Review by Laura Leigh
Sand Omnibus (Sand #1-5) – Hugh Howey
4 Stars – I will read anything wrote by Hugh Howey. His imagination is pure genius. The only books I had read by him before “Sand” where the Silo series (still three of my favori...te books of all time) but I knew I had to have more Howey. “Sand” is set in a dystopian world, much like the Silo series, but it has a much different feel to it. This is probably because it takes place above ground while the Silo series took place, well, in underground silos. Regardless, I love dystopian novels and I love Hugh Howey books, so it was probably a good bet I would enjoy this read.
“Sand” takes place in futuristic Colorado, but it is not the beautiful mountains and forests we would recognize; sand hundreds of levels deep now cover the once gorgeous landscape. Water is a precious commodity in this world filled with dirt and grit and civilization has built itself around it. Walls have been built to keep the sand drifts at bay from the wealthier areas of town while the less fortunate have to continually build house upon house as the dunes claim their homes. Not only do these people have to deal with the mind-numbing barrage of sand being thrown at them but there is also a group of rebels whose main goal seems to be chaos and destruction. As dreary as this scene sounds one cannot just get up and walk away. Once you leave civilization you enter “No Mans Land”. A place plenty of people have tried to escape too but none have come back from. Nevertheless, man will do what it takes to get by and try to make life better for himself and those he loves. We see this in the characters we encounter in “Sand”.
The main character, Palmer, has followed in his families footsteps and made a life for himself as a sand diver. While in our world a diver goes in search of buried treasure and sunken ships beneath the ocean, in the world of “Sand” a diver wears an electronic suit that enables him to search for riches buried hundreds of feet beneath the sand. There is a whole world underneath the sand that contains resources a world with limited water would be hard to come by. This world is the old Colorado… and the gold mine would be finding Danvar (you might know it by its “antiquated” name Denver). As it turns out Palmer just so happens to be the man that finds this place… and some people aren’t so happy he has lived to tell about it.
I really did enjoy reading this book. It was a whole new world that I had never imagined myself. It did not drag me into itself quite like the Silo series did, which is the only reason I gave it 4, instead of 5, stars. Quite a few people have said that they actually preferred it to the Silo series… I suggest you give both a read and decide for yourself!
http://www.amazon.com/Sand-Omnibus-Hugh-Howey/dp/1494904489/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1409708710&sr=1-1&keywords=sand See More
Sand Omnibus (Sand #1-5) – Hugh Howey
4 Stars – I will read anything wrote by Hugh Howey. His imagination is pure genius. The only books I had read by him before “Sand” where the Silo series (still three of my favori...te books of all time) but I knew I had to have more Howey. “Sand” is set in a dystopian world, much like the Silo series, but it has a much different feel to it. This is probably because it takes place above ground while the Silo series took place, well, in underground silos. Regardless, I love dystopian novels and I love Hugh Howey books, so it was probably a good bet I would enjoy this read.
“Sand” takes place in futuristic Colorado, but it is not the beautiful mountains and forests we would recognize; sand hundreds of levels deep now cover the once gorgeous landscape. Water is a precious commodity in this world filled with dirt and grit and civilization has built itself around it. Walls have been built to keep the sand drifts at bay from the wealthier areas of town while the less fortunate have to continually build house upon house as the dunes claim their homes. Not only do these people have to deal with the mind-numbing barrage of sand being thrown at them but there is also a group of rebels whose main goal seems to be chaos and destruction. As dreary as this scene sounds one cannot just get up and walk away. Once you leave civilization you enter “No Mans Land”. A place plenty of people have tried to escape too but none have come back from. Nevertheless, man will do what it takes to get by and try to make life better for himself and those he loves. We see this in the characters we encounter in “Sand”.
The main character, Palmer, has followed in his families footsteps and made a life for himself as a sand diver. While in our world a diver goes in search of buried treasure and sunken ships beneath the ocean, in the world of “Sand” a diver wears an electronic suit that enables him to search for riches buried hundreds of feet beneath the sand. There is a whole world underneath the sand that contains resources a world with limited water would be hard to come by. This world is the old Colorado… and the gold mine would be finding Danvar (you might know it by its “antiquated” name Denver). As it turns out Palmer just so happens to be the man that finds this place… and some people aren’t so happy he has lived to tell about it.
I really did enjoy reading this book. It was a whole new world that I had never imagined myself. It did not drag me into itself quite like the Silo series did, which is the only reason I gave it 4, instead of 5, stars. Quite a few people have said that they actually preferred it to the Silo series… I suggest you give both a read and decide for yourself!
http://www.amazon.com/Sand-Omnibus-Hugh-Howey/dp/1494904489/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1409708710&sr=1-1&keywords=sand See More
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