Dust

I have mixed feelings about this last book of the trilogy. I really enjoyed the comeback to the characters of the first book, like Juliette and Luke, because they were one of my favorites characters. And it was inspiring to see the revolution started in their Silo in search for answers and a better world.
But I felt a little bit unfulfilled with the lack of explanation of exactly what happened to the world. I don't know if I missed it at some point in the book, but it's still not completely clear to me why the silos were built and what was going on in other places of the planet. Maybe the author wanted it to remain a mystery, but I really hoped some more detailed explanation after reading the whole trilogy.
Another thing that bothered me is that when Juliette leads the people of her silo up to the surface, and then they walk towards the seed bunker and look at the dome of dust over the arrangement of silos, why didn't they try to reach the other silos? There were 50 silos over there and I didn't saw any hint that Juliette or the others were curious about them, or had the intention to free the other silos. My feeling is that there were too many questions unanswered in the story and that bothers me a little.
But overall it was a thrilling book to read with a pace that kept me going until the end.

I loved this book. A brilliant finale to a superb trilogy. It lacks a fifth star, however, because it felt a bit rushed compared to the first two books. Indeed placing it back on the shelf it stands out as the thinnest of the three books. So, brilliant as it is, I expected more!
Also. Let's hope for a new trilogy following Juliette and Co as they make their new life - and find out what happens to the occupants of the other silos.

Dust finishes off Howey's Silo Saga with both literal and figurative bangs. It maintains the claustrophobic feel and intense pace of his earlier works while making me get sadder and sadder as chapters go on. I saw a cat that had been hit by a car today and burst into tears remembering... Solo and Shadow. Every time he mentions that cat I start getting weepy. Like way weepier than I got for Lukas or Donny. Is that weird?. It does a really nice job of closing up some plot holes and connecting bits of Wool and Shift in a way that makes everything feel better connected than the transition between those two books themselves.

Also, we get Juliette back (yay!) even though I spend most of the book being really upset that nothing ever goes according to her plans and then just being sad that one of my favorite power couples barely gets a thousand words to actually be a power couple. That was a disappointing death and Lukas as a character is just wasted after Wool. We also get Charlotte, a much needed piece of perspective point of view. Donny starts turning into a real character and Solo gets to really shine. The story seems a bit faster paced than Shift and was a lot harder to put down. I have to hand it to Howey that he does a great job integrating complex female viewpoints without any hint of romantic subplot. Odd considering the controversy he stirred up a few years ago over his ex, but I will still award him 10 points for giving me women to identify with in science fiction.

The only thing I really had a problem with was the initial panic after everyone relocates to Silo 17, in particular the crazy church. I get that fighting, looting, and laying claim to as much food and land as people can makes for a pretty realistic mini-apocalypse. However 24 hours in and you're forcing 7 year olds into marriage with crazy cults? That chapter kinda snapped by suspension of disbelief, and seeing as nothing really comes of it and it has no effect on the story afterwards, it was a bit of a let down few chapters.

As a conclusion to the series, it is well worth reading and offers a much-needed ray of hope into the post-apocalyptic genre. It isn't a perfect book, but it's still an enjoyable and emotional read.

Wow, what a satisfying and gripping conclusion to the Silo saga. I enjoyed this book so much that I forgot to take review notes while I was reading it. I was so engrossed in the plot and so invested in the characters that I forgot that this was an ARC for review!

So, we are back with Juliette in Silo 18. She is the reluctant new mayor and is in the midst of a ‘rescue plan' for her friends in Silo 17. At the same time we touch base with Donald & co in big bad Silo 1 as he wakes up to yet another new name and the task of saving the world (no pressure!)

As with the first two books, this is a fast-paced, gripping adventure. Though it doesn't necessarily push the envelope of literature, it is damn good entertainment.

Hugh Howey is a master of leaving you hanging between chapters, and I often wanted to scream “No! Don't end it there, what happens?” Luckily, the action in other places is just as thrilling so it does not remain a problem for long.

Sort of SPOILER ALERT so skip this paragraph if you don't want to know ANYTHING about the ending.

I loved the hopeful ending. Some people had a problem with it. Yes, there could have been other survivors to encounter or glimpses into other silos but sometimes the simple endings are the best. It was optimistic. He could have just ended it with a group heading out of the silo door – now that would have been frustrating! I am glad we were there to share the joy of the outside with them.

I love book to movie adaptations and am so excited to see that casting for Wool will begin next year. Yay!!

I gave the first two books 4 stars because I am difficult to please and there were tiny things I didn't like about them, but Dust gets the big one – 5 Stars! Thanks Mr Howey for a rip roaring adventure and I blame you for my lack of sleep this past week.

