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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
emotional
tense
3.7ish stars. More than a three, less than a four. It is always difficult to put numbers on it.
Anyway, great character development and more history to the silo. The pace was ok. The descending and ascending was a little monotonous but part of me feels like that gives credit to the author's character development - the characters were feeling tired and it was translated well to the reader.
So far, these are short stories that don't take so long to read. It is a nice break to read them in between other books but I don't feel as if I immediately need to open the next one.
Anyway, great character development and more history to the silo. The pace was ok. The descending and ascending was a little monotonous but part of me feels like that gives credit to the author's character development - the characters were feeling tired and it was translated well to the reader.
So far, these are short stories that don't take so long to read. It is a nice break to read them in between other books but I don't feel as if I immediately need to open the next one.
It's not, like, super exciting, but as the mayor heads down into the deeps we find out more about this weird silo business and how it works and how people interact and this is all stuff I was curious about after reading the first story so I declare it a good thing. The main plot details are pretty predictable (as are the knitting puns and the casual but hopefully not continual sexism) but I liked the way Howey made them happen.
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Without spoiling anything, this one's plot is *very* similar to Wool 1. Not a huge fan of the writing, either - mostly utilitarian, which is fine, but pretty clumsy when talking about anything that is supposed to have emotional stakes.
But I'm going to keep reading the series, if only because it goes so quickly.
But I'm going to keep reading the series, if only because it goes so quickly.
go girl give us nothing other than confusion about why people in this society would still invoke the name of god
An introduction to the levels of the silo, a little slow but with a few shocking twists. Excited for the next one!
Short review: The second book of the Wool series takes a new main character and gives more background to the Silo
My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/wool-books-1-3-by-hugh-howey
My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/wool-books-1-3-by-hugh-howey
This book continues the story of the first book, nearly seamlessly. In the very short first novelette you learn about the fate of Sheriff Holston, the sheriff of the silo that reminded me a lot of the start of Fallout 3. Wool 2 starts right after the end of the first story, and features the Mayor of the silo and the deputy sheriff who now have the task of choosing a successor for the sheriff. They chose a rather unorthodox person, a mechanic called Jules who lives in the so-called deeps, on the 158th floor below ground where the machinery runs that powers the silo. To give you a scope of the scale, it takes them two days to travel down, visiting other departments, and four days to travel back up. It's somehow a classic tale of worldbuilding, because you learn some of the structure of the silo. The nursery level, the farms, the bazaars. I thought it was quite fascinating.
Jules turns out to be interesting, an unwilling candidate who hints at what seems to be the antagonist of the series, the mighty IT department. The short story ends with another surprising twist that's almost as heart-wrenching as the end of Wool 1.
Considering how short the two novelettes are, they pack a punch of story, characters and world. Greatly looking forward to read the next 3 novelettes now.
Jules turns out to be interesting, an unwilling candidate who hints at what seems to be the antagonist of the series, the mighty IT department. The short story ends with another surprising twist that's almost as heart-wrenching as the end of Wool 1.
Considering how short the two novelettes are, they pack a punch of story, characters and world. Greatly looking forward to read the next 3 novelettes now.
I had meant to read the entire omnibus edition (I've been watching the show, which is great so far), but I was so utterly bored with this novella, I decided to stop here. The show is better.