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Hugh Howey goes back to show the first days of the Silo, and the beginning …
Enjoyed “Wool” well enough and wanted to jump right into this second book (of three), but other books came up or the time wasn’t there. I’m giving it a go now! (Have to admit this is partly because of how much my partner and I enjoyed the show.)
In a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. In a …
Alma Cruz, the celebrated writer at the heart of The Cemetery of Untold Stories, doesn’t …
This is a bookclub book, so no review yet!
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB …
On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front …
First, I love the use of language, punctuation, syntax, in this book. It took time to acclimate, but once one does it becomes a character itself. I cannot imagine this story written in a more conventional way. At least not a story as powerful.
Second, I had no idea when I finished how much I would be thinking about it a month later. Do not get me wrong, I marinated on this book for a while after finishing (and while reading, of course), but recent events have made this story much more... pointed.
This was a difficult read and I wouldn't say I "enjoyed" it (apart from the language, which is beautiful at times, and cutting at others, and so so bleak). Do not go into Prophet Song expecting a rollicking read. It hurts, it frightens, it warns. This is all my opinion, of course, and I haven't explored the …
First, I love the use of language, punctuation, syntax, in this book. It took time to acclimate, but once one does it becomes a character itself. I cannot imagine this story written in a more conventional way. At least not a story as powerful.
Second, I had no idea when I finished how much I would be thinking about it a month later. Do not get me wrong, I marinated on this book for a while after finishing (and while reading, of course), but recent events have made this story much more... pointed.
This was a difficult read and I wouldn't say I "enjoyed" it (apart from the language, which is beautiful at times, and cutting at others, and so so bleak). Do not go into Prophet Song expecting a rollicking read. It hurts, it frightens, it warns. This is all my opinion, of course, and I haven't explored the reviews of others much (if you see this, please let me know what you thought!). I am glad I read it.
Just found out a friend of a friend of a friend wrote this!