Dark Eden Book Review

I received this book for free from Blogging for Books for this review. This is the first book I've received, and I was really excited to be able to write reviews this way.

(A warning: Although this book is mostly about characters that are young teens, this is NOT a book for young teens.)

I thought this Dark Eden was an interesting read. I loved the world that the author, Christ Beckett, built. It's beautiful, colorful, and dark, and he describes the animals, trees, and world quite vividly. If I had to give it a star rating, I'd only give it a 3.5 though. The way that sex is described is very graphic, and I wish there hadn't been so much of it. Although, the book does deal with the digression and evolution of human beings and their language, beliefs, and social norms. So the whole idea that sex has lost its meaning does fit with the feel of the book. I did like the way that the language changed over time, lost its meaning in some things, got new meaning in others. The way the author did that was very well done.

Dark Eden is really about one person having the courage to have new ideas and follow through with them, even when the crowd is too afraid to move on because they have been stuck in their own ways for so long. It was frustrating to see the main character struggle so hard to be heard, because as a reader you know that most all of his ideas are valid and good.

I liked the way the book ended. It gave a satisfying, yet sad sort of resolution to the whole story and journey that the characters take.