Review: Wow! Excellent book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
I think the thing I liked most about this book was the description of life in the Silo. The previous book (Going Dark) showed a silo that was dying out and was breaking some of the "rules" imposed by Silo 1 to keep the residents of other silos from having too much communication with each other or too much free time. In this book, the old rules are gone - replaced by other rules that promote a real solidarity within the silo. I found it really interesting to see how the growing society developed - it did become with hotels, a fancy restaurant, and rush hour on the stairs, but it did really make sense without all of the old rules that segregated the society. The bulk of the book was a relaxing read...you knew some big revelation was coming but it didn't cause any anxiety while reading. It wasn't until right near the end where the "Kindle gripping" action really started. I found this a nice change from other books (like Dust, where the tension was almost constant).I didn't find the ending at all disappointing. Of course, I wanted to hear more about Marina's life and how what she found out changed things.FYI, it's great the first book (Going Dark) is free since that's why I picked it (and the first part of Karma) to read first from the Silo Worlds books...however this book is definitely worth the money (I paid for it even though I could get it for free with amazon prime)