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A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel

11 reviews

archi_fi's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A mysterious build up that keeps us in the dark. It gives us really strong understanding of the main characters, but I’ll have to pick up the sequel because I want to see the plot unfold!

Bonus half star for the unique and clever chapter design, but admittedly I forgot to listen to the suggested playlist while reading. 
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elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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xosirenox's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I wish I'd recognised the author's name, because I found Sleeping Giants so boring, I could have avoided putting myself through this one.
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emaretea's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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kateemily's review against another edition

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adventurous informative mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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unboxedjack's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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mandkips's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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elzbethmrgn's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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anigoose's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I definitely think I will grab the audiobooks for the next installments of the series, as I think well orchestrated ones would enhance the writing style that is somehow...dialogue via monologue. I did find it a bit harder to follow than the way Themis Files was set up. 

As a linguist myself, it's always a pleasure to read someone who also secretly considers themselves to be Daniel Jackson. 

I think that if you like Samantha Shannon, you might enjoy this trilogy? It's a historical sci fi novel and rather dense, despite its seeming airiness. I love the idea that the space race was literally just an alien manipulating humans to try to get a rocket. 
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sallysimply's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I wanted to looooove this book and I'm bummed that I didn't!

The Themis Files is one of my all-time favorite series and I love history, so I was eagerly anticipating this book. I'm not sure what I expected, but it wasn't this. I took some time after finishing the book to sort out how much of my disappointment was because this failed to meet my expectations and how much was because this just didn't work for me.

I like that this centers a mother-daughter relationship, even when Mia was a total pain. Pretty much everything about the tracker vs. the Kibsu worked for me - I love a messy, muddy breakdown of who is really the hero and who is the villain and is there even such a thing. I especially liked when and how we were introduced to the tracker's POV!

My main issue is that I didn't connect to any of the characters. I didn't much care about anything that happened to them in terms of their personal lives and how they lived their lives and where they were and what they were doing. I cared about how events were set up and how history unfolded within this world, but not about any of the people in it. That's a bit of a bummer.

I will still continue the series, and I'm actually really intrigued to see where this is going to go. I also wonder if a re-read might help so that I can more deeply appreciate all the history weaved into the story.
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