Wool

592 pages

English language

Published Dec. 25, 2020 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

ISBN:
9780358447849

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4 stars (2 reviews)

They live beneath the earth in a prison of their own making. There is a view of the outside world, a spoiled and rotten world, their forefathers left behind. But this view fades over time, ruined by the toxic airs that kill any who brave them.

So they leave it to the criminals, those who break the rules, and who are sent to cleaning. Why do they do it, these people condemned to death? Sheriff Holston has always wondered. Now he is about to find out.

20 editions

Fun concept, overpowered protagonist

4 stars

This was a fun read! Very unique post-apocalyptic Earth plotline with some good twists.

But the characters are a little two dimensional, and the protagonist is a little too good at everything. I'll certainly read the other books in the series. Again, it's a good story, but I'm not craving more time with these characters immediately.

Wool? More like w00t! amirite?

5 stars

Man, what a trip.

No spoilers, but in the Sci-Fi spectrum of humanity coming together in the face of apocalypse or everyone fro themselves (with Rebecca Solnit's "A Paradise Built in Hell" on one end, and parts of Atwood's "Oryx and Crake" or the edges of John Wyndham's works) "Wool" is decidedly on the sharp stick-end end of that scale.

Anyway, wonderfully paced, and great world-building. Excited for the next books in the trilogy!

Subjects

  • Fiction, science fiction, general
  • Fiction, dystopian