Quick verdict: Read it!
“You have to understand that this flies in the face of everything we know about American civilizations.”
One of my July reading highlights was the #ReadSleepingGiants read-along that I hosted on Instagram from the 20th – 25th. Read-alongs are a fun opportunity for bookworms to read the same book together.
I read Sleeping Giants in two days; in fact, I flew through the half the book in my first sitting. After I read The Martian and The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, I decided to occasionally visit the scifi genre. The former books both have a kind of warmth that Sleeping Giants differs in with its dark and cold force within the story. Sleeping Giants recently snagged a movie deal, so it was also a priority read.
Sleeping Giants starts with a little girl, Rose, who falls into the earth and lands on a giant metal hand. As an adult Rose is a scientist who is assigned a project that investigates the origins of the mysterious hand. This is where the adventure unravels and things get out of hand (pun intended).
Without further ado, here are top reasons you should read it too:
- Like World War Z by Max Porter, SG follows the interview format with a few personal entries and news articles included. Some didn’t enjoy this format, but I think it gave an interesting view of the characters. The unnamed interviewer is quite mysterious and often blunt in his honesty and straightforwardness, this particularly gave a more objective view of the characters.
- There were a lot of great plot twists.
- The story was the right kind of fast paced. After the first few chapters you just know that every interview adds something to the storyline and plot. This was very intriguing to see unfold because I started anticipating the plot advancements based on who was being interviewed.
- There’s a lot of power play and politics involved but it doesn’t bore you at all. In fact, from start to finish the book basically exposes how fluid power hierarchy can be.
- The dialogues were often surprisingly witty and fun to read.
- This book can become a blockbuster if done well.
- SG shows the excitement and wonder that comes from knowing that maybe we’re not alone in the universe.
Check out the book on Goodreads.
Buy the hardback on Book Depository for $16.33 with free shipping.
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