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birdloveranne's review against another edition
5.0
Ohhhh!!!! Wow. What a Fantastic story. SO well written. I loved it! As I read I began to feel a deep sense of dread, which continued to grow until the end. OMG what a great story!
jclermont's review
4.0
Yes, this is a prequel to the Wool series, but I would definitely recommend reading it after Wool 1 - 5. I really enjoyed this book. It felt a little bit more predictable than the Wool books, but I like the backstory of the Wool universe.
h3dakota's review
2.0
Let me just start off by saying that I love this series and I think that Howey is an unbelievably talented & imaginative writer. That said, I must admit that I was very disappointed with this book for several reasons. While it retained the same flavor as Wool, the story felt rushed and a bit disjointed. I would rather have waited another year & gotten a better story than this story.
My biggest issues with it are much weightier than that, however.
First the deep freezing of the women & children while the men do all the work & take over all the leadership of the silos... sexist much?! *death glare* Anna trying to replace Helen as Donald's wife also pissed me off - she was a talented woman, but in the end, she wanted nothing more but to be Donald's wife. Really? Humph.
The part that pissed me off even more was putting the politics into the story. Why have the Democrats destroy the world while putting just "their kind" into the bunkers/silos? Why explicitly name one party over the other (BOTH parties have whack-a-doodles!)?? It takes place in the future - MAKE UP a party. Someone not trying to make a political statement would have called it the XYZ party & pinned the blame on that party instead of the Democrats OR the Republicans. Howey doesn't do that, however.
It smacks of the author trying to force his political beliefs & fears on the reader & I hate that. Obviously, I do not know Mr. Howey nor his political beliefs - and he may not have intended to give this impression - but it IS the impression that I got out of it & I'm positive I won't be alone in that. Especially given the timing of this novel - right in the throes of reelection time in an already horribly divided country. This is such a fantastic series, but this aspect left a very bad taste in my mouth. :(
My biggest issues with it are much weightier than that, however.
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First the deep freezing of the women & children while the men do all the work & take over all the leadership of the silos... sexist much?! *death glare* Anna trying to replace Helen as Donald's wife also pissed me off - she was a talented woman, but in the end, she wanted nothing more but to be Donald's wife. Really? Humph.
The part that pissed me off even more was putting the politics into the story. Why have the Democrats destroy the world while putting just "their kind" into the bunkers/silos? Why explicitly name one party over the other (BOTH parties have whack-a-doodles!)?? It takes place in the future - MAKE UP a party. Someone not trying to make a political statement would have called it the XYZ party & pinned the blame on that party instead of the Democrats OR the Republicans. Howey doesn't do that, however.
It smacks of the author trying to force his political beliefs & fears on the reader & I hate that. Obviously, I do not know Mr. Howey nor his political beliefs - and he may not have intended to give this impression - but it IS the impression that I got out of it & I'm positive I won't be alone in that. Especially given the timing of this novel - right in the throes of reelection time in an already horribly divided country. This is such a fantastic series, but this aspect left a very bad taste in my mouth. :(
jmoses's review
4.0
This wasn't as good as the first books, but it certainly filled in the "how did this happen" crevice that they left.
tommy1974's review
3.0
Not so sure about this one, personally I found it frustrating, come on get to the point... Maybe I'm getting impatient in my old age :-)
For poor books remember what Yoda said - "If no mistake have you made, yet losing you are ... a different game you should play!"
How I review...
1 star - binned it before half way, please don't write anymore!!!
2 stars - finally binned it after really trying, I mean really trying and I hate to not finishing someth....
3 stars - finished it but boy was that hard work on times, it just about hooked me back in as I was about to dump it
4 stars - great book but it lacked something, something, can't put my finger on it but.... something
5 stars - want more, more books, more movies about the books, more movies about the authors and the making of the movie, just more!!!
For poor books remember what Yoda said - "If no mistake have you made, yet losing you are ... a different game you should play!"
How I review...
1 star - binned it before half way, please don't write anymore!!!
2 stars - finally binned it after really trying, I mean really trying and I hate to not finishing someth....
3 stars - finished it but boy was that hard work on times, it just about hooked me back in as I was about to dump it
4 stars - great book but it lacked something, something, can't put my finger on it but.... something
5 stars - want more, more books, more movies about the books, more movies about the authors and the making of the movie, just more!!!
adamrshields's review
4.0
Short Review: this is another engaging story from Hugh Howey. It is the beginning of a trilogy that gives the back story to Wool. Howey still is writing punchy prose even when he has filled out the pages to over 200 per volume instead of the shorter books of the early Wool series.
The setting and time line doesn't completely make sense, but the problems are small enough that they are not too distracting. Still something that is easily readable in a day or two.
my full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/first-shift-legacy/
The setting and time line doesn't completely make sense, but the problems are small enough that they are not too distracting. Still something that is easily readable in a day or two.
my full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/first-shift-legacy/
briandice's review
4.0
Slow at parts, but overall a decent prequel to the Wool series. And fun to read out loud to the misses employing a Georgia accent for the main characters.