Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Wool Trilogy by Hugh Howey

2 reviews

viivacious's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

It's a very heavy book. The characters are complex and all get humanized.

Even as the war breaks out in Silo 18, you can understand the motivations on both sides.

The setting was interesting, though a lot was said about Silo 40 and I was disappointed we didn't get to see it.

 It's also very hopeful despite the things that happen. There were moments that were tense and that left me horrified. I thought I was going to be sick during the Elise chapters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Genocide, Child death, and Abortion

rchains's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Good overall, but I note the author has a pattern (seen also in Silo Stories) of writing women characters who lure reluctant men into extramarital affairs. This combined with some of the other patterns of representing women — with an undercurrent of latent misogynistic bias — are disappointing: it would be so easy to do better. 

I also have questions about race representation. The TV series features racial diversity but there is a distinct lack of engagement on this in the books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Confinement, Death of parent, Excrement, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Ableism, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Child death and Adult/minor relationship