Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Shift by Hugh Howey

10 reviews

bookscatcoffee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I loved this sequel!  It’s so rare for an author to explain the origins of the dystopian world, and to have that be the entire sequel was masterful!

“All it took was for a lot of seemingly decent people to put the wrong person in power, and then pay for their innocent choice.”  It did take me awhile because the subject matter is grim, but I truly appreciate the craftsmanship!  Definitely worth reading!  5 stars

Sequel to Wool, dystopian sci fi

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

snowhite197's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, and Death of parent

mzy42's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

lpdx's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

Slow at times but intriguing, upsetting, and thought provoking. It will be interesting to see where book 3 goes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

ella_bibliophile_98's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Went deeper into the reason behind the silo in book 2 which is interesting but also hard to follow at times due to the introduction of a few new characters 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Suicide, Death of parent, and War

serenhybrid's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I was disappointed by this after the strong start of Wool and think it suffers from "middle book syndrome". The political machinations and world building are excellent, as they were in Wool, but there are too few characters for such a long book, and sorely lacking in female characters. 

A large part of the book focuses on a character and story we knew a lot about from Wool, and that I didn't need to know any more about. Cutting that entire section would have made for a much better and easier read, rather than slogging through decades of grief. 

The time span of the book is hard to comprehend but generally well managed, although I did a lot of checking back to Wool when I had forgotten character names and Silo numbers. You don't want too much of a gap before reading Shift after Wool! 

Shift has definitely got me excited for the third book, Dust, and I'm still so invested in the characters and plot. How on earth will this end?!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Sexual assault

monicalaurette's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

“Troy was tired of forgetting. He had decided to remember.”

I almost didn’t think this story was connected to Wool when I first read it. I was wondering almost the whole time how it all connected and if I would ever hear about Juliette again. But as the story went on I was enthralled again. I feel it’s a crime that I didn’t find this series when it first came out and I was still in such a large dystopian kick with my reading because I would have EATEN THIS UP back then. But hey better late than never to the party!

The jump between both different silos and different timelines and years was fun. Trying to figure out what was happening as the story went through to figure out who each person was and how they connected to the overall story of the underground silos. I got to know some people for just a moment and then just see how Silo 1 really works and what they do to keep order when it leaves.

“And so life was lived accidental. It was lived because he wasn’t brave enough to do anything else.”

Because the world building for the most part was already done, this was just extra building to describe how it all came to be - and I really enjoyed it and the journey that Donald went through to to learn what his role was at the beginning, to the lies becoming clear at the end to the true purpose of his involvement. I can’t wait to see what is going to happen when/if Juliette and him meet.

I’m giving this book 4.5 stars because I really liked this book, just not as much as I did for Wool. Also so many things happened and I was feeling like my neck was gonna snap from the whiplash which is okay but my neck hurts now.

“The world had grown as rusty as his memory of it.”

About a chapter before it revealed that Troy & Donald were the same person I literally had the thought of “hey what if they are the same” so that makes me very smart.

I was confused a lot about the importance of Mission’s story but excited to see if there is more that spills in from that time to what happens in the next book since it was Silo 18.

Did NOT expect Donald to do that to Anna, I thought he’d just keep her alive for a little bit to learn more instead of just…killing her right away but glad he shot Thurman. But I felt that if he kept Anna alive longer she would have helped both him and Charlotte in whatever they are about to do. Maybe a hindsight thing for Donny boy.

Not me actually crying about Shadow and how Jimmy was thinking about how ‘oh if he was here he’d be rubbing my leg or meowing at me’ and it made me very sad and go to hug my own cat.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Addiction, Infidelity, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Abandonment

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

Finally got up the courage to finish this one off!!!! It deals with one of my greatest fears, which is being alone, and I was not in the mental space to handle it there for a while. This is a solid continuation from the first book; it's actually a prequel that catches up with the timeline of Wool by the end. A lot of interesting political commentary and some deep psychological stuff in there too!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Genocide, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty and Blood

iridaceae's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A boot in a hole, a boot in a hole, round and round.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Genocide, and Antisemitism