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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
okay damn I liked this way more than I thought I would! also upsettingly rare to read a sci-fi book by a man that doesn't into excessive detail about the female characters' bodies, so way to go Hugh!!
Post-apocaltptic dystopia with original plot and interesting characters, WOOL succeeds in getting it’s message across and makes you think of the main dilemma of the book for awhile.
Started off strong and then quickly, at least for me, descended into predictability. I ended up skimming near the end and I have no regrets.
A dystopian novel that poses the question, is it worse to be lied to or to know the truth?
I was drawn into this book and found it hard to put down. It is made up of 5 sections. The first two are shorter, and each from the perspective of a single, but different character. The last three bring in more characters and have multiple POV. I found the characters relatable, and even changed my opinion of different characters as the story unfolded.
I was drawn into this book and found it hard to put down. It is made up of 5 sections. The first two are shorter, and each from the perspective of a single, but different character. The last three bring in more characters and have multiple POV. I found the characters relatable, and even changed my opinion of different characters as the story unfolded.
I enjoyed the story itself and I'm interested to see where the next two go. It was nice to have a dystopian heroine who isn't a teenager. With a couple of exceptions (*three finger salutes to Katniss and Darrow*), I'm pretty tired of 16 year olds being our only hope. Unfortunately for Wool, the audio version has a horrible narrator (Amanda Sayle). Fortunately for Shift and Dust, they got the always wonderful Tim Gerard Reynolds to narrate them. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Something happened making the outside unsafe a long time ago. Inside the silo they are safe, and as long as everyone does their job and follows the rules, there will continue to be a present and a future. However, things may be breaking down, and not as easily fixed as the machines that power the view of the outside world.
A hugely engrossing novel. Howey has created a vivid, dark world hiding secrets that begin to come to light as the first 3 entries in this series unfold. Wool 4 and 5 bring some of the separate threads of the earlier entries together into a satisfying, cohesive whole.
A hugely engrossing novel. Howey has created a vivid, dark world hiding secrets that begin to come to light as the first 3 entries in this series unfold. Wool 4 and 5 bring some of the separate threads of the earlier entries together into a satisfying, cohesive whole.
Much of the electrical engineering detail drove me CRAZY (my reading friends are tired of hearing this!). But I thought Wool was quite a decent tale, a blend of the 'underground civilization' idea with the tradition of the old SF 'generation ship' trope.
I had been excited to read Wool for quite some time, due to the fact that it was self-published and had been getting a lot of hype. Unfortunately, I found the story very hard to get in to. The highlight for me was the opening part, which was the original short story that the rest of the book was based on. This part was great, and I tore through it very quickly. After that though, I felt as if everything went down hill. The second part in particular seemed to stretch on for a long time, with very little development. The idea of the silos is a very interesting, and I loved the themes presented in the first part, but Howey took too long to develop them. I could tell that this book was written as separate short stories, so that kind of bothered me, because at times they felt disjunctive from the other parts. All in all, I was expecting better.
I could not put this down. Things just kept happening and didn't stop happening and wow it was a ride.
The author is a masterful story teller. He draws the reader immediately into survival mode of a post apocalyptic world. The excitement and tension never drop and the plot twists unpredictably. Forget what you think you know. You will be just a surprised as the characters as the truth about their world is unveiled.