It's been long since I had a book hangover. This is what the book did, it kept me awake late at night because it was so difficult to put down. Let Sleeping Gods Lie is a page-turner, I was absorbed from the beginning till the end. Dianne Gray certainly knows how to tell a story, and as the title suggests, there are layers in the story that keep revealing characters in a new light.
The setting of the story is well accomplished. It captures not only the place or landscape but people in that environment, and how they change as the story unfolds. As I was reading the book, I felt like I know these characters, I've met them somewhere at some point. They behave exactly as you would expect them to and yet they are capable of surprise. The “real-life” characters and their emotions I could relate to, were the highlight for me. They stay with you long after you've finished the book.
Personally I think it's a bit unfair to ask a writer for a sequel, more especially if the ending is satisfying but this is one of those books I wouldn't mind a sequel of.
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Let Sleeping Gods Lie: Highly Commended 2007 IP Picks awards (English Edition) Kindle版
Nick Landau is a biker. A lone wolf who escaped a childhood crushed by the strict and cruel rules of his obsessive religious family. Now he is coming home to face the demons of his past.
Let Sleeping Gods Lie was shortlisted in the 2007 Australian IP Picks Awards.
Let Sleeping Gods Lie was shortlisted in the 2007 Australian IP Picks Awards.
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- ASIN : B004MME59Y
- 発売日 : 2011/2/6
- 言語 : 英語
- ファイルサイズ : 724 KB
- Text-to-Speech(テキスト読み上げ機能) : 有効
- X-Ray : 有効にされていません
- Word Wise : 有効
- 付箋メモ : Kindle Scribeで
- 本の長さ : 212ページ
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Similes and metaphors everywhere...
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Let Sleeping Gods Lie is the fourth of Dianne's books I've read, and I'd have to say my least favourite.
It wasn't because the characters were bad, or the story uninteresting. No, the issue I had was with the overuse of similes and metaphors.
Some of them were so bad I actually cringed when reading them. Arms like burnt chicken wings, a face splitting like a can of beans... it was a bit much. Which is why this book has obtained my 'editing required' shelving tag. I think removing some of the random details would make it crisper and a lot nicer to read and most certainly would bump up my rating to at least 4 stars.
This aside, I loved the characters, even the bad ones. I felt that they all played their parts really well. The story flowed nicely and kept me interested. I liked the variety of characters too, we weren't left with cookie cutter families, I liked the messed up family unit of the Landau's, I mean I wouldn't for a second want to meet them, but I liked the complexities of their family unit.
When you add to this story the questions around religion and beliefs, it just all came together in a gnarly mess that somehow just seemed to work.
A decent book if you can overlook the weird similes and metaphors, and by a fantastic Aussie author to boot.
It wasn't because the characters were bad, or the story uninteresting. No, the issue I had was with the overuse of similes and metaphors.
Some of them were so bad I actually cringed when reading them. Arms like burnt chicken wings, a face splitting like a can of beans... it was a bit much. Which is why this book has obtained my 'editing required' shelving tag. I think removing some of the random details would make it crisper and a lot nicer to read and most certainly would bump up my rating to at least 4 stars.
This aside, I loved the characters, even the bad ones. I felt that they all played their parts really well. The story flowed nicely and kept me interested. I liked the variety of characters too, we weren't left with cookie cutter families, I liked the messed up family unit of the Landau's, I mean I wouldn't for a second want to meet them, but I liked the complexities of their family unit.
When you add to this story the questions around religion and beliefs, it just all came together in a gnarly mess that somehow just seemed to work.
A decent book if you can overlook the weird similes and metaphors, and by a fantastic Aussie author to boot.