Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Shift by Hugh Howey

16 reviews

srm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Violence

wormgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Genocide

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Murder

theimposter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ceryni's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death

beehives's review against another edition

dark tense

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

In comparison to the first book in the series (Wool), this book focuses more on the political processes before and during the events of Wool, which might be boring to people who signed on for the science fiction action of the first book but more interesting to people wondering "how did this even happen? how did we get here?". You'll see some familiar characters pop up with a different perspective - some more removed and others more intimate - as well as plenty of new characters. My biggest complaints: so many male characters and a less coherent switch between POVs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Animal death

readerette's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-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

4.25

Not as strong as Wool, but a fascinating prequel and alternate perspective to that book. It feels a bit darker to me since the subject matter is the people who built the silos and why (and none of it's good, just in case you were thinking it might be). 

I was immersed, but found myself wishing that it didn't take so long for the details of the truth to emerge, since the general strokes of where it was going were clear early on. I didn't find Donald a particularly sympathetic character, either, which might be intentional but also somewhat reduced my engagement compared to how I felt with the characters in the first book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic