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1nky's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
tanya_the_spack's review against another edition
5.0
Fabulous. The shocking revelations come at a nice pace and definitely keep you hooked on the story, which is itself well told.
jamesbullinger's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
This has been on my list for so long, but it wasn’t worth it. I think the best part was the way they lived in the silo. I liked the levels being a huge issue. I liked living most of their lives on just a few levels. Unfortunately it just wasn’t written well enough and the characters weren’t lovable enough.
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I liked that it actually was a wasteland. It was nice to have an actual vault that was maintaining humanity. But that also made the reason for the uprisings stupid.
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I liked that it actually was a wasteland. It was nice to have an actual vault that was maintaining humanity. But that also made the reason for the uprisings stupid.
brynnward1912's review
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
kay_kay_marie's review against another edition
4.0
I watched the show first and then found out there were books so I read it. I enjoyed it and will read the rest of the series. Parts of it felt too long and parts felt underdeveloped. My husband, who generally only reads non fiction but watched the show with me, became interested and we read it together. He liked it a lot but felt like there were pieces that were super confusing.
rose_android97's review
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.25
beeriley's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
beckaheyyy's review
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
pkiwi's review against another edition
2.0
The only reason this gets two stars is because at least the setting was interesting and for some arcane reason, I actually wanted to know how this book ended. So sit down and prepare for a long, asinine review.
What a piece of drivel. I picked it up, read the first two books, put it down. Boring. Then I figured it was this amazing sci-fi book Goodreads keeps trying to recommend me (I read the Dutch translation which is very unhelpfully called Silo, not Wool) and I thought: 'Well, if everyone considers this such a masterpiece, maybe it will pick up again from book 3 onward.' It did, but only just.
Wool suffers from 'explaining-every-minor-thought-process-in-excruciating-detail'-syndrome. To me, that's a sign of bad writing. Beginners do that. Endlessly telling me what everybody is supposed to be feeling, thinking, etc. without letting the characters and their actions speak for themselves. Boring. It clogs up the story and makes for bad pacing. I could skip whole sections and not even miss anything - all important information would be repeated ad infinitum anyway.
The main idea - people living in a silo, the problem of preventing the community from breaking down - is actually quite interesting. But the characters are so flat (see above) that all nuance is lost. At some point, I held hopes for some of the characters being more 3d than I thought, but no, at the end the book firmly establishes that BAD is BAD and GOOD is GOOD. Boring.
This book should have stayed a novella, and it shows.
What a piece of drivel. I picked it up, read the first two books, put it down. Boring. Then I figured it was this amazing sci-fi book Goodreads keeps trying to recommend me (I read the Dutch translation which is very unhelpfully called Silo, not Wool) and I thought: 'Well, if everyone considers this such a masterpiece, maybe it will pick up again from book 3 onward.' It did, but only just.
Wool suffers from 'explaining-every-minor-thought-process-in-excruciating-detail'-syndrome. To me, that's a sign of bad writing. Beginners do that. Endlessly telling me what everybody is supposed to be feeling, thinking, etc. without letting the characters and their actions speak for themselves. Boring. It clogs up the story and makes for bad pacing. I could skip whole sections and not even miss anything - all important information would be repeated ad infinitum anyway.
The main idea - people living in a silo, the problem of preventing the community from breaking down - is actually quite interesting. But the characters are so flat (see above) that all nuance is lost. At some point, I held hopes for some of the characters being more 3d than I thought, but no, at the end the book firmly establishes that BAD is BAD and GOOD is GOOD. Boring.
This book should have stayed a novella, and it shows.