An alright story with some interesting ideas exploring some overdone tropes, with some shaky pacing and hit or miss character work. 

I may have done this book a disservice by reading it after having seen and enjoyed both the Silo and Fallout tv shows, both of which are excellent and I would recommend; the themes of both are similar, and are using a similar post apocalyptic bunker mystery for setting. Both are better written and paced than the book, which just emphasized the flaws in Wool the omnibus. The written version ran hot and cold with exploring both characters and events, some getting more time and detail than they may have needed, some less time than deserved; the writing felt like it lacked both consistency and patience and would move right along if it didn’t know what else to add in service of tension and mood. 

This is something the show deviated from and fixed by expanding on ideas in sensible ways or modifying some things for more robust characterization. I think this is still a fun novel to spend time on, but if I had to recommend just one, go try the show instead.