SocProf reviewed The Second Sleep by Robert Harris
Review of 'The Second Sleep' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
That one missing star is because there are too many loose ends, not enough background, and the pay-off is a bit too small.
The fun bit is you start reading a story you think is taking place in the 1400s but soon realize it's 1400 long after our time. For reasons largely unknown, the Internet collapsed and so did our societies, reverting to medieval-style, pre-industrial, monarchical, feudal theocracy. The premise is that, in this new world, young priest Fairfax is sent out to the middle of rural England after the current priest has died. Looks like the old priest engaged in what is now considered heresy (like collecting old tech). Documents go missing and the new priest starts investigating. That's about as much as can be revealed without spoiling.
But again, this whole thing amounts not to a whole lot, which is disappointing.
That one missing star is because there are too many loose ends, not enough background, and the pay-off is a bit too small.
The fun bit is you start reading a story you think is taking place in the 1400s but soon realize it's 1400 long after our time. For reasons largely unknown, the Internet collapsed and so did our societies, reverting to medieval-style, pre-industrial, monarchical, feudal theocracy. The premise is that, in this new world, young priest Fairfax is sent out to the middle of rural England after the current priest has died. Looks like the old priest engaged in what is now considered heresy (like collecting old tech). Documents go missing and the new priest starts investigating. That's about as much as can be revealed without spoiling.
But again, this whole thing amounts not to a whole lot, which is disappointing.