A review by becca_shaw_
Shift by Hugh Howey

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

I enjoyed shift but not as much as the first book. I loved that this was a prequel as it gave a lot of context and answers to the questions I had from Wool and overall I found Donald's storyline entertaining. Solo's backstory I wasn't interested in really so this dragged out the book for me. 

I am, however, left with a few questions. 

It mentions in the book that silo 17 was meant to be a hole in the ground but why didn't this actually happen? Did someone in silo 1 save them? Not sure if I missed something here. When it came to Donald and Charlotte flying the drone out of the silo, I was left with more questions than answers (though I may have missed something here as well as I was keen to get the book finished by this point) - if there was grass and blue sky, did this mean that the world was okay? If so, how were the cleaners still dying? & if there was sign of life elsewhere, how wasn't there any sign of life in the immediate vicinity of the silos?