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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
Howey has grown as a writer, giving us a more coherent story than Wool.
In Sand Howey had the story planned out while with Wool it seems like he did allot of backpedling in an attempt to create a coherent background to what was essentially a short story.
I liked the book focuses neither on the poorest nor the richest. and while the world is in decline specific technologies are still being developed.
Sand Diving is a neat idea and is explored very well in Sand.
While there are some teenage bullies in Sand the bad guys are well fleshed out, they have their own motivations and aren't stupid.
In Sand Howey had the story planned out while with Wool it seems like he did allot of backpedling in an attempt to create a coherent background to what was essentially a short story.
I liked the book focuses neither on the poorest nor the richest. and while the world is in decline specific technologies are still being developed.
Sand Diving is a neat idea and is explored very well in Sand.
While there are some teenage bullies in Sand the bad guys are well fleshed out, they have their own motivations and aren't stupid.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Howey knows how to keep me turning the pages. His writing style is engaging, not always going where you would expect, but always telling a good story.
I didn't like this as much as Wool and its sequels, but it is definitely worth a read.
I didn't like this as much as Wool and its sequels, but it is definitely worth a read.
Good - but did Hugh "give up"?
This is the typical, excellent Hugh Howey we expect. But it seems to me like he kinda ran out of energy, and decided to wrap up the story quickly in the last couple of chapters, when I think he could have developed it more.
Still, good, and highly worth reading.
This is the typical, excellent Hugh Howey we expect. But it seems to me like he kinda ran out of energy, and decided to wrap up the story quickly in the last couple of chapters, when I think he could have developed it more.
Still, good, and highly worth reading.
This one didn't hook me straight away buy managed to build up into a good story about a third of the way in
Family down on its luck in a futuristic version of the US State Colorado; the old civilization buried under hundreds of meters of sand. Dad has left, leaving Mom only a brothel where she also works. Two oldest kids are divers, with special suits they can shape the sand and look for treasure from the old world.
Cool and interesting setting, well written and with good pace.
Cool and interesting setting, well written and with good pace.
Love the Wool omnibus. Didn't know what to expect from this, but it's not a continuation of that story. It's set in another post-apocalyptic world (or perhaps the same one from Wool, but in a different region).
The midwest is now a desert. The story is centered on a futuristic Colorado, in which a lot of sand has covered up everything from our modern society. People scrape by on the surface. Sand divers have special suits to move through the sand, much like scuba divers through water, but these suits allow them to flow the sand around them as they dive, scavenging the buried world for anything that can be useful.
The story follows four siblings. The two eldest are divers. One, Palmer, is hired to find "Danvar", a mythical city lost beneath the sands. The eldest, Vic, has moved to a different city to escape her past (their mother runs a brothel). The third eldest, Connor, is left fending for the youngest. Years ago, their dad went east, across the waste, never to return. Connor, not allowed to dive (for reasons not explained), fed up with the hard life in the sand, plans to follow.
Events unfold, and we learn what happens to the people who go east (and why none have ever returned).
I'm a little confused about the "Lords" in the walled city of Springston. The story never takes us into the city, we just hear about the lords and their sandscrapers. Is this a remnant of our world, surviving above the sand? Is this something else? Why are they lords? Do they have some access to wealth and amenities in their city that the residents of Shantytown don't? Seems like the city is plunked in the middle of the sand, so it's not like they are growing crops or raising farm animals inside, so I can't figure out who they are and what part they play in this society.
Other than that, I thought the world building was well done. The plot was interesting, with POVs from 3 of the four siblings, plus later, their mother.
The midwest is now a desert. The story is centered on a futuristic Colorado, in which a lot of sand has covered up everything from our modern society. People scrape by on the surface. Sand divers have special suits to move through the sand, much like scuba divers through water, but these suits allow them to flow the sand around them as they dive, scavenging the buried world for anything that can be useful.
The story follows four siblings. The two eldest are divers. One, Palmer, is hired to find "Danvar", a mythical city lost beneath the sands. The eldest, Vic, has moved to a different city to escape her past (their mother runs a brothel). The third eldest, Connor, is left fending for the youngest. Years ago, their dad went east, across the waste, never to return. Connor, not allowed to dive (for reasons not explained), fed up with the hard life in the sand, plans to follow.
Events unfold, and we learn what happens to the people who go east (and why none have ever returned).
I'm a little confused about the "Lords" in the walled city of Springston. The story never takes us into the city, we just hear about the lords and their sandscrapers. Is this a remnant of our world, surviving above the sand? Is this something else? Why are they lords? Do they have some access to wealth and amenities in their city that the residents of Shantytown don't? Seems like the city is plunked in the middle of the sand, so it's not like they are growing crops or raising farm animals inside, so I can't figure out who they are and what part they play in this society.
Other than that, I thought the world building was well done. The plot was interesting, with POVs from 3 of the four siblings, plus later, their mother.
1st half was very good, 2nd half of book was less interesting and predictable.
Imagine Dune without spice, and without princes, and without space travel. Place it overtop post-apocalyptic Colorado. You get dirt, grit, crime, and - just possibly - a family love that pulls people together.
I think this is my favorite of Howey's books. I would have liked a little more detail about how this dystopian world actually came to pass, but perhaps being vague is what makes the story work. Trying to wrap my head around why all the weather patterns seem to move from East to West ...
Not quite [b:Wool Omnibus|13453029|Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)|Hugh Howey|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349614200s/13453029.jpg|18979356] good. But pretty good.