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Wool is the first book in Hugh Howey’s Silo Trilogy. It introduces a postapocalyptic world where humanity’s remnants live in a massive underground silo with 144 floors and no elevators. The floors are separated into classes, with the highest on top. The world outside is toxic and deadly, and those who break certain rules are sentenced to death by exposure to the outside environment, where they are expected to clean the lens on the sensor that feeds images back to the silo, and surprisingly, they
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I had put this on my to read list, and then it came up for my book club. So glad it was chosen. When I first read the blurb, I thought it sounded good, but worried about the execution. My worries can be put to rest. I really enjoyed this book.
I loved the way this story unfolded. There was so much going on, yet the author took the time to delve into the main characters, and how life in the silo functions. The world-building was so good, and a world we really haven't seen before. The characters ar ...more
I loved the way this story unfolded. There was so much going on, yet the author took the time to delve into the main characters, and how life in the silo functions. The world-building was so good, and a world we really haven't seen before. The characters ar ...more
