Wool

536 pages

English language

Published April 1, 2013

ISBN:
978-0-09-958048-5
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A Wool-y Great Read (Apologies for the Pun)

I greatly enjoyed this book. I had heard about it awhile ago, but never checked it out. A friend lent me their copy and I've had it sitting on my desk for a few months. Finally got around to reading it on vacation and couldn't put it down.

I thoroughly enjoyed the tone of this book. While the premise is dark, and some of the lore that is slowly doled out even darker, the general tone is strangely positive.

I did fear for the main character as Howey almost reaches GRRM levels of murdering off characters. I do like that approach as it makes the stakes better for me as a reader. It's better if there some danger in there somewhere, for me anyways.

Looking forward to the other books in the series.

And I will have to go back and check out the show now, 


Silo

La dystopie est originale et bien trouvĂ©e, un modĂšle du genre, et elle est bien exploitĂ©e par l’histoire, qui est pleine de bonnes idĂ©es. Bon, on sent bien que certains dĂ©tails techniques sont survolĂ©s, et d‘autres sont franchement tirĂ©s par les cheveux, mais le livre ne se rĂ©clame pas de la hard SF, et ça n’empĂȘche pas de se laisser entraĂźner par l’intrigue.

Non, ce qui m’a vraiment dĂ©rangĂ© c’est l’écriture : c’est lourd, il y a des longueurs pĂ©nibles, et d’une maniĂšre gĂ©nĂ©rale l’écriture des personnages manque de finesse. J’ai mĂȘme failli lĂącher le livre au dĂ©but, et j’ai traĂźnĂ© Ă  le terminer.

Au final, ce roman m’a laissĂ© une impression mitigĂ©e, malgrĂ© ses bonnes idĂ©es.