No spoilers: I preferred the first and third, but the third made the second make sense so don’t give up on the second if it feels out of place! Fantastic read, and the TV show is pretty good too.
I have heard the second is a bit hard going since it goes into the background events and stuff closer to current times, but I’m really curious about what happened now. And today seems like perfect book reading weather!
I watched the tv show first actually and that’s what got me to start reading the books. Books are much much better IMO, hands down - except for one or two minor differences (like Bernard’s characterisation). I hated Juliette in the tv series…
Again desperately trying to not do spoilers: the second book is 100% worth reading as it explains a lot of the why, and the character you met at the end of the first book, tying it all together for book 3. It has been years since I read them.
Completely agreed with Bernard, and Juliette in the TV show; she was even a different ethnicity in my head when reading them which has compounded the problem for me.
Also agree the books are better, but aren’t they always? :D
Do let me know if you find any sci-fi books that you enjoy though as although I have a backlog of about 5 books atm, I’m always looking for more.
I can definitely see how it ties in to the lore and motivations. Am just starting Second Shift but I have my guesses about that character from Wool starting with S tying into the developments so far… it seems like a lot of the usual dystopian/post apocalyptic mind control tropes are at play, nothing groundbreaking but still an easy enough read.
I don’t read nearly as much of any fiction as I’d like to, let alone sci-fi, but I will say… I am absolutely dying to read Red Side Story coming out in a month’s time, the much anticipated (FOURTEEN years!!) sequel to Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde, a very British, surreal take on your usual forbidden-love chosen-one sort of dystopia.
It’s not exactly sci fi but I just love the bonkers world building - so much to guess about how everything works, yet it also doesn’t take itself too seriously. SoG was the first book I ever borrowed after coming to Australia, randomly picked off a new-releases shelf, and I have gone back so many times in the 14 years since, desperate for more…
Not necessarily everyone’s cup of tea but it’ll always have a place in my heart!
Yeah it’s all typical dystopian tropes and just an easy read, but it’s one of the first book series I recommend to friends that are interested in getting in to reading dystopian sci-fi .That and then for other books you can typically rely on the Arthur C. Clarke award winners to be brilliant.
I’ve made a note of that book, and I’m going to share it with my partner. The premise reminds me of a range of other sci-fi books and indie films.
Happy for you looking forward to the sequel :D
And as a fellow immigrant (10 years ago I was a Brit / am a pom), I absolutely love hearing stories like yours and those first memories of being here ❤️
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No spoilers: I preferred the first and third, but the third made the second make sense so don’t give up on the second if it feels out of place! Fantastic read, and the TV show is pretty good too.
I have heard the second is a bit hard going since it goes into the background events and stuff closer to current times, but I’m really curious about what happened now. And today seems like perfect book reading weather!
I watched the tv show first actually and that’s what got me to start reading the books. Books are much much better IMO, hands down - except for one or two minor differences (like Bernard’s characterisation). I hated Juliette in the tv series…
Again desperately trying to not do spoilers: the second book is 100% worth reading as it explains a lot of the why, and the character you met at the end of the first book, tying it all together for book 3. It has been years since I read them.
Completely agreed with Bernard, and Juliette in the TV show; she was even a different ethnicity in my head when reading them which has compounded the problem for me.
Also agree the books are better, but aren’t they always? :D
Do let me know if you find any sci-fi books that you enjoy though as although I have a backlog of about 5 books atm, I’m always looking for more.
I can definitely see how it ties in to the lore and motivations. Am just starting Second Shift but I have my guesses about that character from Wool starting with S tying into the developments so far… it seems like a lot of the usual dystopian/post apocalyptic mind control tropes are at play, nothing groundbreaking but still an easy enough read.
I don’t read nearly as much of any fiction as I’d like to, let alone sci-fi, but I will say… I am absolutely dying to read Red Side Story coming out in a month’s time, the much anticipated (FOURTEEN years!!) sequel to Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde, a very British, surreal take on your usual forbidden-love chosen-one sort of dystopia.
It’s not exactly sci fi but I just love the bonkers world building - so much to guess about how everything works, yet it also doesn’t take itself too seriously. SoG was the first book I ever borrowed after coming to Australia, randomly picked off a new-releases shelf, and I have gone back so many times in the 14 years since, desperate for more…
Not necessarily everyone’s cup of tea but it’ll always have a place in my heart!
Yeah it’s all typical dystopian tropes and just an easy read, but it’s one of the first book series I recommend to friends that are interested in getting in to reading dystopian sci-fi .That and then for other books you can typically rely on the Arthur C. Clarke award winners to be brilliant.
I’ve made a note of that book, and I’m going to share it with my partner. The premise reminds me of a range of other sci-fi books and indie films.
Happy for you looking forward to the sequel :D
And as a fellow immigrant (10 years ago I was a Brit / am a pom), I absolutely love hearing stories like yours and those first memories of being here ❤️