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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I liked the world, but in the end it felt very incomplete.
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was a very Mad Max-ish take on a dystopian world, following the fate of a family of five in what must once have been Colorado but is now covered in sand. It's 5 novellas that connect, forming a cohesive story. My favorite character was Vic, the daughter of the family, accomplished sand diver. Sand divers wear special suits and can dive beneath the sand, shaping it, to salvage items from pre-apocalypse. It is such a salvage trip that changes everything, when Vic's brother Palmer is hired to dive for the near mythological city 'Danvar', which I took to be Denver. He and his buddy find the place but their boss is trying to kill them because all he wanted was the means to have an atomic bomb to detonate in the main town of the story, Springston (I think that's Silver Springs). Story moves from there.
It's not the best dystopia I have ever read, and it's not as good as Hugh Howey's Silo series, but it was good reading, and now I have to find out if there's a sequel, because the ending is very open.
It's not the best dystopia I have ever read, and it's not as good as Hugh Howey's Silo series, but it was good reading, and now I have to find out if there's a sequel, because the ending is very open.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Confinement
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Cannibalism, War
I had pretty high hopes for this book, after plowing through the entire Wool series in just a couple days. Howey releases another post-apocalyptic novel? Woo!
I was...really disappointed. And this is, in part, because we don't have the full story, yet. With Wool, I got to rush through the entire thing, no waiting. If things weren't explained all at once, they eventually were explained, and that was fine. With this, though, it's only the beginning, and Howey left so much unanswered in this first set, especially compared to Wool's first book. There was enough there in Wool to figure a lot of things out, but in Sand, the backstory is mostly hidden.
I will say that I plan to continue reading this series. This isn't exactly what I'd hoped, but Howey has a lot of credit, with me, so I'll tick it out until the sequel (which he is working on) arrives. Hopefully soon!
I was...really disappointed. And this is, in part, because we don't have the full story, yet. With Wool, I got to rush through the entire thing, no waiting. If things weren't explained all at once, they eventually were explained, and that was fine. With this, though, it's only the beginning, and Howey left so much unanswered in this first set, especially compared to Wool's first book. There was enough there in Wool to figure a lot of things out, but in Sand, the backstory is mostly hidden.
I will say that I plan to continue reading this series. This isn't exactly what I'd hoped, but Howey has a lot of credit, with me, so I'll tick it out until the sequel (which he is working on) arrives. Hopefully soon!
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
