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A review by midwifereading
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
4.0
Holy. Moly.
First of all, I was hesitant when I found out the narrative structure of this book is primarily made up of interviews with a nameless man and some journal entries from other characters. I even thought I might put it down at one point. It didn't take long for the story to dig its fingers into me and hang on, though. I changed my mind and kept reading. I had to.
The nameless man. I don't know why, but his character is the root of all suspense in this story. I am not sure how, but he is more interesting to me than the massive robot the story is centered on! He is fascinating and infuriating. If I get through the next two books (and 1/2 book pdfs) without getting to finally meet him, I will lose it.
This book is why I love sci-fi. It's not the most incredible book I have read, but that doesn't matter, because the story is well-executed, the premise is intriguing, and the characters very human. Except that weird eyebrowless guy -- I am pretty sure he isn't exactly human...
Some moments are pretty farfetched, but somehow still make sense in the context we're forced into. I am looking forward to finding out where this goes. Good thing I am 2nd in the queue for both of the other books!
First of all, I was hesitant when I found out the narrative structure of this book is primarily made up of interviews with a nameless man and some journal entries from other characters. I even thought I might put it down at one point. It didn't take long for the story to dig its fingers into me and hang on, though. I changed my mind and kept reading. I had to.
The nameless man. I don't know why, but his character is the root of all suspense in this story. I am not sure how, but he is more interesting to me than the massive robot the story is centered on! He is fascinating and infuriating. If I get through the next two books (and 1/2 book pdfs) without getting to finally meet him, I will lose it.
This book is why I love sci-fi. It's not the most incredible book I have read, but that doesn't matter, because the story is well-executed, the premise is intriguing, and the characters very human. Except that weird eyebrowless guy -- I am pretty sure he isn't exactly human...
Some moments are pretty farfetched, but somehow still make sense in the context we're forced into. I am looking forward to finding out where this goes. Good thing I am 2nd in the queue for both of the other books!