Shift

von Hugh Howey

Kein Titelbild — Hugh Howey: Shift (2020, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company)

576 Seiten

Sprache: English

Am 6. Januar 2020 von Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company veröffentlicht.

ISBN:: 978-0-358-44794-8

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bigethan@sfba.club hat Shift von Hugh Howey besprochen

Adds depth to the plotline

4 Sterne

It's hard to say too much about this series without spoiling various plot twists and discoveries. Of which there are many.

This book feels like a great setup for the final book. It introduces more knowns, and unknowns, into the state of the world. It's a longer term view of the situation compared to the first book, which is critical backstory, but means less of that "discover the world through Juliettes eyes" thrill from the first book. Also, I wish I hadn't waited as long after reading the first book, there are some specific details that carry over and aren't re-contextualized.

Very much looking forward to the third book.

Ian Brown hat Shift von Hugh Howey besprochen

Shift happens.

4 Sterne

Inhaltswarnung Mild ones, really, but maybe read the book first.

Not quite as compelling as the first, but man, still a mind-bender. Mild spoiler here is it does travel into the past. One of the things that makes "Wool" so good is it is entirely in the future. That provides the prose some latitude and that can help make or break a book when it starts to get into the awkward drama around social mechanics and institutions we are already familiar with. Anyway, before you read this write down the Silo numbers from wool, and the names of the key characters. Also don't look up anything online because spoilers abound.

Anthony Burgess hat Shift von Hugh Howey besprochen

Don't know why people like this so much

3 Sterne

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.