Review: OK at First, But Then Faltered
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 13, 2014
This was the first fan fiction I have read, but as a fan of Wool, I thought I would give it a shot.  Initially, I was impressed.  While not the wordsmith that Howey is, the author made a pretty decent attempt at keeping the feel of the original series.  The situation posed to the members of Silo 49 was also in keeping with the flavor of the series.How Graham discovered the depth of their plight was a little trite and deus ex machina for me, but I could accept it as necessary to the plot.The book flowed well until the 43% point.  For whatever reason, the writing after that disintegrated.  What had been decent enough writing until that point became disjointed, unclear, and full of basic structural errors and poor choices.  The writing itself was not up to high school standards.  I read that the author wrote down her ideas, showed it to friends, and they clamored for more.  I have no way of knowing, but perhaps she wrote to the 43% point, showed that to others, and they wanted more.  Then, in a hurry to finish, she just threw words on the page with little regard to writing and editing.For people who like Wool, I think this has potential to be a nice treat.  I am giving it three stars because of that potential despite the horrendous writing and editing in the last 57% of the book.