Then I kept reading about how good it was and that it was optioned for a movie. Something just didn’t seem compelling about the summary on the back. I had this book on my wish list for several months before finally deleting it. Review #3 Audiobook Sleeping Giants (Themis Files #1) by Sylvain Neuvel
And I’ll definitely be reading the sequel. 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. 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. 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 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. If you dislike “documented interview” or “journal entry” narratives, this may not be for you. If you like sci-fi and action, this should be at the top of your list. 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. 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. No one knows what it is, except that it’s thousands of years old and defies anything discovered in human history to date. 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. 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. Too often, I read books where the writing is not enough to pull me in and I am easily distracted from the story. I wanted to read something fun and light that would also keep my total interest.
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