Dust

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Hugh Howey: Dust (2014, Penguin Random House)

416 pages

English language

Published Jan. 6, 2014 by Penguin Random House.

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4 stars (1 review)

5 editions

I guess it was okay

4 stars

The ending itself was a bit underwhelming. The whole book felt like it's just writing out everything that you probably already guessed was going on in this world. It's still a 4/5 because the whole series and this book wasn't bad, I just expected much more of it, especially because of the hype around it.

Speaking of the series, I don't get why people love it so much. It's just another sci-fi series. The characters weren't outstanding, the story and world-building is okay-ish. It was a fun read, don't get me wrong, but it's not very rememberable. I feel like I could have skipped half the book and it wouldn't even have made any difference.

I would not recommend this book, not because it's bad, but because it's not special or exciting in a way that it stands out from other sci-fi books.

Subjects

  • Fiction, science fiction, general
  • Fiction, dystopian