Reviews

Shift by Hugh Howey

andyslibrary42's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

I enjoyed a lot of this second book! There were some moments that dragged a bit, especially one storyline that I just didn’t care about at all, but I like how everything ended up tying together with the end of the first book. 

bennnnnnnn's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

hgullegrogan's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

jach's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

arjen9551's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

foureyez's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

smileyghost's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

boopidoo's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

5.0

kandi_of_the_future's review against another edition

3.0

I read this book immediately after reading WOOL, which I loved. SHIFT is different, I really liked it overall with the background on the silos.

So, highlights IMO: First Shift. Yeah, the timeline was impressive especially for a government project, and Donald was more clueless than you would hope for a Congressman, but the general secretiveness and cause of the devastation and Troy's experience all were well done. The populating of the silos was brilliant.

Unlike a lot of readers I also liked Second Shift and Mission's story. It was my favorite part of the book. The uprising of silo 18 referenced as a long past historical event in WOOL is described, and I loved the narrative from Mission's point of view.

Those were highlights. On the disappointing side, I did not care for Third Shift at all. Solo's story was long and drawn out and served little purpose beyond describing how he survived before Juliette wandered in. But what I really disliked about Solo's story was this: he is 16 at the beginning of this story and will start shadowing in IT at 17 so presumably he's a smart guy, but some of the things he didn't know or do seemed surprising. I won't give examples to avoid spoilers, but let's just say I had to suspend a lot of disbelief around his story.

crimsoncor's review against another edition

5.0

I know I'm late to this party, but this series has been absolutely fantastic so far. Really looking forward to the final book.