Wool - Holston
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Can One Monkey Stop Your Show?
Kalika
Jul 15, 2014 09:09PM
I was so impressed with Hugh Howey after reading his blogs. But, when I began reading his book, Wool #1, I couldn't believe what I was reading; didn't know what I was reading. I had to put it down after 6 pages. I was done. I had a very bad reaction to it. It gave me a headache.
To me, it was just a lot of words thrown together, but what does it matter? Hugh Howey had immense success with the book and went on to write a series and is now a bestselling author.
This should inspire all authors, because this proves that just because one person doesn't like your book, it does not mean that somebody else won't. There are 7 billion people on the planet. If you don't give up, you're bound to find your audience.
Therefore, I have given Wool #1 One Star, because it has inspired me never to give up.
To me, it was just a lot of words thrown together, but what does it matter? Hugh Howey had immense success with the book and went on to write a series and is now a bestselling author.
This should inspire all authors, because this proves that just because one person doesn't like your book, it does not mean that somebody else won't. There are 7 billion people on the planet. If you don't give up, you're bound to find your audience.
Therefore, I have given Wool #1 One Star, because it has inspired me never to give up.
This is just my opinion, but I'm not sure you can judge a book by the first 6 pages; at least not this one. The author was trying to build some suspense about the cleaning, what it is, what the Sheriff's wife had discovered, and how broken up the Sheriff was to have to be the one to send his wife to her death. And you don't actually meet the main character until a little ways in, a feisty, courageous gal. I thought that Hugh Howey created a really fascinating dystopian world. I loved all the levels in the silo and I wouldn't put it past humans to create something similar unbeknownst to most of the population. This was a book I couldn't put down! Probably my favourite read in months. You might want to give it a second chance...
In my opinion Wool was groundbreaking. It mixed flashes of literary fiction with suspense and intrigue. How can you beat a beginning in which the only character you've met is climbing to his death?
You'd need to read further to see where Howey goes with the novel, but I can assure you that it is worth it.
He has some thoughtful turns of phrase and wraps a good story around some great character development. I enjoyed it, although I can understand why some people felt it dragged a bit in the beginning (after the reveal). But if you stick with it, it unfolds into a rich world worth exploring. I read the next two omnibus sequels right after Wool.
I wrote my own novel, The Second Tree, a few months after reading Wool. It inspired me a bit to pick up the pen (OK, well, at least the laptop)...
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You'd need to read further to see where Howey goes with the novel, but I can assure you that it is worth it.
He has some thoughtful turns of phrase and wraps a good story around some great character development. I enjoyed it, although I can understand why some people felt it dragged a bit in the beginning (after the reveal). But if you stick with it, it unfolds into a rich world worth exploring. I read the next two omnibus sequels right after Wool.
I wrote my own novel, The Second Tree, a few months after reading Wool. It inspired me a bit to pick up the pen (OK, well, at least the laptop)...
)
Why do all dystopias sound exactly alike?
Allan Ashinoff
Well, the end-results are similar. Its just the getting there thats different (and the moral to the story, if one was intended).
I enjoyed Wool. I have to admit though I was disappointed by the ending of the first novel. I didn't read the second book.
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