Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Wool by Hugh Howey

36 reviews

banjo_bunny's review against another edition

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

loverrbboy's review against another edition

adventurous dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.75

this took me forever to get through but that says nothing about how excellent it is!!!! this universe is so interesting, i love speculative fiction and this is a take that’s new to me…. lucas x juliette forever .. i will be reading the sequel ASAP!!! 

- normalized human composting 
- successful circular economy 
- anticapitalist riots
- secret taboo relationships 

what more could u want 

cw for asphyxiation, running out of air, drowning, claustrophobia etc 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Confinement, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

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

greatsilverini's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Murder

wormgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement