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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Half way home is the first stand-alone novel by american author, hugh howey. Fans of the wool trilogy will not be disappointed in this tale. Howey blends science and tech in the proper amounts to satisfy a very wide segment of sf readership. I hope th... Read More

The plot moves at a pretty quick pace. There is a love triangle that actually worked in this instance and didn't grow too tiresome. This is not a complex story like the silo sagas, but it is an interesting one.

They are fifteen years old when they are woken from their nutrition vats. On board are 500 blastocytes, each in it's own pod. A group of people are sent to a planet to colonize if possible, they find difficulties.

Cons

They devise a giant water slide. His stories read less like scifi and more like a twilight zone episodes. I get the impression that howdy was in a rush to finish the work and slapped on a kind of careless ending.

The main character isn't even likeable; he kisses foreheads way too often. Oh, the twist is a poorly developed thread dealing with the * of the lead character.

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Highlights

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Quality

And are presented with the challenge to survive and prosper without a full education

An overall interesting read that plays with the themes howey originally brought up in wool

If you have just finished the wool series and are reading this book with the expectation that it is more of the same you will b... Read More

Shipping

Once the ship landed the eggs were then grown in vats and were to remain in the vats for 30 years learning their particular vocation

All under the charge of the ships ai

Packaging/appearance

As you continue to read you get sucked into the colonists trevails and mysteries and wonder how it will end

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This product had a total of 1,870 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 1 2023.