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Wool by Hugh Howey

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madgiemavis's review

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5.0

Review: The Silo Series (Wool, Shift, and Dust)

✨: 5/5

Genre: dystopia

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Format: audiobook

Catastrophe overtook the earth hundreds of years ago, and now all that’s left of humanity is living in an underground silo, a self-sustainable bunker created by unknown predecessors. The world outside is a desert with poisonous air, and even saying out loud “I want to go outside” is treason punishable by death. The story starts with the sheriff of the silo digging into his wife’s research before she abandoned the silo. Is the world outside really as dangerous as everyone says? Or is it all a conspiracy to keep them trapped in the silo?

➕: Was very hard to put down!! I love a good dystopia, and this one has all the elements of one. Overall thoroughly enjoyed the entire series. It also is a series that premiered last year on Apple TV.

➖: The second book is almost more of a prequel- digs into how the silo was built. This initially was a bit of a let down because the first book ended on a semi-cliffhanger that I was eager to get back to. I wouldn’t change it now, because the prequel parts gave so much more context that was important in the third book.

I also felt like I could have used even one more book- I wanted to keep seeing where their adventure went!

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annknee's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

caleb_maneth's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

elli_g's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

nichole1988's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

the_sunken_library's review against another edition

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4.0

A triumph. Now usually I am not such a big fan of dystopia, I find it too depressing, but this filled me with hope about humanity in general.

I don't want to spoil it in anyway so I'll just say I thought the world building was excellent and the characters rounded and full of depth. The reason it isn't 5 stars was I felt Howey was rushing towards the climax of this first book. The book was a slow burner with lots of intricate layers to it but that is lost a little with a race for action in the second half. However, it wasn't spoiled and I am excited to read the next instalment.