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“Reminiscent of The Martian and World War Z, Sleeping Giants is a luminous conspiracy yarn that shoots for (and lands among) the stars.”—Pierce Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Red Rising “As high-concept as it is, Sleeping Giants is a thriller through and through. . . . Not only is Sleeping Giants one of the most promising series kickoffs in recent memory, it’s a smart demonstration of how science fiction can honor its traditions and reverse-engineer them at the same time.”—NPR “[Sylvain] Neuvel weaves a complex tapestry with ancient machinery buried in the Earth, shadow governments, and geopolitical conflicts. But the most surprising thing about the book may just be how compelling the central characters are in the midst of these larger-than-life concepts. . . . I can’t stop thinking about it.”—Chicago Review of Books“First-time novelist Sylvain Neuvel does a bold, splashy cannonball off the high dive with Sleeping Giants. It bursts at the seams with big ideas and the questions they spawn—How much human life is worth sacrificing in the pursuit of scientific progress? Can humanity be trusted with weapons of ultimate destruction? And the biggest: Are we alone? But all that really matters is that this book is a sheer blast from start to finish. I haven’t had this much fun reading in ages.”—Blake Crouch, author of Dark Matter and the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy“A remarkable debut . . . Reminiscent of Max Brooks’s World War Z, the story’s format effectively builds suspense.”—Library Journal (debut of the month) “This stellar debut novel . . . masterfully blends together elements of sci-fi, political thriller and apocalyptic fiction. . . . A page-turner of the highest order.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“[A] fascinating first novel . . . This intriguing tale is entirely worthy of an adult audience.”—Publishers WeeklyFrom the Hardcover edition.
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About the Author
Sylvain Neuvel is a linguist and translator based in Montreal. He is at work on an R2-D2 replica and his next novel.
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Product details
Series: The Themis Files (Book 1)
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Del Rey; Reprint edition (January 24, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1101886714
ISBN-13: 978-1101886717
Product Dimensions:
5.5 x 0.7 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
3.9 out of 5 stars
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#77,022 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Lesson learned: read an excerpt before purchasing. The main idea for this book was intriguing, but the style it is written in undermines the story. The WHOLE narrative is written as interviews and excerpts from reports. When I started reading it I hoped it would give away to a more normal writing style; it didn't. As a result, the interview-narrative style makes the story feel claustrophobic by focusing on a handful of characters. The scope of the event - finding an alien artifact - would have (and is implied) global impact, but the reader never gets that scope or sense of scale. The characters are more interested in their personal, sexual, and emotional lives and the resulting drama than the alien artifact and its consequences, making the book seem shallow and a bit like a soap opera. Mysterious characters are not explained or developed, which just made them distracting. I finished the book, but won't be reading the sequel; it is written again in the same excerpt fashion.
I wanted to read something fun and light that would also keep my total interest. Too often, I read books where the writing is not enough to pull me in and I am easily distracted from the story. This was the perfect antidote. I had a great time reading this novel, and while it's not a literary sensation, it's fabulous entertainment and I can totally see how it could translate well into a movie.The basic premise is the accidental discovery by a little girl of a gigantic sculpted hand made of unknown metals and housed in panels inscribed with strange symbols. No one knows what it is, except that it's thousands of years old and defies anything discovered in human history to date. The little girl grows up to become the scientist who studies it and discovers it's only a piece of a whole--representing a giant metal statue or robot, with its various components scattered throughout the world. So begins a secret hunt to find the pieces, assemble them, and figure out what the heck this thing is, how it got here, and what it's meant for.If you like sci-fi and action, this should be at the top of your list. If you dislike "documented interview" or "journal entry" narratives, this may not be for you. I know a lot of people express frustration with this style of writing as being distracting or confusing, and if not well done, it certainly can be. However, I think Sleeping Giants does a great job of keeping the characters straight (mostly by telling you at the top of each chapter who the interview is with), and I think the voices of the characters and the dialogue do a great job of filling in the details of the story. I prefer lots of dialogue in an action story, anyway...reading pages and pages of detail on a supposed action sequence will lose my interest quickly.Overall, this is a fun read with an interesting plot, so I'm giving 5 stars for its entertainment value and how much I enjoyed it. And I'll definitely be reading the sequel.
I had this book on my wish list for several months before finally deleting it. Something just didn't seem compelling about the summary on the back. Then I kept reading about how good it was and that it was optioned for a movie. I decided to go ahead and give it a shot. When I bought it I didn't know it was going to be in the interview style like World War Z was done in. This is a genre that I do not enjoy. I feel like I'm missing a lot of character building and that certainly was the case with Sleeping Giants. It was very frustrating to not know what was going through the mind of the Army helicopter pilot who drove his truck into one of the others working on the project. Seeing that play out through the interviews of others was very unfulfilling.This book also caused me to break out of my "suspension of disbelief". As a lifelong scifi fan I'm fully capable of immersing myself into high concept futuristic novels and accepting that, duhh, what is happening in the book isn't really possible. In Sleeping Giants we're presented with a couple of episodes where American military forces challenge Russian autonomy without repercussion. In the first, a military unit goes into a Russian territory to retrieve an alien artifact. There are no consequences to this even after two Russian soldiers are shot and killed. In another, American submarines have a showdown with two Russian subs over an alien artifact on the bottom of the ocean. One of the main characters causes an event that literally obliterates one of the Russian subs, but there are no consequences. These kinds of things just would not happen without provoking a strong response from a foreign power and this really pulled me out of the story as I was pondered with exasperation how this could be possible.It's hard not to see how the author had so much trouble getting this book published in the first place. I was unable to get through the book and ultimately put it down 2/3's of the way through.
I guess I cared enough about what would happen to actually finish the book. But, it was touch and go at times. The style of the book was a series of interviews conducted by the same nameless person who seemed to have more influence than he, at first, let on. At first the style was interesting, but it got old fairly fast. In fact, it seemed implausible that some of the interviews would have been recorded at all, such as the one with the leg surgeon (I won't give away what it is was about). There weren't very many plot surprises as the story progressed.But, to be fair, the book was not all bad. The development of some of the characters was good (including the nameless interviewer). It raised some interesting issues about how we make decisions. Perhaps the author's next book will be better.
The idea behind this book is fantastic. I just feel like it's not being executed very well. There are tons of awesome opportunities for action or scenarios where the author could really build up an amazing description but it all just falls flat and takes a back seat to a silly love story. I really hope that the second book does not continue down the same path.
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