⇒ Download Free Sleeping Giants The Themis Files Sylvain Neuvel Books

Sleeping Giants The Themis Files Sylvain Neuvel Books

Download As PDF : Sleeping Giants The Themis Files Sylvain Neuvel Books

Sleeping Giants The Themis Files Sylvain Neuvel Books

This is easily going to be one of the top 5 books of 2016.
With its clever ‘Interview’ style, and somewhat mysterious main character, to the awe inspiring Giant Hand that only gets more awe inspiring as the story goes on, this is one of the best ‘We are not alone’ stories I have read.
I am going to try and do this review without giving too many spoilers away, which might be difficult, so if there are any parts with Spoilers, they will be clearly marked in a section with a heading ***SPOILERS**** and an ending ***END SPOILERS*** so you can dodge that part.
The story starts with a little girl falling into a pit and finding a giant hand. From there it leaps forward several years, and falls into this fast paced Interview style of book. The interviews are conducted by the same man, who is on a mission to work out what is going on. It’s difficult to give you more without spoilers sorry.
Needless to say, the story itself is exceptionally well written. The interviews themselves are incredibly clever, giving you pieces of the story, but not all of it, based on different characters. As you hear the different interviews, you can slowly (or quickly in some cases) piece together what is/has occurred. This is where the story is so clever, in that the Interviewer asks the questions that you would like to hear, sometimes getting the answer you want, and sometimes not, because it's not known, it's left to your imagination, or you don’t need to know right now.
Because of the nature of this book, the characters needed to be good, and they are better than good, they are exceptional. I can’t really go into each of the characters without giving away spoilers (see next section).
However, I can say, that the characters had all the qualities you would want for this type of story. There is the appropriate amount of humour, sarcasm and the like sort of emotional responses to situations. The Interviewer is probably one of the best characters I have read in a Sci-Fi story for some time, with all the correct amounts of arrogance, that air of authority that says he has the power to do what he will and there is nothing you can do about it, but at the same time, he is completely cool, calm and collected at all times, never out of control in any situation. He is always in front, and the information he is gathering is simply to keep him there. This character is brilliant.

****SPOILERS*****
The other characters in the story are just as good. There is Rose Franklin, the young girl who found the hand, and is now a Physicist and a part of the team working on studying the artefact. Rose is the project leader, and often comes across as determined, strong, but very soft as well, caring of her subordinates. She is an intelligent character.
One of my favourite characters of this entire book is Kara Resnik. Kara is a helicopter pilot with an attitude. She is somewhat acerbic, sarcastic, and less than friendly most of the time. However, this is a front if you can get past it. And that is how clever these characters are. They are multi-layered, with in-depth personalities.
There are two other major characters, Vincent Couture a linguist, and Ryan Mitchell, a Soldier. These two are involved with the project and have a major impact on the story at several levels. Their stories are utterly fascinating, and again, so multi-layered that it shows the skill that the Author has.
******END SPOILERS******

The Characters in this story are easily the best part of this story. Each character in this story is utterly brilliant, and as already stated, is a multi-layered cleverly developed piece of the plot that you only see towards the end.
This is a wonderfully intelligent, and very creative piece of story telling, giving a new twist on the ‘we are not alone’ genre. This should not be missed by anyone who loves their Sci-Fi.


