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I'm pretty sure Hugh Howey plans the Wool installments to end on crazy massive twisty cliffhangers.
That being said, I did not enjoy Proper Gauge as well as I did Wool. In context of the series so far, I'm sure it'll work out perfectly, but it mostly seemed very slow and ponderous. I suppose that fits with the, er, action of Proper Gauge. The title does rather fit; in terms of a knitting project, it does feel like knitting a gauge swatch. I laboured through it and it was not particularly enjoyable but it was necessary and will be worth it by the end.
And the ending! AAAHHHHH! With the final installment from the mayor's POV swiftly followed by Juliette's - what a juxtaposition! Just crazy.
To sum up, I didn't dislike it and will now promptly devour Casting Off.
That being said, I did not enjoy Proper Gauge as well as I did Wool. In context of the series so far, I'm sure it'll work out perfectly, but it mostly seemed very slow and ponderous. I suppose that fits with the, er, action of Proper Gauge. The title does rather fit; in terms of a knitting project, it does feel like knitting a gauge swatch. I laboured through it and it was not particularly enjoyable but it was necessary and will be worth it by the end.
And the ending! AAAHHHHH! With the final installment from the mayor's POV swiftly followed by Juliette's - what a juxtaposition! Just crazy.
To sum up, I didn't dislike it and will now promptly devour Casting Off.
Nachdem der Fokus im ersten Teil von Silo auf dem nun verstorbenen Sheriff Holston gelegen hat, verlagert sich die Geschichte in diesem Teil auf die Suche der Bürgermeistein Jahns nach einem geeigneten Nachfolger bzw. einer Nachfolgerin für dieses wichtige Amt innerhalb der Silo Struktur. Hugh Howey nimmt uns aus diesem Grund mit auf eine Führung durch den Silo, bei welcher ein besonderer Fokus auf die menschliche Beziehung zwischen der Bürgermeisterin Jahns und ihrem Berater Marnes gelegt wird. Von beiden erfährt man insgesamt nicht viel, ihre Beziehung und ihr innerer Konflikt wird aber sehr gut sichtbar.
Darüber hinaus lernt man endlich den sagenumwobenen Silo näher kennen, von der obersten Etage über die IT bis hin zu den unteren Ebenen und der Mechanik, wo die beiden letztendlich auch die bevorzugte Kandidatin Juliette Nichols gefunden wird.
"Die Träger waren wie die Luft, die sie atmete: immer da, immer zu Diensten und so unentbehrlich, dass sie für selbstverständlich gehalten wurden." - Seite 35-36
Besonders gut hat mir Nichols in diesem Teil der Geschichte gefallen, da sie, ohne an mögliche Konsequenzen zu denken, sich gegen die gegebene Struktur auflehnt und kein Blatt vor den Mund nimmt, wenn sie auf Ranghöhere trifft. Das macht sie sehr sympatisch und zeigt, dass man sich nicht alles als normal angesehene gefallen lassen muss oder als selbstverständlich empfundene Dinge einfach nur hinnimmt sondern wieder zu schätzen lernt.
Zusätzlich war es für mich sehr interessant mitzuerleben, wie der ganze Silo funktioniert, welche Machtverhältnisse herrschen und wer letztendlich das Sagen hat. Absolut genial, komplex und spannend.
Fazit:
Silo 2 ist ein nicht ganz so spannender zweiter Teil, welcher trotzdem mit seinen starken Charakteren, Machtspielchen um Einfluss und mit einem gelungenen Cliffhanger am Ende des eBooks absolut überzeugen kann und darauf hoffen lässt, dass der gesamte Roman eine absolut gelungene, düstere Zukunftsvision wird.
Lediglich der etwas überhöhte Preis von knapp vier Euro sind in meinen Augen zu viel, welche nichtsdestotrotz gut angelegt sind. Wer eher auf gebundene Bücher steht, sollte dennoch bis März warten, da erscheint der komplette Roman im Piper Verlag und sollte dann schleunigst den Weg in das heimische Bücherregal finden. Eine atemberaubende und mitreißende Geschichte!
Darüber hinaus lernt man endlich den sagenumwobenen Silo näher kennen, von der obersten Etage über die IT bis hin zu den unteren Ebenen und der Mechanik, wo die beiden letztendlich auch die bevorzugte Kandidatin Juliette Nichols gefunden wird.
"Die Träger waren wie die Luft, die sie atmete: immer da, immer zu Diensten und so unentbehrlich, dass sie für selbstverständlich gehalten wurden." - Seite 35-36
Besonders gut hat mir Nichols in diesem Teil der Geschichte gefallen, da sie, ohne an mögliche Konsequenzen zu denken, sich gegen die gegebene Struktur auflehnt und kein Blatt vor den Mund nimmt, wenn sie auf Ranghöhere trifft. Das macht sie sehr sympatisch und zeigt, dass man sich nicht alles als normal angesehene gefallen lassen muss oder als selbstverständlich empfundene Dinge einfach nur hinnimmt sondern wieder zu schätzen lernt.
