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Wool by Hugh Howey

43 reviews

monicalaurette's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

“And yet, his feet moved. They carried him down the hidden passageway and into a room full of the strange and curious, a place that made the charting of stars seem insignificant, a den where the sense of the world’s scale, of size, took on wholly new proportions.”

This book was, to me, a roller coaster. There was confusion at first of what is going on, why are people doing the things they are, and then I just quickly fell in love with so many of them just for some of them to be ripped away (sorry for the spoiler but don’t like any characters until at least half way through just to be safe but even then you won’t).

The world building in this book was also very interesting. While for most of the book you’re just in that Silo, there were so many layers and groups of people depending on those layers was so interesting. Like how was there such a disconnect from the lower levels to the top levels when they are all one big community? To me you can just find that with different cities in the world that have different areas where the people who live there have different levels of socio-economic status.

“And so the descent, this spiraling downward, was much like the drowning that swallowed her at night. It felt inexorable and inextricable. Like a weight pulling her down combined with the knowledge that she’d never be able to claw her way back up.

I wish I had found this book when I was younger, or I had read them when I first added them to my shelf because I loved it so much. I give this book 5 stars because it was just such a fun experience for me to go through and I can’t wait to read more about these giant silos in the ground.

“These would be the parts of her that rotted last, the bits left over once the rest skittered off on the wind or was drunk deep by the roots.”

I almost ended the book when Marnes died after Jahns because I wanted them to be a couple so BAD! Literally wrote down that they’ll be together in the dirt because they were buried during the same week basically.

From the first moment I saw Bernard I disliked him, and he in my mind is the one that killed Jahns.

At first I didn’t know how I’d like the relationship between Lukas and Jules but by the end of the book I feel that I grew to like him just like Jules did - though I could see them being a couple by the first time they interacted.

I thought Solo was killed and almost ended the book again there but glad that he’s got a purpose now with those kids!

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headstuckinabook's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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sarah_of_bramblewood's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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ches2496's review against another edition

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dark hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A tense, post-apocalyptic thriller. I starting the book after seeing the advertisement for Silo on Apple TV and it was totally worth the read. It got a bit slow in the middle, but picked up nicely at the end. I found the plot unpredictable, and to the last page I was never sure how things would turn out. The world building was intriguing and in-depth.

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witchy_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This is an amazing read, and I am so happy I took a chance and read it. There are so many lovable (and unlovable) characters!

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banjo_bunny's review against another edition

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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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loverrbboy's review against another edition

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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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kylieqrada's review against another edition

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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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wthanyell's review against another edition

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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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lauren97224's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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