Deuses Renascidos

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Published April 28, 2017 by Suma de Letras.

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978-85-5651-041-9
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4 stars (9 reviews)

"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"--

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Review of 'Waking Gods: Themis Files Book 2' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Just like the first part of this trilogy, this book is very entertaining because of its fast-moving plot, a quick read because of its short chapters, and a tad deeper than some other sci-fi books (but just a tad). Just what I needed as a literary palate cleanser after two heavy books I had read back to back (sorry Mr Neuvel), captivating and exciting, and with a terrible cliffhanger that made me get the third part of the trilogy as soon as I could.

Review of 'Waking Gods' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

I enjoyed the first book the series, maybe I'd call it a three star? The Big Ideas in that book, and this one, are great scifi stuff and I want to read them. But the narrative device that the author uses in the first book -- exposition dumps taking up a huge percentage of the book in the form of interviews -- was really offputting by the end of the book. I was surprised that he used the exact same format in this second book. Could it have an even larger percentage of the book be consisting of expository interviews than the first book? This was nearly a DNF book for me, by the last third I was figuring I'd sunk enough time to keep chugging along. It's a shame because the big ideas he had in here were really interesting and likable, but the storytelling device and the limited …

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