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Pros
The main character is a lighthouse keeper stationed on beacon 23 - a lighthouse that is light years away in a part of the galaxy that offers a hazard for those who would pass through the area. The main problem for our hero is that he suffers ptsd and ... Read More
It's the first book in a three-book series called the silo saga. This book was enthusiastically recommended to me. There are things in this book that, at first, made me want to slap this guy upside the head.
Hugh howey is a master craftsman. The best science fiction mixes in a healthy dose of humanity. As usual, howey's stories make me crave more!
The story captivates from the beginning. It also has a pretty unpredictable ending that is quite a shocker. Without giving away much of the plot, the storyline takes an unexpected turn.
Cons
Self-indulgent author's note re-enforces his belief that the main character's actions were just, even enlightened. He likes the idea of killing people as long as they are what he considers bad people.
The story is so comically unrealistic that i had no idea what the heck howey was talking about. The premise is implausible. Unlike wool and his other big best-sellers, this novel is not believeable nor imaginative sci-fi.
Highlights
Quality
Entertaining sometimes humorous occasionally moving and surprisingly optimistic
I was a little nonplussed with the endingepilogue i would have liked to had that a little more developed because getting there... Read More
He can pull at your heart strings with the best of them but few can make you chew on a story for days and months the way he can
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I would have liked the definition of some of the terminology
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Howdy is certainly doing that
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One of thoserocky is a slightly favorite
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With 1200 reviews this book has been talked to death
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For the most part the reader spends all his time inside the main characters head and nothing is hidden
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Howey spends no time creating realistic scientific science fiction
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Its a hard look at the human mind
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If you are introspective think of this book as if it were a mirror
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