Four **** Stars,
Well, I finally got around to finishing, Sleeping Giants!
Sylvain Neuvel has written an off beat science fiction story that is well founded in science, the man knows his stuff, but having said that I must say this novel isn’t for everyone.
The novel is written in a series of interviews and exchanges between the main characters and an unknown and unnamed narrator who has the benefit of knowing exactly why they have been recruited for a research study that has enormous consequences for the human population. However, he keeps this crucial information to himself. (Spoiler: there is someone else who pulls the strings, an unknown entity)
An enormous (giant) hand was found years before by a young girl who later becomes a scientist. She heads up the team. One is a linguist and the other is an army pilot. Through this series of interviews, we find out how they go about locating all the missing parts of this giant that are located beneath the earth all over the world.
The giant robot has the form of a woman, but with no eyes. This robot is 20 stories high by the time they connect all the parts. It has an energy source that is unknown to anyone on earth. It is also a weapon of mass destruction.
The team accidently engages the energy source and the result is that a whole lot of people in airplanes and part of the Denver Airport are instantly vaporized. Now comes the part, all through interview, where every nation on earth wants the robot, so the US decides its too dangerous for anyone nation and they drop it in a deep trench in the ocean.
However, one nation, Russia, finds a way to retrieve it and they are off and running again, except the controls and two control helmets will not work on anyone other an the two American researchers who first were part of the research.
There is a surprise ending, with an epilog alluding to the next book in the series.
All in all, well written and interesting, but this novel is not for everyone, though I did enjoy it because I like science, but it did lag in places. ***
Kathy Lauren Miller 
Great review Kathy! I found myself a bit disappointed in this mainly because I wasn’t able to get a true sense of the characters. Have you heard Hollywood has already scooped this up? I have a feeling this is going to be one of those rare instances where I’ll like the film adaptation more than the book.
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HI, yes, I too was disappointed and I’m not surprised it’s being picked up for a movie because it read like a novelization of a movie script. As you said, it might be a better film than a novel.
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Nice to know that you are sharing your beautiful soul all over the world. May your life continue to be all that you want it to be. I can across a quote that made me think of you by Martin Luther King Jr. “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that ma#22r.&t8et1; Silent you are not, thinks for sharing your journey.
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What a joy to find soenome else who thinks this way.
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Hi Patti,You had me curious about who uttered that quote so I Googled it. Turns out it’s #9 on the Top Ten Movie Quotes. Robert DeNiro from Taxi Driver:“You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? Well, who the hell else are you talkin’ to? You talkin’ to me? Well, I’m the only one here. Who the [bleep] do you think you’re talkin’ to?”LOL! But, yes, I guess I was talking to you. Sorry to hear you’ve been in a huge funk. I hope the post helped a little, even if just to know you’re not alone. . . .Sending some hugs ~ Millikins
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