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Narrado por:
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Max Miller
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Hugh Howey
Less than 60 kids awaken on a distant planet. The colony ship they arrived on is aflame. The rest of their contingent is dead. They've only received half their training, and they are being asked to conquer an entire planet. Before they can, however, they must first survive each other.
Hugh Howey is the author of the award-winning Molly Fyde Saga and the New York Times and USA Today best-selling Wool series.
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Good Story
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Fantastic story - great narration-
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Not as Good as Wool
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pretty solid book. not my favorite from howey.
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The story and primes is rather thought-provoking by taking the standard earthly dystopian situation and instead putting the characters on an unknown distant world. It reminded me of the TV series “The 100” in many ways with young adults needing to grow up fast in order to survive. I liked the concept of the colony ship and the way the children would learn during their journey. It was similar to what is found in the Matrix movie where individuals are plugged into the computer’s AI and trained while in stasis. Something goes horribly wrong half way into their journey and now they are faced with having to bury hundreds of dead crew members and build a new society from the remaining sixty who survive.
There are points of high and suspenseful action, especially during the opening chapters of the book. We see the many struggles the survivors face when having to decide on who will lead the group, who will enforce the new laws, and who will be permitted to communicate with the computer AI. Friendships grow naturally, enemies are made, and the clan quickly devolves into a dystopian dictatorship of forced labor and meeting the AI’s requirements. The group struggles with their two initial directives involving basic human needs and the ability to attempt to communicate with the outside world by making and launching a rocket. Tension mounts, enemies solidify, and for some, escape is all they can think of for continued survival.
The book’s world was rather unique and made me think of Pandora from the movie Avatar. There were interesting creatures, fauna, and foods. The description of the planet seemed colorful and lively, but it always had undertone of a dark and dreary place. It had me thinking as the characters explored, just how big and different a world they landed on was.
Let me say that for younger readers contemplating this book, there is some strong language used and also a few periods of strong graphic violence. There is also some subject matter and sexual topics that may not be appropriate for all younger readers. Also of note, one of the main characters is a homosexual and this is carried throughout the book. At times, the characters sexual preference is implied while at other points in the book it is not. Just be aware that if any of the above offends you, you may want to pick up a different book.
Sam miller was the narrator for this book, and for someone having a rather small number of narrated books under his belt (at the time of this review), I thought he did a good job. I did not notice any major audio issues such as swallows, edits, etc. The volume seemed to remain consistent. The narrator was even able to voice the many difference characters well. This is the first book I have listened to by this author, so I will need to hear a few more to make a determination on his overall narration capabilities.
In summary, I felt the book had some very strong parts and a solid premise. However, I had much higher expectations based on previous Howey books I have read and it did not live up to them. The story seemed rushed when so much more could have been told about this new and exciting world. It seemed to lack depth, direction, and drive in many areas. This is one of the first Howey books that I would call under-average or average at best. His Wool series is the one that set the high marks for future books, and Half Way Home seemed half way done.
Half Way Done...
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Decent but not great
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Strong start. Average middle. Weak ending<br />
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Better to just read this story.
Story very good but narrator was poor match
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What did you like best about Half Way Home? What did you like least?
I've read several of Howey's books and found them to be well crafted, compelling sci-fi stories. The author seems to focus on dystopian communities of isolated people and generally handles the subject well. This book however, seems less thought out and falls a bit short of the success of the authors previous writings. I found it difficult to suspend disbelief and image the world Howey creates. Also, the characters are thin and not fully rounded, resulting in difficulty in gaining interest in their plight.Not as good as the Wool series.
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This is my favorite Hugh Howey novel so far - better than Wool, better than Sand. It reminds me of a sci-fi Lord of the Flies, but with a happy ending. Sometimes I thought I was listening to a Gregory Benford story because the feeling it gave me was reminiscent of the Galactic Center series.
A ship destined to colonize a distant planet carries a few hundred human children, growing in pods. They are hooked up to the ship's computer, Colony, and being trained for their future jobs through a virtual classroom. Unfortunately the computer suddenly decides to self abort the mission when the children are 15 years old. The children awake before they are fully mature and must fight their way out of the ship that is engulfed in flames. Less than 50 children struggle out of the burning ship, realizing they have not completed their training, and are therefore not fully equipped to survive on the strange planet. Because of the arrangement of the pods, the humans with the highest rank were located closest to the flames and died first. The children that are left have the lowest ranking jobs.
Hungry, naked and afraid, the children try to take advantage of the training they have received in their short 15 years. But not all the survivors have the best interest of the group at heart, and a pecking order begins to develop. The strong start to overpower the weak and groups want to splinter off. Things get violent. A democracy quickly becomes a dictatorship. In the background looms the creepy presence of Colony, the computer that decided to kill most of the children off, and manipulates the remaining children into building a rocket for an unknown purpose. Why did Colony abort the mission? What is wrong with the alien planet they have landed on? A group of friends escape the group and begin to discover secrets about the strange planet.
I thought this story was sensitive and intelligent, showing excellent character development. Howey built an alien world that is complex and interesting, and touches on themes such as homosexuality and vegetarianism. I fell more deeply into this world, in a shorter amount of time, than I did with his other novels. I wish there was a second book!
My Favorite Hugh Howey
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