Children of Time

The best sci-fi book I've ever read. I will exclude Frankenstein from that list because I don't want to dive too deeply into which is my favorite.

Clear descriptive writing that allowed me to rip through these pages. No weak subplots or unnecessary twists. A master class in writing.

The world and concept was so creative and unique no other evolution based book comes close in the depth or execution of the concept.

The spider culture was fascinating and cataloguing all the changes over thousands of life cycles with their immense leaps brought me great joy. The female male dynamic and the civil rights march was so interesting to see. Assassinations for freedom!

Yet from the human perspective these creatures came across as horrors. There was a good amount of terror in this book. From a woman machine taking over a ship and projecting herself onto the screen and over the speakers, to the crawling impending doom of the spiders.

Cannot recommend enough.