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reviewed Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel (Themis files -- book one)

Sylvain Neuvel: Sleeping Giants (2016)

"17 years ago: A girl in South Dakota falls through the earth, then wakes up …

Starts interesting, peters out towards the end

Beginning with an intriguing mystery, Sleeping Giants uses interviews, journal entries, transcripts and articles to slowly inform the reader. I quite enjoy this style of epistolary-like storytelling, though I would have liked to see stronger "voices". It was a fine read, but because the plot ultimately didn't particularly interest me and I hadn't come to care for or about any of the characters, I probably won't read the sequels. I'm just not invested enough.