This was an OK interpretation of the book, but I think it really pales in comparison. Juliette takes up the job and starts to learn that there is some deception occurring in the Silo. The story is essentially the same as the book: Holston, the sheriff, heads out to clean, leaving an opening. Given that I read and reviewed the book on which this is based, I suppose I should give this graphic novel a proper review. Here, everything is on turbo speed, so I had nothing to attach to.Īlso, sad to see how many of these characters are just more random white people.

I thought the book was long-winded and dull in places but at least I had connection to the characters.

The author also gave his blessing to authors wanting to write fanfictions in 'his' universe, which you can find at /fan-fiction, which is why he likes the 'Kindle Worlds' program launched a few days ago, a way for authors to 'open' the universes they created ( details on his blog, from May 22nd).This just feels like a super-rushed, hollow version of the book. The popularity of the Wooliverse is also indicative of a shift in how books are published, as Howey used Amazon's 'Kindle Direct Publishing' to self-publish the first novel, as an e-book. Thanks to the huge positive response from fans, he decided to continue the saga, with 5 books in the 'wool' timeline, 3 'shift' prequels to wool, and a final volume, Dust, available August 17, 2013. Howey wrote the first book of the series in 2011, intended as a standalone short story. This is a difficult book to put down, probably due to the fact that it was published as a series of novels, each with its own cliffhanger ending. Like the characters in the book, we're kept in the dark regarding the many secrets and lies that the Silo protects and the more they uncover, the more they – and us – want to learn.

Did it feature some kind of utopia where sheep have taken over the universe ? Well, no.įrom the get-go, we're thrown into a post-apocalyptic world, where people are confined to a giant 'silo', a self sufficient vertical city. I started reading Wool because it was May's pick for the book club ' Sword & Laser', not knowing anything about the story, except that it was sci-fi.

The wool omnibus