Here's the customary summary of what the book is about
On a planet shrouded in darkness, a stranded
crew must fight for survival. But, the darkness may have plans of its
own in this wildly original story from Adrian Tchaikovsky, Hugo and
Arthur C. Clarke Award–winning author of Children of Time.
They looked into the darkness and the darkness looked back . . .
New planets are fair game to asset strippers and interplanetary
opportunists – and a commercial mission to a distant star system
discovers a moon that is pitch black, but alive with radio activity. Its
high-gravity, high-pressure, zero-oxygen environment is anathema to
human life, but ripe for exploitation. They named it Shroud.
Under no circumstances should a human end up on Shroud’s inhospitable
surface. Except a catastrophic accident sees Juna Ceelander and Mai Ste
Etienne doing just that. Forced to stage an emergency landing, in a
small, barely adequate vehicle, they are unable to contact their ship
and are running out of time. What follows is a gruelling journey across
land, sea and air. During this time, Juna and Mai begin to understand
Shroud’s dominant species. It also begins to understand them . . .
I got an ARC of this book through Netgalley. This is my review of it.
This book was DNF at 36%.
The concept of the story was good. The world building was good. The main problem, for me, was that the story was extremely slow and somewhat boring. I found it hard to hold my attention to what I was reading. Often, rereading the same paragraph. I cared nothing for any of the characters.
It's too bad, it really sounded like it was going to be a very good read. It did have great covers. Sometimes, that's what draws me in. 2 stars.