324 pages
English language
Published Jan. 4, 2017
"26 years ago: A girl in South Dakota falls through the earth, then wakes up dozens of feet below ground on the palm of what seems to be a giant metal hand. 9 years ago: She is a top-level physicist leading a team of people to understand exactly what that hand is, where it came from, and what it portends for humanity. Today: with the remainder of the giant robot found and assembled, every question answered about the mysterious contraption raises two more. But the team behind the greatest discovery of the last millennium might be out of time when a second robot suddenly appears, looming over downtown London"--
I like the story and the writing but I do have a hard time finishing those books. I still haven't figured out why
Loved this book. Highly recommend this series for a fun adventure scifi.
I enjoyed this more than the first. I think the style of storytelling has grown on me, and it is really well suited for the quick pacing of the book. This second installment definitely has more of its own insular story than the first book, which was one of my main gripes about the first. I personally don't like the idea of one cohesive story being chopped up into three books, but this book broke that trend.
Otherwise, some of my same complaints still hold true. I still found that the characters were written way too similarly. I look forward to the last installment!
Book did not go where I expected, and was a bit more predictable than I'd hoped after the freshness of book 1.
A good follow-up to the first book in the series. I do have to wonder why the aliens don't just talk to us.
The audiobooks for this series have thus far been incredibly well done. That said, there were some writing choices that might've looked fine in print, but are jarring and unpleasant in the spoken word.
Listened to audiobook. Really enjoyed this sequel!
What an interesting book. I mean a lot of books you can tag an archetype and forecast the conclusion. With this series, I honestly had no idea what was about to happen. A giant robot we can barely control, a woman brought back from the dead--or something.. Our crazy ass geneticist is.. off the radar.
Oh, and a giant robot just spoofed into London.
Well. What could happen? I mean seriously Mr. Burns? Paging Mr. Burns! Story time again: YAY! I do like his metaphorical stories.
Ah well. This book fell in line pretty much like the last one. We have a mainly narrated or time snapshotted segments from Mr. Nobody, news crews, daily papers, etc. For some reason and maybe it was the interpolation with characters in between or enough time has gone on but I didn't feel the style chaff at me this round.
I found the book …
What an interesting book. I mean a lot of books you can tag an archetype and forecast the conclusion. With this series, I honestly had no idea what was about to happen. A giant robot we can barely control, a woman brought back from the dead--or something.. Our crazy ass geneticist is.. off the radar.
Oh, and a giant robot just spoofed into London.
Well. What could happen? I mean seriously Mr. Burns? Paging Mr. Burns! Story time again: YAY! I do like his metaphorical stories.
Ah well. This book fell in line pretty much like the last one. We have a mainly narrated or time snapshotted segments from Mr. Nobody, news crews, daily papers, etc. For some reason and maybe it was the interpolation with characters in between or enough time has gone on but I didn't feel the style chaff at me this round.
I found the book engrossing as I pretty much cleared it off my plate in a day, very entertaining, and it struck me dumb a few times with how things went. I think it fits in a goldilocks zone of science-fiction. It's not bubble gum but you don't need a degree to read it. It's just right.
