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Waking Gods

By: Sylvain Neuvel
Narrated by: Andy Secombe,Adna Sablyich,Laurel Lefkow,William Hope,Charlie Anson,Christopher Ragland
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Summary

What's going on?
Turn on the television.
What channel?
Any channel.

An unknown vessel, not of this world, materialises in London. A colossal figure towering over the city, it makes no move. Is this a peaceful first contact or the prelude to an invasion? Every child has nightmares. But the only thing scarier than little Eva Reyes' dreams - apocalyptic visions of death and destruction - is the habit they have of coming true....

Scientist Dr Rose Franklin has no memory of the last few years. The strangers she works with say she died and was brought back to life. The question is not just how...but why?

Kara Resnik and Vincent Couture fell in love during war and have found peace since. They are the thin line of defence against what is coming. But they do not know they have been living a lie. And a man who claims to have the answers has his own agenda. There are things he cannot say - and others he won't.

All pieces of an epic puzzle. One we have been trying to solve since the dawn of time....

Full cast of narrators includes Roy McMillan, Sarah Wells, Karina Fernandez and Madeleine Rose.

©2017 Sylvain Neuvel (P)2017 Penguin Audio

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A must read/listen!

Absolutely brilliant.
It's not often an author manages to keep the tension, the humour and the plot going in second books but this one is equal, if not better than the first! Oh, and what a different twist we are given to the norm, really didn't see that one coming! Excellent narration, giant fighting robots, humour, way out there but believable Sci-fi, you're missing a gem if you don't give this a go.

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Fantastic

I loved it all. Looking forward to Visiting the God's. A brilliant book that had me sitting on the edge of my seat the whole way through. Ten out of ten for the story, narration, voices, plot and suspense. Definitely in my top 5 of my collection of 1214 audio books. Bravo.

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Not as good as the first book

What made the experience of listening to Waking Gods the most enjoyable?

Overall I did enjoy this book - even though this is perhaps because I enjoyed the first so much.
This book did start off a little like Smithard's "The Stone Man" but not as interesting. I think the originality of the first book was lost and not replaced with much, and all they could think off was bringing in more robots.

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First class in every way!

Exciting, innovative script, fantastic narration, dymanic tension - every aspect of this book was just as good as the previous book, which I thought impossible. I heartily recommend both these books. And I hope there's a sequel - I need more! Great read if you love sci-fi and mystery. I usually only read thrillers and I'm so glad I took a chance on this. 5 big stars

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A very enjoyable listen

This was a really enjoyable second instalment of the Themis files. Overall I liked the plot. It does get a little hammy at times, but this is forgivable, given that it's a story about giant alien robots. The ensemble cast brings the story to life well. There are a few instances where I think the performances are a little off (the geneticist with the stutter is annoying and made me think my iPhone had broken, and the person playing the 10 year old was clear a fully grown adult). However, these are minor gripes and don't massively detract from the overall story. I really like how each chapter is a file/recording/interview. Waking Gods is an interesting, enjoyable piece of sci fi escapism and is well worth a listen.

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Great listen...

I left a decent review for the first book, though looking back I think I was a little harsh. This is a great series and this second book doesn't disappoint. Great story. Listened to all 9hours in a day! Bring on no. 3!

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Wow squared!

I loved book 1. I loved book 2 just as much.

this is just a terrific story: it's told as a series of first-person interviews with our main protagonists, and a lot of questions are left hanging. Not so many as to be unsatisfying, but enough that you keep on thinking about the book long after it's finished.

It picks up after book 1 and continues the story, and the lives of the characters. We find out a little more about Themis, more about the people involved, and once again get to ask ourselves whether or not we're alone.

Like book 1, this took my imagination to places it wouldn't have reached on it's own, and I LOVE that. I loved the performance, and I still want more!

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Great story and performance but...

I really enjoyed this and can't wait for the next in the series. However, performance had to lose a star for me because of Eva. The actor sounded nothing like a 10 year old and was incredibly irritating.

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Disappointed by the story

The story feels forced and quite annoying. I get little pleasure or entertainment from following the story. What should have been major dramatic moments in the story falls rather flat. Instead of being moved by the epic events I am left annoyed by them.

The many voices are quite a pleasant experience for the most part - though some can be a bit annoying.

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Not perfect but a good follow-up to the first book

Great story but imo the storytelling suffers a lot when certain characters go on and on on a whine fest. I might be biased as a spanish speaker, but the spanish accent of one of the characters absolutely had me tearing my eyes out, especially coupled with the whining.
That said it's an interesting story and worth the listen if you liked the first one.

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