Shift

by Hugh Howey

No cover — Hugh Howey: Shift (Paperback, 2013, Arrow Books)

Paperback, 448 pages

English language

Published Aug. 15, 2013 by Arrow Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-09-958047-8

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(3 reviews)

6 editions

norb reviewed Shift by Hugh Howey

Shifted My Expectations

4 stars

Content warning Yar there be spoilers here (not specific plot points but overall story things)

Yes I am very clever for that title.

Great follow up to Wool. Didn’t go where I thought it would - but glad Howey did what he did.

The edition I have had a nice afterword from the author and I appreciated the insight to his thought process for the plot.

I liked going back to see how it all ended up (or started?) where it did in Wool. Getting Solo’s story was fantastic. Finding out why the silos were made (fanatics!! Who’da think? Yes I’m being sarcastic there) was a good choice as well.

Looking forward to the rest of Juliette’s story. Interested to see if/when she meets Donald.

Otts reviewed Shift by Hugh Howey

Apathy gets you power

2 stars

Part 2 of a trilogy, this one depicts how we got to all of the events in Part 1. More of a near future scenario with white guy protagonist™️ constantly failing up until he has the power over all of our lives. None of the characters are particularly sympathetic, and like the first book, some parts went on too long: could’ve been a full third shorter at least. Curious if the TV show is any good.

Anthony Burgess reviewed Shift by Hugh Howey

Don't know why people like this so much

3 stars

Don't get me wrong, world building is good and Hugh Howey does a good job doing just that, but I didn't get hooked at all. I was looking forward to finishing it. I personally know people that loved it and were happy to start with the next book as soon as they finished this, but that wasn't me.

The story is just dragging along, nothing that exciting going on, the plot is also relatively unsurprising. I started this book and it read like I'm just going through the motions. It's probably just not my jam, but I have to admit, it's well written in a way. I can see what people might enjoy about it.

I am not able to really recommend it, but I can also not recommend against it. I guess my opinion on this is just not interesting.