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Book Review: Wool by Hugh Howey
Dec. 8th, 2014 11:21 pmTitle: Wool (Omnibus)
Author: Hugh Howey
Published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012
Rating: 3 of 5
Page Count: 509
Total Page Count: 148,966
Text Number: 437
Read Because: personal enjoyment, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: More engaging than skillful. A premise like this is reiterative but successful and Wool does good by it. The writing has the unfortunate marks of self-publishing (the overwriting is particularly unforgivable), but only the tortured romances really harm the book, crumbling under the burden the plot places on them. Wool has every predictable flaw, in pacing, in emotional scope, but the truth is that if post-apocalyptic dystopic generation ships ping your interest, Wool is a satisfying take on those tropes. Its premise is intelligently constructed and the exploration in turns suspenseful and thoughtful, and the story that surrounds it is more than adequate.
Author: Hugh Howey
Published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012
Rating: 3 of 5
Page Count: 509
Total Page Count: 148,966
Text Number: 437
Read Because: personal enjoyment, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: More engaging than skillful. A premise like this is reiterative but successful and Wool does good by it. The writing has the unfortunate marks of self-publishing (the overwriting is particularly unforgivable), but only the tortured romances really harm the book, crumbling under the burden the plot places on them. Wool has every predictable flaw, in pacing, in emotional scope, but the truth is that if post-apocalyptic dystopic generation ships ping your interest, Wool is a satisfying take on those tropes. Its premise is intelligently constructed and the exploration in turns suspenseful and thoughtful, and the story that surrounds it is more than adequate.