Zusätzlich war es für mich sehr interessant mitzuerleben, wie der ganze Silo funktioniert, welche Machtverhältnisse herrschen und wer letztendlich das Sagen hat. Absolut genial, komplex und spannend.
Fazit:
Silo 2 ist ein nicht ganz so spannender zweiter Teil, welcher trotzdem mit seinen starken Charakteren, Machtspielchen um Einfluss und mit einem gelungenen Cliffhanger am Ende des eBooks absolut überzeugen kann und darauf hoffen lässt, dass der gesamte Roman eine absolut gelungene, düstere Zukunftsvision wird.
Lediglich der etwas überhöhte Preis von knapp vier Euro sind in meinen Augen zu viel, welche nichtsdestotrotz gut angelegt sind. Wer eher auf gebundene Bücher steht, sollte dennoch bis März warten, da erscheint der komplette Roman im Piper Verlag und sollte dann schleunigst den Weg in das heimische Bücherregal finden. Eine atemberaubende und mitreißende Geschichte!
I enjoyed Wool 2 more than I did Wool. It seemed to provide a better overall picture of the silo, how live goes on and much more character development. Now on to the third!
Hugh Howey writes his stories in such a way that you either buy many little sections to make up the whole book or (you do what I do) you wait until the entire collection is possible in book format. There is nothing wrong with this, I merely find it difficult to review each individual section as, for me, the whole is worth more than the parts.
So, with that in mind, here is a review of the collective for you (so you can make a decision about whether the Wool trilogy is right for you):
I wasn’t quite sure what I expected with this book considering all the great comments that have been made about it, in all honesty part of me was expecting to be disappointed. I think the comment that had me expecting the most was when the book was called the next Hunger Games, as whilst the Hunger Games trilogy was not my favourite series there is certainly a very large fandom which leaves you expecting great things. With that in mind, I think I can safely say that this is the best dystopian series I have read. In fact, I think it is the best trilogy I have read in a while.
From the very start the book is filled with action, events playing out at a great rate, the action never ending. All the characters are really well developed and for once we’re not dealing with a group of teenagers stuck inside of the dystopian world: we’re given fleshed out adults, those who have been stuck in this world for years and are now seeing the world for what it really is. Honestly there is so much that could be said and yet I fear if I say too much I will soon start spoiling things for people. Believe me when I say that once you start reading it you will be gripped, picking up one book and then the next.
So, with that in mind, here is a review of the collective for you (so you can make a decision about whether the Wool trilogy is right for you):
I wasn’t quite sure what I expected with this book considering all the great comments that have been made about it, in all honesty part of me was expecting to be disappointed. I think the comment that had me expecting the most was when the book was called the next Hunger Games, as whilst the Hunger Games trilogy was not my favourite series there is certainly a very large fandom which leaves you expecting great things. With that in mind, I think I can safely say that this is the best dystopian series I have read. In fact, I think it is the best trilogy I have read in a while.
From the very start the book is filled with action, events playing out at a great rate, the action never ending. All the characters are really well developed and for once we’re not dealing with a group of teenagers stuck inside of the dystopian world: we’re given fleshed out adults, those who have been stuck in this world for years and are now seeing the world for what it really is. Honestly there is so much that could be said and yet I fear if I say too much I will soon start spoiling things for people. Believe me when I say that once you start reading it you will be gripped, picking up one book and then the next.
These books were fantastic. Well written, a fully formed world and characters I truly cared about. The entire world is a silo reaching thousands of feet into the earth and a scorched and toxic landscape above, and it's been that way for generations. Luckily (or not so much), people never really change, do they?
Just not as...I dunno...intense as the first one. And I get it. Because this is a series after all, and this installment is here for character development and set up, and it has its place. But. The first part of Wool was excellent. Chilling. And completely competent as a stand-alone story. I've read so much dystopian fiction (and almost all of it nowadays is split into a series) that it all runs together in my mind, especially while I'm waiting (for freaking years) for the next book in the series to be released. This series began as something different enough to be distinguished from the heard. Wool #2 has stoked my curiosity enough (and the writing is very pleasant) to keep reading the series, but this piece didn't pack nearly the punch I was hoping for.
Another sad ending in this series. I wonder if they will all end with my tears. A good journey though. We get to see what happens in the aftermath of the events in the first book. We get to see a lot more of the relationship between the Deputy and the Mayor and how long they've known each other and their dynamic. We also get to witness a bit of IT and already I'm suspicious of this department. And we get to know and like a new character, Juliette aka Jules. I like the development in the series and how we're learning a little bit more about this world in each installment instead of getting the history all at once. I'll definitely keep reading.
This is an excellent second installment in the Wool short story series. This story has a completely different feel from the first one. We spend most of the story on a walk with 2 people down the entire length of the silo. While slower in pace, it allowed the world inside the silo to expand. And I found it quite refreshing to have 2 60 year olds as the main characters of a book! And not to be spoilerish, but the end was quite surprising and leads right into book 3.