Tags : Amazon.com: Sleeping Giants (The Themis Files) (9781101886694): Sylvain Neuvel: Books,Sylvain Neuvel,Sleeping Giants (The Themis Files),Del Rey,1101886692,Science Fiction - Action & Adventure,Science Fiction - Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic,Thrillers - Technological,FICTION Action & Adventure,FICTION Science Fiction Adventure,FICTION Science Fiction Adventure.,FICTION Technological,Giants,Robots,Robots;Fiction.,Women physicists,Women physicists;Fiction.,AMERICAN MYSTERY & SUSPENSE FICTION,AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY,Action & Adventure,Canada,FICTION Science Fiction Action & Adventure,FICTION Science Fiction Alien Contact,FICTION Science Fiction Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic,FICTION Thrillers Technological,Fiction,Fiction - Science Fiction,Fiction-Science Fiction,FictionAction & Adventure,FictionThrillers - Technological,GENERAL,General Adult,Science Fiction,United States,Women physicists,Women physicists;Fiction.,action and adventure; techno thriller; science fiction adventure; science fiction and fantasy; literary science fiction; literary thriller; science fiction thriller; Science Fiction; Action; Adventure; Thriller; Technological; aliens; fantasy; military; mystery; robots; sf; thrillers; adventure books; science fiction books; mystery books; sci fi; crime; action adventure; sci-fi; mystery suspense; action thriller; sci fi books; crime books; mystery adventure; suspense books; fantasy science fiction; suspense; sci-fi fantasy; sff,action and adventure;techno thriller;science fiction adventure;science fiction and fantasy;literary science fiction;literary thriller;science fiction thriller;Science Fiction;Action;Adventure;Thriller;Technological;aliens;fantasy;military;mystery;robots;sf;thrillers;adventure books;science fiction books;mystery books;sci fi;crime;action adventure;sci-fi;mystery suspense;action thriller;sci fi books;crime books;mystery adventure;suspense books;fantasy science fiction;suspense;sci-fi fantasy;sff,Action & Adventure,FICTION Science Fiction Action & Adventure,FICTION Science Fiction Alien Contact,FICTION Science Fiction Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic,FICTION Thrillers Technological,FictionAction & Adventure,FictionThrillers - Technological,Fiction - Science Fiction,American Mystery & Suspense Fiction,American Science Fiction And Fantasy,Fiction,Science fiction

Sleeping Giants The Themis Files Sylvain Neuvel Books Reviews

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.
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.
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.
This is easily going to be one of the top 5 books of 2016.
With its clever ‘Interview’ style, and somewhat mysterious main character, to the awe inspiring Giant Hand that only gets more awe inspiring as the story goes on, this is one of the best ‘We are not alone’ stories I have read.
I am going to try and do this review without giving too many spoilers away, which might be difficult, so if there are any parts with Spoilers, they will be clearly marked in a section with a heading ***SPOILERS**** and an ending ***END SPOILERS*** so you can dodge that part.
The story starts with a little girl falling into a pit and finding a giant hand. From there it leaps forward several years, and falls into this fast paced Interview style of book. The interviews are conducted by the same man, who is on a mission to work out what is going on. It’s difficult to give you more without spoilers sorry.
Needless to say, the story itself is exceptionally well written. The interviews themselves are incredibly clever, giving you pieces of the story, but not all of it, based on different characters. As you hear the different interviews, you can slowly (or quickly in some cases) piece together what is/has occurred. This is where the story is so clever, in that the Interviewer asks the questions that you would like to hear, sometimes getting the answer you want, and sometimes not, because it's not known, it's left to your imagination, or you don’t need to know right now.
Because of the nature of this book, the characters needed to be good, and they are better than good, they are exceptional. I can’t really go into each of the characters without giving away spoilers (see next section).
However, I can say, that the characters had all the qualities you would want for this type of story. There is the appropriate amount of humour, sarcasm and the like sort of emotional responses to situations. The Interviewer is probably one of the best characters I have read in a Sci-Fi story for some time, with all the correct amounts of arrogance, that air of authority that says he has the power to do what he will and there is nothing you can do about it, but at the same time, he is completely cool, calm and collected at all times, never out of control in any situation. He is always in front, and the information he is gathering is simply to keep him there. This character is brilliant.

****SPOILERS*****
The other characters in the story are just as good. There is Rose Franklin, the young girl who found the hand, and is now a Physicist and a part of the team working on studying the artefact. Rose is the project leader, and often comes across as determined, strong, but very soft as well, caring of her subordinates. She is an intelligent character.
One of my favourite characters of this entire book is Kara Resnik. Kara is a helicopter pilot with an attitude. She is somewhat acerbic, sarcastic, and less than friendly most of the time. However, this is a front if you can get past it. And that is how clever these characters are. They are multi-layered, with in-depth personalities.
There are two other major characters, Vincent Couture a linguist, and Ryan Mitchell, a Soldier. These two are involved with the project and have a major impact on the story at several levels. Their stories are utterly fascinating, and again, so multi-layered that it shows the skill that the Author has.
******END SPOILERS******

The Characters in this story are easily the best part of this story. Each character in this story is utterly brilliant, and as already stated, is a multi-layered cleverly developed piece of the plot that you only see towards the end.
This is a wonderfully intelligent, and very creative piece of story telling, giving a new twist on the ‘we are not alone’ genre. This should not be missed by anyone who loves their Sci-Fi.