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Dust (Silo, #3)
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Just finished this the other night ...
Really liked most of the Silo Series, it felt a lot like LOST to me at times, something else I really dug. The overalls, the revelations within revelations, the unfolding mystery of it all -- even the flashbacks to the origin of the Silos.
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But also like LOST, there was no great finale. I figured we would get some new puzzle piece that would snick neatly into place and turn the entire series into a mosaic much larger than they sum of its parts. Instead, it turns out we much knew everything already.
Pretty much, people finally leave the Silo's. That's the plot of DUST. We have no idea what happens to the other Silo's once Silo 1 goes down. We don't know what is up with the rest of the world. I half expected them to run into survivors who had escaped the nanopocalypse in some clever way ... but no. Just woods. Meh.
No surprises, just a predictable ending with lots of 'action'. The Silo Series as ended by Michael Bay.
I guess I'm just disappointed because the series had such promise and started off so strong and kept it going all the way until this book. It was not horrible -- it just didn't deliver the knockout punch the rest of the series promised. We got LOST-ed, once again.
Really liked most of the Silo Series, it felt a lot like LOST to me at times, something else I really dug. The overalls, the revelations within revelations, the unfolding mystery of it all -- even the flashbacks to the origin of the Silos.
SOME SPOILERS FOLLOW:
But also like LOST, there was no great finale. I figured we would get some new puzzle piece that would snick neatly into place and turn the entire series into a mosaic much larger than they sum of its parts. Instead, it turns out we much knew everything already.
Pretty much, people finally leave the Silo's. That's the plot of DUST. We have no idea what happens to the other Silo's once Silo 1 goes down. We don't know what is up with the rest of the world. I half expected them to run into survivors who had escaped the nanopocalypse in some clever way ... but no. Just woods. Meh.
No surprises, just a predictable ending with lots of 'action'. The Silo Series as ended by Michael Bay.
I guess I'm just disappointed because the series had such promise and started off so strong and kept it going all the way until this book. It was not horrible -- it just didn't deliver the knockout punch the rest of the series promised. We got LOST-ed, once again.
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Sep 13, 2013 07:59PM
Agreed - Silo 1 could be suffering a nuclear meltdown for all we know - putting the few survivors at GREATER risk (and only 100+ survive the Silo 18 to Silo 17 to "Woods" escape; much LESS than the horrible "Pact" that only allowed a single Silo of 4,000 to survive. So - will the other Silos be freed also; who knows?
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I agree a twist would have been nice. I guess this leaves it open to another book though, going to rescue other silos
nothing the reviewers say makes me even the least interested in reading this book
Yes agree.. I am so confused1. If the drones were attacked by the "Dust" why do the suits survive?
2. If the suits already existed in IT why did IT have to "make" them, were they downgrading the suits with the substandard tape etc ready for the cleanings? If so then why were there enough suits in IT for the cleanings surely if they were made for cleanings then why not just make them substandard in the first place?
3. Why was the purpose of the cleanings to "Pollute the world"? Why not just vent the dust around the silos anyway?
4. If the rest of the world was fine already why keep people in the silos with the dust cloud around them?
My take on David's points...2. In my opinion this gives IT a reason to work and improve (or at least look like they are), while "excusing" the cleanings not only because of the better view, but also the hope that this time progress would show and the cleaner might survive longer.
3. Maybe an alternative to the digging (to go to The Seed), where a more reasonable society would stop cleaning, hence reducing the cloud overtime.
4. To grow a better human, with most of the "bad" parts erased by time and The Legacy to teach them the "not so bad parts".
