Reviews

The Last Oracle: A SIGMA Force Novel by James Rollins

ozreus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Took me awhile to finish this one and I thought I was going to give it a lower rating as a symptom of struggling to read it consistently but that ending! Hoo boy! Rollins knocks another out of the park and brings the emotional sucker-punch. Brought a tear to my eye.

ziggy_bew's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

leavesnpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This story is a labyrinth of action with history and science mixed in. I struggled a little at the start, just until we started getting a few more intricate details, but from there I needed to know what was going on! So stick with it if you find yourself lagging behind at the beginning! 

I was actually surprised (scared) by how many bits out of the story are actually factual and their was actually a lot of real history covered in the book that I enjoyed learning. It proves the novel is well researched!

This is actually the 5th book in the Sigma Force series, however it can be easily read as a standalone book.

atx24601's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

2.0

hp2008's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

isidoratrajko's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

januaryf's review against another edition

4.0

Another great novel in this series, which I really enjoy! I have fallen behind in my reading of the Sigma Force novels, but now I'm glad I did! I have one more to read to be caught up, and it saddens me a bit.

vinitneo's review against another edition

4.0

This is one of those books which is an adventure ride. The action never slows down and you are jumping from one place to another, story threads connecting.

The story is good and I'm glad that Monk is back in action.

gbdill's review against another edition

2.0

Started off good, but I lost interest. It didn't read like a typical Rollins book. There seemed to be a point at which no further action was transpiring. I was kind of freaked out by the lovable monkey too (Marty). This is definitely not Rollins best work. Looking forward to reading more of his recent stuff though.

liberrydude's review against another edition

3.0

Shades of Stephen King with autistic children being exploited for their almost supernatural psychic abilities. They are the children of Gypsies who are the descendants of the Oracle of Delphi. Naturally the Russians have them and there’s a mad scientist vibe with cleansing the world for a restart. Sigma is under attack not only by the Russians but by a splinter group in the American intelligence community as well as the Guild. DC, India, Ukraine, and Russia are the settings. Suspend belief when a missing presumed dead Sigma team member returns to the fold. And there’s a strong animal element to the plot as well. Lots of action, misdeeds, and misdirection as always.