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"Wool" by Hugh Howey is a dystopian novel set in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity is confined to a giant underground silo. The story revolves around the characters of Bernard and Juliette, who begins to uncover the secrets of their enclosed society and question the authority of their leaders. As everyone struggles to survive in a harsh and claustrophobic environment, she discovers a plot that threatens the very existence of their world. Howey's writing creates a vivid and fascinating worl
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Fun to read, but the "surprise" reveal was pretty easy to predict and I found the character development to be a bit lacking. Combine that with some straight up annoying prose (how many times do you have to tell us the knife is a replacement for the watch? Why do people dip their chins so often?) and the most stars I can give it is 3.
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Through no fault of its own, this book took FOREVER to read. I would probably have a glowing review of it if I'd had more time to read and had read it more quickly. It surprised me several times - there were at least three times I thought I knew where it was going..."oh, this is going to be one of those books,"...and I was entirely wrong. After thinking I wasn't going to be into it at all for a while, I ended it wanting to know what happens in the next book.
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I think the first section of this book was my favorite. I pretty much lost interest after that. Some of it felt repetitive although I don't think that could have been avoided without changing the plot.
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Wow. Really draws you in. What a world he has created.explanation was a bit simplified, but the characters fully developed - male / female, young / old.
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A pretty good first outing from an unknown and previously unpublished author. Look forward to the inevitable movie.
May 16, 2012
Kai
marked it as to-read
Mar 12, 2013
Chris Stanford
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Jan 07, 2014
Kirstin
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Jun 16, 2014
Karen
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dystopia
Jan 04, 2016
Heather
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vivike
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