406 reviews for:

Sand

Hugh Howey

3.8 AVERAGE


3.5 STARS

My first book from H. Howey and I plan to read more soon!
adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

catrionabattensby's review

3.0
adventurous hopeful sad 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
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
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dang's review

3.25
adventurous dark mysterious 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: Yes
adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The foul language in dialogue was horrendous and not necessary, especially when it contrasted so greatly from the beautiful writing describing the landscape. It was like the author was throwing swear words in just because he could.
The story itself was intriguing, sand divers, diving in the sand much like scuba divers do in water. They dive to recover artifacts that have been buried in the relentless sand. I think the use of such harsh language showed a real lack of character on the author's part, especially where the main conversational adjective was the f-bomb. I will not be reading anything else from this author unless the language is cleaned up.