DISQUIET GODS (SUN EATER #6) by Christopher Ruocchio

In this video, Jordan reviews Disquiet Gods, book #6 in Christopher Ruocchio’s Sun Eater Series.

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[chetarchbold]

Can’t wait for you and Christopher to sit down for a conversation about the book.

[BooksWithBenghisKahn]

Awesome review, and you genuinely enriched my experience with the book! I tend to read for an immersive transporting experience and rarely sit back and contemplate the bigger ideas or metatextual connections, but with such a rich series as this there will be great benefits in doing so — thanks for teasing a lot of that out for me!

[zachw]

I'm about 2/3 of the way through this book and uave overall absolutely loved my time with the series, but have specifically had a smile on my face so often whilst reading Disquiet Gods. I'm a Christian, and I love science fiction stories, but so many of them have next to zero religious themes or if those themes are present they're basically always painting specifically Christianity in a negative light. Disquiet Gods, instead, is building Christian mythos into its world, and I think it's absolutely amazing all while still not being a "Christian" book. Nearly any scifi I have ever read would have a being like The Quiet be a villain or a fiction within the world and wouldn't take it seriously, and certainly not have it be even remotely based on a God figure that is part of a current world religion. I just think its amazing and wholly unique of things that I have read.

Also, love the differing philosophies of the different groups and empires and such. The Cielcin Gnosticism rings so true to the kind of race they are/with their relationship to The Watchers, and The Watchers relationship to The Quiet.

Love it. So excited to finish this book and be caught up and then to see how the Suneater ends.

Cool review! Not many people are interested in talking about the philosophy behind stories, only the happenings of the story. Looking forward to your interview with Ruocchio!

[tenthlegionstudios]

Thanks for the review! There was one big thing that bothered me in this book, but it was used to make a philosophical point. A promise is made early on in some of Hadrian's visions. The promise and arch of this story line become a philosophical point, representing the free will and choice that Hadrian still has. In my opinion, this felt a but hand wavy, and lowered the other characters importance/impact on the story. The character became a vehicle for this philosophical decision. I didn't feel the upsides to this decision in this book, but maybe it will pay off in the next book. Did anyone else feel like this?

This book has some great moments, but for me it wasn't my favorite. Hadrian stopped feeling real to me, and his internal monologue repeated itself a lot. This is probably because I read all of these books and novellas in a two to three month timespan. The dialogues with loved ones seemed too serious and felt flat. Especially for Hadrian and his daughter. He is always so serious/stiff around her. This is still one of my favorite sci-fi series of all time! I was expecting others to have similar thoughts, but am happily surprised this is not the case. Some readers rank this as their favorite in the series. Excited for the next book :) Thanks again for the content!

[Kellen]

Great review to a great book. The Job "Where were you?" passage really jumped out to me too. It reminded me there's a pretty cool song I love "Where were you?" by the band Ghost Ship that puts this passage to song in a powerful way, worth a listen.

[samm]

Currently listening to Kingdoms of Death!! I first heard of the series from Mike but you’re content with Christopher is what made me want to finally read his stuff!
PS. Still working my way through your book. Sorry it’s been slow going lately!

[Chris_Traylor]

Great review, man! DG surpassed HD as my favorite and it’s definitely due to the metaphysical weight it brings to the series

[iSamwise]

10:10
No Jordan! Not the Brett Cooper comparison!! 😂😂😂

In all seriousness I just finished the book this afternoon and it’s definitely in my top two of the series! Chapter 40 is one of my favorite chapters in anything fantasy ever. I was on the edge of my seat throughout this book more so than any Sun Eater book before.

[nmal]

Wonderful review. Always enjoy a booktuber raving about my favorite sci fi series of all time.

[sowercookie]

Disquiet Gods... For me the highs were so high that they were the best in the series, but the stuff I didn't like I think I outright hate?

There was some character work I was souered on, especially with the female characters, and he cheapened some ideas by exploring them further (and some he didn't explore far enough.) And there were some twists that had me rolling my eyes.

That said the Indiana Jones lore stuff had me glued to my audiobook. And he finally made me like Lorien, I'm finally a true fan! 😂 And the sequence up to chapter 40 and the the chapter itself...mind blowing life altering experience!

[b.melakail]

Haha is this a soft plea to get DW to do a sci fi series of Suneater staring Brett as Cassandra?

Ruocchio is following in the footsteps of Tolkien in the sense of making non cringy Christian literature. Im here for the Ruocchios and Wolfes of literature and hope more follow in their footsteps

[PerfectCell]

Reddit as a whole seems to loathe this series. Apparently books are not allowed to be inspired in any way by any other media. Also apparently having any Christian themes in your fantasy novel means you’re a MAGA conservative Nazi ….. gotta love Reddit. Also Hadrian “whines” the entire series .. apparently. I must have missed those moments somehow lmao