Children of Eden
Self-Published
Community Rating
Description
In the 142 years since its founding, the village of Prospera has existed as a paradise. Four of the children of Prospera: Hannah, Miranda, Kevin and Lisa, begin to suspect that there's more to Prospera's perfection than meets the eye and set out to learn the truth. What they discover places them in mortal danger and the children decide that their only option is to flee Prospera for the outside world, a journey that will reveal to them even more frightening truths about Prospera and its relationship with the outside world.
Information
- Status
- Completed
- Year
- 2022
- Author
- Shiro1245
Royal Road Stats
- Rating
- 4.6/ 5.0
- Followers
- 15
- Views
- 14,852
Chapters(47 total)
- RETURN part 16Apr 21, 2022
- RETURN part 15Apr 21, 2022
- RETURN part 14Apr 20, 2022
- RETURN part 13Apr 19, 2022
- RETURN part 12Apr 18, 2022
- RETURN part 11Apr 17, 2022
- RETURN part 10Apr 16, 2022
- RETURN part 9Apr 15, 2022
- RETURN part 8Apr 14, 2022
- RETURN part 7Apr 14, 2022
- RETURN part 6Apr 13, 2022
- RETURN part 5Apr 11, 2022
- RETURN part 4Apr 10, 2022
- RETURN part 3Apr 9, 2022
- RETURN part 2Apr 8, 2022
- RETURN part 1Apr 7, 2022
- TRUTH part 11Apr 6, 2022
- TRUTH part 10Apr 5, 2022
- TRUTH part 9Apr 4, 2022
- TRUTH part 8Apr 3, 2022
Reviews
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Community Reviews(2)
- kooritsRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0Overall
The story is about an dystopian community (possibly the only remaining community after a nuclear war), where 5 children grow up to start questioning the motives of the governing committees and the nature of the outside world. Reminiscent of Logan's Run and similar stories, but with slower pacing and more nuanced characters.
Quite a different fiction than I usually read on here. Feels like a psychological thriller, with a sense of hidden dread that is waiting to surface.
Characters
The story so far has 5 main characters, and each is presented in more detail and with more character development than most novels with a single character that I have read on RoyalRoad. Sections are from the PoV of various characters, but somehow manage to avoid being repetitive.
Grammar
Great! Haven't seen a single typo and learned a few new words
Story
Only halfway into the story so far (chapters are quite long), but it keeps me guessing. Pacing makes this a psychological thriller.
Style
This is the only item I have problems with - paragraphs tend to be long, and this story needs to be read with more focus than the more relaxed titles on RoyalRoad. The type of story kind of makes it necessary though. I'm not a writer myself so unsure if this can be improved without ruining the overall feel. - Pacheco408Royal Road★★★★ 3.5The story at the beginning reminds me of the movie the village with a mystery and the lies but it lost me when it revealed the secret because it is really just like the movie.
The story at the beginning has a clear critique of communism which I found very interesting but after revealing the truth comes with the old speech that it's all America's fault I'm not defending America but one who studies geopolitics understands that it's more complicated that it