Wool Book Review

Wool

by Hugh Howey

Publisher: William Morrow an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Ginasbookreport Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Genre: Science Fiction
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“Each life might wear away a single layer, even as the silo wore away that life.”

Wool by Hugh Howey is a post apocalyptic look at an alternative future world. Where once humans lived outside, now they live inside the world of the silo. The only view to the outside is a dreary landscape speckled with dead bodies…the cleaners. To be a resident of the silo, you must follow the rules of the Pact. Fail to do so, and you will become one of those bodies on the hill. When the current sheriff decides to go out, a mechanic named Juliette is asked to step into his spot. She has no interest in the job, but she does have an unending dedication to keeping the silo running. Shortly after accepting the job, crimes start to become a regular event and Juliette is questioning everything. Who built the silo? What happened to the outside world? What is real?

Wool is the first in the Silo series and is actually composed of several short novellas grouped together. After watching the Apple+ series Silo, I ran out and grabbed this book. Finding out what happened next was a must! Wool is one of the best science fiction books I’ve ever read, and I already have Shift and Dust. The need to see what else happens in this exquisitely crafted world by Hugh Howey is HIGH. You’ve been warned. If you pick up the first one, you will want to read all three.