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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
A taste of rebellion within post-apocalyptic fiction.
Hugh Howey will make you feel things for people you've only encountered a few times, will get you invested for a people, place and time that doesn't exist. That you wouldn't want to exist.
And one of the best parts of this book is that there is another following it. The story continues and that makes me undeniably pleased.
Hugh Howey will make you feel things for people you've only encountered a few times, will get you invested for a people, place and time that doesn't exist. That you wouldn't want to exist.
And one of the best parts of this book is that there is another following it. The story continues and that makes me undeniably pleased.
adventurous
dark
hopeful
medium-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
3.5 stars for me. This is actually a very cool story idea, but it was really slow to start. It wasn’t until around 25% that it started getting interesting to me. After that, it started building up and really became interesting about the halfway mark. I know it’s a series, but it just kind of stopped at the end without referencing some of the people in the last 3/4 of the book who really should have at least been mentioned.
The idea of self-contained silos and all of the drama definitely should make for an interesting Netflix series. I’m looking forward to watching it.
I haven’t decided if I’m reading book 2. My husband says it happens before book 1 and explains how the silos are built and that it’s as slow as the beginning of book 1.
I wanted to like the book a lot more. There were parts that were 4-5 stars, but the beginning was just so slow that it made me just want to finish the book and be done with it. The abrupt ending didn’t help me like it more.
The idea of self-contained silos and all of the drama definitely should make for an interesting Netflix series. I’m looking forward to watching it.
I haven’t decided if I’m reading book 2. My husband says it happens before book 1 and explains how the silos are built and that it’s as slow as the beginning of book 1.
I wanted to like the book a lot more. There were parts that were 4-5 stars, but the beginning was just so slow that it made me just want to finish the book and be done with it. The abrupt ending didn’t help me like it more.
There's lots of good stuff here: I liked Jules as a protagonist, and quite liked the idea of the silos, although some of the narrative unfolding within it was a bit tedious. Maybe that was the point - the deadening effect of the environment to oppress its inhabitants. And the initial hora d'oeuvre, with the husband going out in search of his wife was quite a clever way of introducing the world. So, as I said, lots of good stuff, but it didn't really make me want to obsess over the world and read on onto the later volumes.
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
medium-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:
No
The opening section of the book is gripping. The time spent in the characters heads as a window to this world was very well done, but as soon as the plot kicks in, the approach to the book becomes more action oriented. While action occurred in the first section, it was balanced by deep humanizing reflections and moments. The rest of the book felt like a movie outline.
The premise is interesting. The book constantly does a switcheroo on things and creates danger that gets quickly resolved so it just doesn't really have the weight I wanted it to. If the world building want as strong and the metaphor wasn't as strong, this would be a 3.25. the .25 is for the excellent opening.
I will read the next book, and realize this might just be more pulpy sci-fi than the opening lead me to believe.
The premise is interesting. The book constantly does a switcheroo on things and creates danger that gets quickly resolved so it just doesn't really have the weight I wanted it to. If the world building want as strong and the metaphor wasn't as strong, this would be a 3.25. the .25 is for the excellent opening.
I will read the next book, and realize this might just be more pulpy sci-fi than the opening lead me to believe.
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No