rainbowreckoner reviewed Wool by Hugh Howey
Meh.
3 stars
Story fairly good. Writing annoying. Queer people don't exist in the universe, I guess. Show is better.
English language
Published Sept. 5, 2014 by Brilliance Publishing, Inc..
In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. In a society full of regulations meant to protect the community, Sheriff Holston, unexpectedly breaks the greatest taboo of all: he asks to go outside. An unlikely candidate is appointed to replace him: Juliette, a mechanic with no training in law, whose special knack is fixing machines. Now Juliette is about to be entrusted with fixing her silo, and she will soon learn just how badly her world is broken ...
Story fairly good. Writing annoying. Queer people don't exist in the universe, I guess. Show is better.
I grabbed this to read when I saw that “Silo” is coming to Apple TV+, based off of this book series.
There’s some heavy-handed clues that haven’t paid off by the end of this book, but overall I can see why this series is popular.