Book Review – Wool, by Hugh Howey

Wool

What’s it about? In some distant future on planet Earth, humans live below ground in enormous, technologically advanced silos. Anyone who dares to mention outside is sent to cleaning, a horrifying task of walking into the great unknown world outside to clean the cameras with a tiny piece of wool. All cleaners end up the same way – dead on the hillside from toxins in the air, just in sight of the cameras to everyone below. But something is brewing in the silo after their beloved sheriff volunteers to go to cleaning himself. What did he know that would drive him to certain death? Newly appointed sheriff Juliette plunges into the mystery, revealing a devastating and fascinating answer that could mean she ends up cleaning the cameras herself.

Should you read it? Wool was absolutely fascinating. I’m an avid post-apocalyptic fan, and this one really delivers without becoming horribly depressing in the end (though plenty of people die along the way!). Juliette is a well rounded character we can root for, silently cheering her on as we read to uncover the horrible truth. If you are a fan of YA dystopic fiction, this is a great forray into adult fiction. Tense, achingly human and overall exciting, Wool is well worth the hype.

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