Only Human (Themis Files, #3)

Posted on 02 September 2017 by Sylvain Neuvel

World War Z meets The Martian in the explosive follow up to Sleeping Giants One of the most promising series kickoffs in recent memory NPR and Waking Gods Pure, unadulterated literary escapism Kirkus Reviews.In her childhood, Rose Franklin accidentally discovered a giant metal hand buried beneath the ground outside Deadwood, South Dakota As an adult, Dr Rose Franklin led the team that uncovered the rest of the body parts which together form Themis a powerful robot of mysterious alien origin She, along with linguist Vincent, pilot Kara, and the unnamed Interviewer, protected the Earth from geopolitical conflict and alien invasion alike Now, after nearly ten years on another world, Rose returns to find her old alliances forfeit and the planet in shambles And she must pick up the pieces of the Earth Defense Corps as her own friends turn against each other. Read Only Human (Themis Files, #3) – kino-fada.fr It s ironic, in a really sad way There scloseness here,love and acceptance, than anywhere else White, black, brown, Christian, Muslim, all brought together by the greatest injustice of all. 4 1 2 stars This has been such a fantastic series I think Waking Gods will forever be my favourite, but there s many great things I can say about this final installment.While I felt the action was slightly toned down here though still plenty of thrills , Only Human makes up for it with its t It s ironic, in a really sad way There scloseness here,love and acceptance, than anywhere else White, black, brown, Christian, Muslim, all brought together by the greatest injustice of all. 4 1 2 stars This has been such a fantastic series I think Waking Gods will forever be my favourite, but there s many great things I can say about this final installment.While I felt the action was slightly toned down here though still plenty of thrills , Only Human makes up for it with its timely social commentary Picking up nine years after the events of the previous book, we learn of the impact the giant alien robots have had on the world Fear, paranoia and wilful ignorance rule our planet as anyone who is considered different is placed into work camps, or murdered...A solid 4 stars I m not sure what I was expecting from this final book in the THEMIS FILES SF trilogy, but Sylvain Neuvel managed to surprise me Some spoilers ahead for the first two books At the end of Waking Gods, the giant robot Themis was suddenly called back home to her original planet, accidentally carrying four people along, who happened to be inside of her Vincent Couture, his 10 year old daughter Eva, Dr Rose Franklin, and General Eugene Govender After ten years on the planet Es A solid 4 stars I m not sure what I was expecting from this final book in the THEMIS FILES SF trilogy, but Sylvain Neuvel managed to surprise me Some spoilers ahead for the first two books At the end of Waking Gods, the giant robot Themis was suddenly called back home to her original planet, accidentally carrying four people along, who happened to be inside of her Vincent Couture, his 10 year old daughter Eva, Dr Rose Franklin, and General Eugene Govender After ten years on the planet Esat Ekt, Vincent, Eva and Rose, to...The final book in the trilogy This one s a hard one to review only because it bucks expectations Maybe only mine, but still.Did I want answers and a big robot battle Yes Did I get answers and a big robot battle Absolutely.The direction of the storytelling will probably take you for a wild loop, however It did for me The cliffhanger had all my sights on the alien homeworld or it s war staging area and I m totally into the epistolary nature of these novels, so now I ve got to reconcile mys The final book in the trilogy This one s a hard one to review only because it bucks expectations Maybe only mine, but still.Did I want answers and a big robot battle Yes Did I get answers and a big robot battle Absolutely.The direction of the storytelling will probably take you for a wild loop, however It did for me The cliffhanger had all my sights on the alien homeworld or it s war staging area and I m totally into the epistolary nature of these novels, so now I ve got to reconcile myself to the fact that humanity is in WAY OVER ITS HEAD.Derp Fast forward another 10 years The aliens don t have th...I NEED THIS NOWOh my gosh I actually shed a tear when I got to the end of Only Human possibly because of what happened in it but mostly because THIS IS THE END What an amazing, entertaining, creative and brilliantly written trilogy.This series has had it all, amazing characters, heart stopping action, emotional trauma, and GIANT ROBOTS Did I mention the GIANT ROBOTS So Only Human completes the tale, here we find some of our friends living on an alien planet until OOPS nope they are home But what the heck Oh my gosh I actually shed a tear when I got to the end of Only Human possibly because of what happened in it but mostly because THIS IS THE END What an amazing, entertaining, creative and brilliantly written trilogy.This series has had it all, amazing characters, heart stopping action, emotional trauma, and GIANT ROBO...This needs to come out already.PS Holy fuck that cover.Every movie we watch, every book we read, we see people who can solve every problem, face every danger all on their own But in real life, Vincent, we just call the copsWHAT DID I JUST REEEAAAAD THAT LAST PART WAS SO GREAT AND SOMETHING I REALLY HOPED WOULD HAPPEN AND I STILL WASN T PREPAREDSo this book is basically a cautionary tale about what would happen if humanity as a whole lost its collective minds which...This is the final book of the Themis trilogy and I don t think it would work as a standalone The giant robots that visited Earth in the last book have returned to their home planet, Esat Ekt Unfortunately, Dr Rose Franklin, Eva Reyes, her father Vincent Couture and General Eugene Govender were celebrating aboard Themis when the Council of Akitast aliens who decide how their world deals with others caused Themis to travel back to Esat Ekt The Council refused to return their accidental visit This is the final book of the Themis trilogy and I don t think it would work as a standalone The giant robots that visit...Thank you to folks at Netgalley for giving me access to a review copy of this book First I have to tell you that I love this trilogy and I was immersed in this world as soon as I read sleeping Giants so I came into this book with a biased opinion I won t give any spoilers or a complex review until the official date of this book but I can say that I was satisf...Ohmygosh The FEELS at the end Neuvel rocked it once again with his series finale to the Themis Files In Only Human, Vincent, his daughter Eva, Dr Rose Franklin, and the General had been whisked off to the aliens planet of Esat Ekt as the 4 were celebrating their victory while inside Themis 10 years have passed and our crew finally manage to make their way back to Earth with Themis Once again, the story is told in interviews, personal logs, and transcriptions and this time bounces betwee Ohmygosh The FEELS at the end Neuvel rocked it once again with his series finale to the Themis Files In Only Human, Vincent, his daughter Eva, Dr Rose Franklin, and the General had been whisked off to the aliens planet of Esat Ekt as the 4 were celebrating their victory while inside Themis 10 years have passed and our crew finally manage to make their way back to Earth with Themis Once again, the story is told in interviews, personal logs, and transcriptions and this time bounces between being back on Earth and those years spent on Esat Ekt And once again, I was glued to my ereader throughout I did miss Kara and the nameless interviewer throughout this entire book Russian Katherine just didn t appeal to me at all If she was meant to take the nameless interviewer s place, it didn t work for me I sti...

02 September 2017

Sylvain Neuvel