur is investigating an attack on top physicist Kay Amal Khan. This leads Julian to clash with agents of an unknown power - and they may or may not be human. His only clue is grainy footage, showing a woman who supposedly died on Bodmin Moor. Dr Khan's research was theoretical; then she found cracks between our world and parallel Earths. Now these cracks are widening, revealing extraordinary creatures. And as the doors crash open, anything could come through. 'Inventive, funny and engrossing, this book lingers long after you close it' - Tade Thompson, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of Rosewater Adrian Tchaikovsky is the author of Children of Time, Children of Ruin and many other novels, novellas and short stories. Children of Time won the Arthur C. Clarke award in its 30th anniversary year.
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I tried with The Doors of Eden, I really did. I started and gave up on it around 35% of the book three times. Which when you consider the book is 600 pages, is a fair chunk of story.
The premise is quite good, and I actually enjoyed some of the story aspects. The first section about Mal and Lee's relationship and their trip to Bodmin Moor was interesting. However, in between each 'story' section are interludes which were a bit too 'sci-fi' for me and were very dense and a bit dry. They did nothing to further the story along and I found myself skimming through them. This however, really ruined the pace of the story for me and I'm sure may have been problematic later on if there were any essential bits of information in these sections that I may have missed.
There are also a lot of narrative perspectives to the story - there's Lee and FBI Agent Julian and Lucas, plus judging by other reviews there's three more I haven't met yet. There's also a lot of characters in each perspective and it was hard to keep track with who was who at points. The points of view all felt quite similar and the chapters jump perspectives with no headings which left me feeling confused.
Overall, although I have enjoyed some of Adrian Tchaikovsky's previous work, The Doors of Eden was not for me. With dry interludes that did nothing to further the plot and a lack of relatable characters, I struggled to make it past 35% on three separate occasions. Thank you to NetGalley & Pan Macmillan - Tor for the chance to read the book in exchange for an honest review.
