Wool

Wool Trilogy, Book 1

By: Hugh Howey

Narrated by: Susannah Harker

Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

Brought to you by Penguin.

NOW THE NO.1 DRAMA IN THE HISTORY OF AppleTV+, SILO.


In a ruined and hostile landscape, in a future few have been unlucky enough to survive, a community exists in a giant underground silo.

Inside, men and women live an enclosed life full of rules and regulations, of secrets and lies.

To live, you must follow the rules. But some don't. These are the dangerous ones; these are the people who dare to hope and dream, and who infect others with their optimism.

Their punishment is simple and deadly. They are allowed outside.

Jules is one of these people. She may well be the last.
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'The next Hunger Games' SUNDAY TIMES

'Well written, tense, and immensely satisfying, Wool will be considered a classic for many years in the future.' WIRED

'Howey's Wool is an epic feat of imagination. You will live in this world.' JUSTIN CRONIN

'Wool is frightening, fascinating, and addictive. In one word, terrific.' KATHY REICHS

©2013 Hugh Howey (P)2013 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"Exhilarating, intense, addictive. A novel you will never forget." (SJ Watson)

"The characters are well-drawn, and even the villains have a sympathetic side. Secrets unfold with just the right pacing, and I had to set the book down several times and say, ‘Wow,’ when a major twist was revealed ... If you're looking for a good read, you can't do much better than Wool." (Rick Riordan, #1 New York Times best-selling author)

Addictive to listen to

I got hooked on the TV series Silo and could not deal with the cliffhanger at the end of Season one. From what I could gather Chapter 33 of the book is where Season one ended and that is where I started listening. This was the first book I listened to by Author Hugh Howey, and I fell in love with his writing style. It is so descriptive that you can paint vivid pictures in your mind. Generally, I prefer a male narrator but given the fact that the main character Juliette is a female the narration was actually perfect. I feel that the narrator did not have to be ‘extra’ and the subtle changes in her voice to reference the different characters was just perfect. Overall an addictive listen!

Stunning

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

This story will stay with me for a long time. The narration is hauntingly beautiful, the characters are well developed and engaging and the story keeps you guessing right until the end. Couldn't recommend this any more highly.

Good story, ok narration

Good story with a fascinating dystopian concept. I'm looking forward to Shift. Unfortunately the narration was competent but not really captivating.

This book is sensational.

Excellent story, post apocalyptic, dystopian society.

Excellent pace, there were hardly any times in this book when it dragged. Every piece of the story was so interesting and intertwined creaitng a wonderful mesh.

The narrator also did a superb job!

This book just kept my attention all the way through and I don't have any real criticism.

Going to order and read the next book immediately!!!

Reader is terrible

The reader was terrible, book 2 was so much better just because of the new reader. Not looking forward to book 3, that again has the same reader than this one

excellence

I bought this title for my teenagers for along car trip, thinking it would be a young adult/dystopian nove that they might both like (1 age 15, the other 18), and not having huge expectations. Turned out that not only they, but my husband and I were completely hooked! Probably the best audio I have heard since I joined Audible.

The story was well paced, with edge of seat suspense, a plausible concept and enough surprises to keep even old hands at the genre intrigued.
Huge kudos to the narrator - the right mix of restraint and emotion, great character range: unlike other narrators, she actually read the story, rather than thinking she had to over-emote to get your attention: the narration was calm but my attention never wavered.
100% satisfied,and wondering if there are sequels!

This was a great follow up to Shift

This is another great offering. I would so love this story to continue. Here we really got to know the characters so much better and in my opinion the craft of the author is more mature here. I was surprised by the ending and loved the entire story. If you loved Shift get this one too. Don't make the mistake of listening to/reading this one before Shift as a friend of mine did. That ruined the story for her.