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A review by wildflowerz76
Une colonie by Hugh Howey
2.0
I received a digital ARC of this title from Edelweiss for an honest review.
Exploratory ships are being sent to find planets that can sustain life and provide resources back home. Because of the distance, the ship AI makes the journey while the people are yet to be born. When they reach the planet, the colonists are then grown in vats, while their mind is hooked into a VR situation where they're taught everything they need to know about their predetermined jobs. At age 30 they'll be woken up to colonize the planet. Unless the whole lot is aborted when the AI decides that the planet can't sustain life or provide enough resources. So, when less than 60 fifteen year olds are woken up prematurely, they struggle to comply with the AIs demands with only half of their education complete.
I read Wool and seem to remember liking it until I got bored in the end. This one bored me from the start. The idea is fine, but it feels very stale and seems to have been done to death. None of the characters are fleshed out well enough to have much of a distinctive personality. In the end, I just didn't care what was happening here.
Exploratory ships are being sent to find planets that can sustain life and provide resources back home. Because of the distance, the ship AI makes the journey while the people are yet to be born. When they reach the planet, the colonists are then grown in vats, while their mind is hooked into a VR situation where they're taught everything they need to know about their predetermined jobs. At age 30 they'll be woken up to colonize the planet. Unless the whole lot is aborted when the AI decides that the planet can't sustain life or provide enough resources. So, when less than 60 fifteen year olds are woken up prematurely, they struggle to comply with the AIs demands with only half of their education complete.
I read Wool and seem to remember liking it until I got bored in the end. This one bored me from the start. The idea is fine, but it feels very stale and seems to have been done to death. None of the characters are fleshed out well enough to have much of a distinctive personality. In the end, I just didn't care what was happening here.