![]() ![]() I would not recommend that you endure the same. Thanks to the overall concept, I did manage to get through the whole book, albeit with plenty of scoffs and head shaking. For example, within a couple of paragraphs, a discussion about a grievance escalates to characters commencing a general uprising against the silo's authorities. The book generally fails to build tension and stumbles from one event to another. I failed to connect with any of them and struggled to care when they were in danger or when they died. The characters are poorly described and two dimensional devoid of real humanity. Not only does the book defy belief, it is also a poorly written. By failing to undertake this most basic form of research, the author insults the intelligence of his readers. Five minutes on wikipedia would have revealed the kind of considerations that need to be considered for this type of diving considerations that should have informed the book and how the character could realistically survive the problems she encounters. The author fails to get even the basic details and dangers of a dive like this right. The character jury-rigs a "space" suit to allow for a surface supply of air. Towards the end of the novel, the main character embarks on a task to repair a pump submerged in hundreds of feet of water. If any of these sound ridiculous to you, then I don't recommend that you read Wool. ![]() Is it possible to believe that these people would not have any folk knowledge of the past or how they came to live in a silo? That even with the technical knowledge to run advanced computer systems, as well as fully powered, self-sustaining closed habitat, that these people would not attempt to develop their own radios for communication, instead relying on "porters" to physically carry messages around the silo? That people would live in a technologically advanced 150 storey silo yet fail to provide themselves with an elevator for the rapid transportation of people and materials? That paper is valuable commodity while all other modern conveniences are available? That it's possible to "mine" all the resources required for the operation of this kind of silo, but only in the direct footprint of the silo itself? That the best method for maintaining the main camera and sensors to the outside world can only be physically undertaken by a condemned "criminal" who inevitably voluntarily does this as his final task before he perishes? The novel expects you to believe that thousands of educated and mechanically competent people would deny their human curiosity in order to obey inane laws for which no plausible reason exists. ![]() Though the concept itself is interesting, the book is so poorly written and researched that you need to suspend even rudimentary knowledge of sociology, biology and physics to feel apart of the author's world. I quite enjoy dystopian fiction so I figured this book would likely be a winner. I bought this book after I saw the close to 5 star rating on the main Amazon site. "- The Wall Street Journal -No Source -This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. appeal to both men and women, and has attracted hard-core science fiction fans as well as general readers, much like The Hunger Games. This is a superior SF thriller, both slick and gritty."- Financial Times "Sci-fi's Underground Hit. Watson, bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep "The success of Howey's Wool trilogy was no fluke. "-Rick Riordan, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series "With Wool Hugh Howey has created a new science fiction classic."-Ernest Cline, bestselling author of Ready Player One "Exilharating, intense, addictive."-S.J. If you're looking for a good post-apocalyptic read, you can't do much better than Wool. You will live in this world."-Justin Cronin, bestselling author of The Passage "Secrets unfold with just the right pacing. ![]() Praise for Hugh Howey and The Silo Series "Howey's Wool is an epic feat of imagination. one of dystopian fiction's masterpieces alongside the likes of 1984 and Brave New World. In one word, terrific.' KATHY REICHS 'Thrilling, thought-provoking and memorable. You will live in this world.' JUSTIN CRONIN ' Wool is frightening, fascinating, and addictive. _ 'The next Hunger Games' SUNDAY TIMES 'Well written, tense, and immensely satisfying, Wool will be considered a classic for many years in the future.' WIRED 'Howey's Wool is an epic feat of imagination. These are the dangerous ones these are the people who dare to hope and dream, and who infect others with their optimism. Inside, men and women live an enclosed life full of rules and regulations, of secrets and lies. In a ruined and hostile landscape, in a future few have been unlucky enough to survive, a community exists in a giant underground silo. ![]()
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