Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Wool by Hugh Howey

12 reviews

oddpilot97's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

The concept is amazing. So engaging as a dystopian book lover.

But, can I get a shred of character development? Or anyone's motivation? The main male love interest is blander than a piece of wonderbread. I was sitting there begging to understand what his interests were, why he was taking the angle he was, or just a scrap of context for his actions. It never came. It was so bad that

when we thought he died in the fire, I thought to myself, "well, at least we won't have to keep trying to care about him for the next two books.

Same complaint for Juliette. I wanted to love her, but I needed more to get there. I watched the TV show first and felt similarly like the character was flat, but at least in the show, you can see facial expressions which add a speck of understanding of someone. The only character that I felt like I understood their motivation was the "crazy guy". He knew what he wanted and he was gonna stick with that.

I just didn't care about any of the characters. And when

the revolution started

and they were focusing on several different men from mechanical, I spent a long time going "Who is that guy and that guy and that guy? They are all different?" I had to look up a character chart to keep them separate. That part as a whole was boring, and I was just waiting through those chapters for it to flip back to the more interesting storyline.

I also felt like the "reveals" and "twists" were often way undersold in the book (I'm glad I watched the show first because they were so juicy there!) I think to have a proper twist, you first have the clearly set the expectations first. The reader can't go "holy cow, everything they knew was a lie!!" if we aren't sure about what they knew in the first place.

I know that was a good amount of criticism, but overall it was an enjoyable listen. It's no Hunger Games or Ready Player One, but it's worth a read if you're into the genre. And hey, maybe you like a little wiggle room with your characters to be able to use your imagination, so you'll really enjoy filling in the gaps yourself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Confinement

Moderate: Violence, Cursing, War, Classism, Death, Excrement, Suicide, Gun violence, Murder, and Blood

cat12345's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Body horror, Cursing, Excrement, Infertility, Gore, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy, Animal death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Genocide, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Police brutality, Child abuse, Incest, Stalking, and Bullying

pulleamurmeli's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Classism and Cursing

srm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Really enjoyed this new recording of the audiobook. Unlike when I listened to this nearly a decade ago, and liked it OK, I'm actually looking forward to getting to the sequels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gun violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Blood and Cursing

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Murder, Death of parent, Incest, and Classism

chloeve's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Cursing, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Pregnancy

mkwoods's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

This book kept me on the edge of my seat throughout - so many cliffhangers and plot twists! I enjoyed how the story unfolded and I was invested in it, but there isn’t much deeper meaning here. I haven’t watched the TV show yet but I plan to!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, War, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cursing, Murder, Suicide, and Incest

andrewhatesham's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I rarely read books that are over 300 pages, but this book drew me in at the first sentence and kept me interested down to the last sentence of the last page! I thoroughly enjoyed the plot, and the writing style is pretty good too.

I would recommend this to those of you who like sci-fis that aren't heavy handed with technical jargon and dystopians that aren't horrendously dark/graphic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Cursing

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Infertility, Grief, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical content, and Death of parent

banjo_bunny's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Medical content, Murder, War, Death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Blood, Cursing, Vomit, Gun violence, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Violence

Implied underage sexual relationship

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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

4.0

I have a pretty low tolerance for bad dystopian fiction due to the YA dystopian craze of the '10s. This definitely exceeded my expectations. A fun time with lots of social commentary. Excited to read on!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Cursing, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and War

Minor: Animal death, Incest, and Miscarriage

wthanyell's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

The first few chapters of this book really got me into this one, Hugh Howey sure knew how to write a hook. The characters HAD me, I was invested in them and then the rug got pulled out from under my feet.

I will admit to being a pretty impatient reader - as soon as I became aware of the premise of this book I was flipping ahead in pages to find an explanation. I love to spoil it for myself what can I say? However, the fact that I had to do this so many times goes to show that this book has many twists and turns that will have you turning the (many) pages.

Despite this books length, I felt it was necessary to get to where it did. Towards the end I did really notice how many holes were left for further books in the series - which I am not a massive fan of in novels but what can you do.

I thought I'd seen every kind of dystopian novel out there but here's another one to put on your list Hunger Games / Divergent / Maze Runner / The Road / 1984 girlies.

Characters 7
Plot 9
Writing/style 6
Enjoyment 7
Overall rating 3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Suicide, and War

Minor: Cursing, Alcohol, Animal death, and Blood