352 reviews for:

The Second Sleep

Robert Harris

3.39 AVERAGE

challenging dark tense medium-paced
adventurous dark informative reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Different theme but very engaging and a real page turner. 

Really enjoyed it until the end, then it just seemed to fizzle out
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
challenging mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
mysterious reflective fast-paced
adventurous challenging mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I ended up really enjoying this even though I felt that the introduction of the apocalyptic material (kind of a document dump) was a little clumsy. Harris is so good with his characters that I kept with the story, happily. There are laugh out loud funny parts and a sure, driving narrative that kept surprising. And the ending broke my heart but was absolutely spot on. I'll be thinking about first and second sleep for a long time.
adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No