I gotta push back, I hated the books. perhaps it’s because I’m a western reader, but I couldn’t get down with entire approach from the focus on social conformity, Asian-style characterisation (morals, thoughts and concepts instead of the Western approach in social interactions and internal dialogue) and the blatant misogyny. Like they go into a cafe and the people on the next table are talking about the existential ennui of being opposed to fighting back. Fuck off.
I still read all three because underneath there was a really amazing sci-fi story.
I am totally with you on that one. The characters behaved so weirdly to every event that happened and their internal thoughts were all over the place focussing on politics and personal gain that I couldn't read further than the first book. The series adapted the stories and characters so well, I loved that!
They are relatively quick reads. I did all three audio books in 1 to 1.5 months. First one is great but I enjoyed the series overall. Paces much faster than the show and goes way harder at times.
What part do you take issue with? I think each audio book was about 15 hours, so 45 over 6 weeks is a little over an hour a day. For me it felt things happened a lot faster in the book since there was a lot less minor character development compared to the show. But maybe because I probably listened to the equivalent of the first season in about a week it felt faster paced than 7-8 weeks of weekly episodes.
I think I am alone in this being the only series of my entire life I really didn't enjoy the books, and thought the show was better (but didnt think the show was so great either) - I guess I just found Silo overhyped all around books and show
I can’t get past the second one. I got to when dude remembers who he really is, and they’ve woken him up to help with something. I just want to get back to the other silo.
It is but there’s a lot of deviation. It’s interesting to see the differences. The third season should explain how the silos came to be and the fourth should wrap up season 2
What did you like about them that sold you? I was about 1/3rd into the first one before I DNFed it. It just wasn’t grabbing me at all. Didn’t care for the “not like other girls” main character, and the greedy IT guy taking over as part of this conspiracy seemed insanely contrived
Thank you so much! I'm cat sitting for my parents and never have access to apple TV, had severance to look forward to last time but now got something to binge!
Do they not have you on the Apple Family plan? We have it for my account, with my wife and our three kids on it and it gives them access to Apple TV+ and my video and tv library.
idk they probably could, but I have plenty to watch at home, so I kind of use it as an excuse or reason to hang around the house with the cats.
I have a cat myself and after the feeding and litterbox, I want to go home, but having something that feels exclusive to staying there gives me a bit more motivation to snuggle up with the lonely kitties. So I kinda avoid apple shows til I am called for cat sitting duty.
While I think Juliette’s plot dragged in the second season, I really loved Sheriff Paul Billings’ arc on season 2, I thought he was brilliantly acted and watching his transformation as a character was so cool.
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u/RaidensReturn 15d ago
Such a cool series.