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.

7 people found this helpful

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.

11 people found this helpful

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.

4 people found this helpful

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.

4 people found this helpful

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

3 people found this helpful

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!

2 people found this helpful

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.

2 people found this helpful

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.

2 people found this helpful

Compelling sequel, though a bit heavy handed

I loved the first book and by all accounts this was a great sequel, I finished it across 3 days which is a complement coming from me! Some have said it suffered from "difficult second book syndrome" but for the most part I had no problem with the story, it was enjoyable and kept me guessing through to its conclusion.

The only issue for me was the occasional cheesy or over dramatic dialogue and decisions of some characters (Kara & Vincent, I'm looking at you) which took me out of the story to either cringe a little or scratch my head at their choices. In some cases it was forgivable, in others it didn't "fit" for me... but hey, it kept it unpredictable.

2 people found this helpful

Fantastic story.

Great narration.
The story followed on really well from the previous book. I can't wait for the next one!

2 people found this helpful