As it turns out, everything that happened in Sleeping Giants is just a setup for this book and probably the last book of the planned trilogy. The plot began 9 years after the end of Sleeping Giants and the tension is so much more evident here. I’ll be honest, I didn’t expect Waking Gods to be this good but the second book in the Themis Files series by Sylvain Neuvel is truly a stunning improvement over its predecessor. If you like sci-fi that opens up worlds of possibility, that makes you feel smaller than you knew was possible, that offers new, thrilling and scary answers to some of the oldest questions - READ THIS SERIES.īlog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YoutubeĪRC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Look, you probably already know by now if this book is for you or not. And he's snarky as fuck, which also helps. Plus, most of the interviews are conducted by an unnamed interviewer (yes, we do learn more about him), giving it an additional air of mystery. It keeps us constantly in the moment, gives us further insight into the characters, and never gets bogged down by too much description. The story unfolds through interview transcripts and journal entries, which works wonders for the pacing. The style of narration also really appeals to me. It adds an extra dose of realism of possibility. From the action scenes as things get bigger and bigger and it seems humanity might really be doomed, to the scientific details which were so damn interesting! I love sci-fi books that seem (not like I'd know for sure) grounded in scientific fact. Waking Gods is a heart-pounding thrill ride. Well, seriously, I don't even know how to convey how exciting, fast-paced and unputdownable this book was. Sleeping Giants had already started to answer some questions, and with the atmosphere of mystery dwindling, I wasn't sure exactly what a sequel would offer.

To be honest, I wasn't sure Waking Gods would have as much of an effect on me. Maybe it's just me, but I get shivers at the question: if there is something on our planet that didn't occur naturally, that we didn't make, that we couldn't have made - then, who did? What does this mean for humanity? For science? Religion? After I read Sleeping Giants on a whim last year, I ended up being sucked into its incredible premise: giant body parts are discovered in the earth that predate the human technology required to make them.

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