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Sand
by Hugh Howey
What I read was an amazingly original novel. Sand is breathtaking. It's not that the premise of a world totally overrun by sand is so good, because frankly it didn't grab me at first and when I tried to describe the book to my sister it really didn't sound appealing. What is so wonderful about the book is Howey's descriptions. He takes a quite hard to visualize concept, that of special suits and methods for sand diving for treasure and really brings it to life with his telling. The whole dystopian story thing has really been beat to death at this point, but Sand's depiction of a world that has moved back to a western frontier style existence is fascinating. Right off, it has a lot of energy. It's been a long time since I read a book that I liked so much that I didn't want to put it down. But at the same time, it was lacking in many ways.
I liked Palmer right off, but then struggled to get into the character for Conner. He rambled on and on about this and that.
One word: concrete. They had this incredible technology (which was just an analogy to free diving in the ocean) and yet they couldn't make enough concrete to keep the sand back? I didn't buy that.
However, if you suspend disbelief, I liked the book for the energy in the plot, weaknesses aside. It really made me want to stay up all night and finish it at times. Which is rare.
I gave it four stars for the pure excitement I got out of it. Wish more writers could captivate my attention like this book did! Best Howey book? No, but certainly a very good one.
I liked Palmer right off, but then struggled to get into the character for Conner. He rambled on and on about this and that.
One word: concrete. They had this incredible technology (which was just an analogy to free diving in the ocean) and yet they couldn't make enough concrete to keep the sand back? I didn't buy that.
However, if you suspend disbelief, I liked the book for the energy in the plot, weaknesses aside. It really made me want to stay up all night and finish it at times. Which is rare.
I gave it four stars for the pure excitement I got out of it. Wish more writers could captivate my attention like this book did! Best Howey book? No, but certainly a very good one.