Reviews

Shift by Hugh Howey

cb1984's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Another very good book. Quite interesting to mainly focus on characters not in the first book, but it worked well. I really enjoyed Donald's story - I thought he was a very good, very flawed character with an interesting journey. My main complaint is just that I didn't enjoy bits that weren't with Donald as much! 

I also enjoyed the way it was structured - the jumps forward in time were well done in terms of moving the situations on into new and interesting directions.

Looking forward to reading the third in the series.

douggycar's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

4.25

Similar to the first, answers a lot of questions in the donald sections. when youre not with him the story seems much less important 

chdavis's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

wauyan's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Loved Wool and while I really enjoyed the first quarter of Shift and moving up the timeline, in the end it couldn't get me to care about any of the characters in the same way Wool did and I had to struggle through. Hope Dust recaptures the magic of Wool.

nosro's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

book4merk's review

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

amandadee's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

rkking's review against another edition

4.0

 When I started this book, I was a little conflicted. I'd become so invested in the characters and plot of the first book, I wasn't sure I'd be able to dig into this one, what with it being primarily all new characters and locations with only mentions of events of the first book sprinkled throughout.
It took a little bit, but I found myself deep into the silo world again.
SHIFT sheds light on how the silo system came to be in the first place. The circumstances, the lead-up, and the characters involved are all great. There is even some well-written animal character work.
It leaves you on a cliffhanger, definitely going to read the third book.
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apendragon's review against another edition

5.0

Amazing! Will be recommending this book to everyone I know, as I will be doing for the entire trilogy as well! Can't wait to read the last instalment.

atoygoat's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25