Executive Summary: An enjoyable but not perfect end to a pretty good series.Audio book: [a:Tim Gerard Reynolds 4132657 Tim Gerard Reynolds https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1370714999p2/4132657.jpg] is once again a great reader. When deciding between reading or listening to a book, who the reader is often makes a big difference, and Mr. Reynolds makes this a must listen.He does voices and accents that add a little extra something to the story. If you're deciding between listening and reading the book, I'd recommend listening.Full ReviewFinal books in a series are always tough. Endings are difficult. Not everyone may be happy.The ending to this series was good, but not great. I think it really comes down to what you're expecting. [b:Wool 13453029 Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) Hugh Howey https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349614200s/13453029.jpg 18979356] really sets the stage of a mystery series with a post-apocalyptic setting. By the end of it I had a ton of questions.Some of those questions were answered or at least explored by [b:Shift 17306293 Shift (Silo, #2) Hugh Howey https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1379003176s/17306293.jpg 23965619], but a few more were posed as well. For me more than anything I wanted my questions answered to my satisfaction in this final book.Unfortunately that wasn't the case for me. I still have questions. A few of the things that were explained, weren't done to my satisfaction. The clarification I was hoping might be in this book never really came. We do get some answers. Just not enough. When discussing it with others I found that some of my lingering questions hadn't occurred to them at all. Your mileage may vary.That said, it's still an enjoyable book with a good, but not great ending. Mr. Howey does a good job in tying the two halves of the story set out in [b:Wool 13453029 Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) Hugh Howey https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349614200s/13453029.jpg 18979356] and [b:Shift 17306293 Shift (Silo, #2) Hugh Howey https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1379003176s/17306293.jpg 23965619] together.I found Juliette not as enjoyable in this book as in the first, but I still probably enjoyed it the most. Solo was probably a close second. After Shift I found myself mostly getting tired of Donald however. He's not exactly the most likable of people. I found myself not really caring what he did except how it affected the others.Overall I enjoyed the series, and will add [a:Hugh Howey 3064305 Hugh Howey https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1327581631p2/3064305.jpg] to the list of authors whose new releases I'm always on the lookout for.

I really enjoy the Silo Saga. Wool and Shift were both very interesting stories. Dust continues right where Shift left off. It does manage to pull the story to a decent conclusion. However, it felt like it took too long to get there. The first third of the book just didn't grab me and moved too slow. The end just sort of hits and didn't feel like we had a good wrap up. And while we got some small resolution for a very small part of the people living in the Silos, there were still too many unanswered questions.

Worth a read, but not quite the highlight the other books were.

This was a series I really enjoyed. The first few books are broken up into novellas, but stay the course and the books do get longer. They are split into “Wool”, “Shift” and “Dust”. The series is a post-apocalyptic novel about people living in underground bunkers or silos of 144 levels, not daring to venture outside. However, we soon find out there is more to the story; political unrest, heroes, villains and a kind of class system (Up-tops, Mids and Down Deep) within the silos.

The characterization of the book is wonderfully done and the author Hugh Howey really creates an interesting world that you feel you can't escape from. Many times I thought I knew how the story was going to turn out, but there are many twists and turns and I was engaged right to the end.

Dust returns readers to Silo 18, and the way life in the silo continues after an uprising. With the knowledge Jules now has, she is determined to find out what happened to the world. But the ally they’ve gained isn’t completely in control. One small move and Silo 18 will cease to exist like Silos in the past. Set on her path to connect Silo with Solo’s, Jules will be blinded to the consequences until it is too late.

The desperate struggle for Jules to find answers to her questions, and provide a better life for those in the silos is touching. And true to her personality she charges forward without thinking of the way things might go wrong, or if people even want what she is dragging them into. Jules finds herself balancing between the destruction the people are capable of when pushed too far and the uncontrollable forces at play outside the silo. Navigating between the two has to be done delicately, and Jules is anything but delicate.

When all of Jules’ cultivated plans go awry, she’s left with making split second decisions not everyone will come back from. Yet even when she is beaten down and feels alone, she stands right back up and tries again. And this time there is also a secondary storyline taken from book two, working in parallel. Even if they aren’t fully aware of the other’s intentions, ultimately they’re striving for common goals. It brings the cast of characters into alignment for this final novel.

Despite some great action sequences, there are many low points for Dust. Things such as exploring the engineering side of the silo machines are gone into great detail. Simply knowing the machine's purpose and intent for the plot would have been enough. There are also many loose ends still left after this final novel.

Readers who enjoy Dystopian novels may enjoy Dust. Just bear in mind there will be questions left lingering at the conclusion of the series, and the pacing is not consistent from novel to novel.

Book Review: Dust by Hugh Howey - The story comes to an end. Hugh Howey broke into internet fame just three years ago when he published his short story Wool. Since then Howey has rounded out the short story, with nearly 1200 pages more. Dust is the conclusion.

While I enjoyed the book, I don't think that the series really lived up to the hype (or the promise) of the first book.

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