416 reviews for:

Sand

Hugh Howey

3.8 AVERAGE

jessicaemily's review

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

firstwords's review

3.0

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It's a decent premise with an average execution.

nicarraher's review

5.0

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

keith_nixon's review

2.0

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This book was quite a disappointment. Set quite some indeterminate time after Dust, the world is covered in...sand. Miles of it, high and deep. The story follows a family of sand divers as they seek Danvar, a buried ancient city of skyscrapers. And that's kind of it.

Overall, the book is a lot coarser than the previous Wool books, quite a lot of swearing and harsh living conditions. I actually struggle to find something really positive to say as the book just feels empty. Devoid of any plot or drive or threat.

Maybe this is written like a pilot for a new series, lots of backstory. Either way, it didn't work for me and I won't be reading anymore.

deezee's review

4.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

hoodiefranco's review

3.0

medium-paced

aspatch's review against another edition

2.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

patrickf's review

4.5

adventurous dark medium-paced

drbradreed's review

4.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

send2lyndon's review

4.0

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The idea of diving through sand was very intriguing! I thought it was creative and the story had a plot that I enjoyed. It definitely left me imagining what would happen next in the characters' lives.