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Indlæser... Shift: (Wool Trilogy 2) (original 2013; udgave 2013)af Hugh Howey (Auteur)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. This is the 2nd book in a dystopian trilogy. It is the future and people are living underground in silos. This is all in the future, but there is some back and forth in time for about the first half (before time catches up). In the earlier time frame, Donald is one of the people planning and building the underground silos. In the later time frame, Troy is newly on shift (for 6 months), in a higher responsibility position than he thought he’d have. He is pretty much responsible for making sure everything remains running smoothly (I think). If something goes wrong in a silo, it is simply shut down (and people fend for themselves). Later in the book, one of the silos has been shut down and a boy, Jimmy, is trying to stay safe and alive. I’m not making this sound very interesting and I’m only rating it “ok”. I did manage to miss parts of it because I was listening to an audio. There was a big thing I missed in the middle, unfortunately. I figured out what had happened; I just missed how we got there. Parts of the second half got a bit more interesting with Jimmy trying to survive in the shut down silo. Interesting, as I read some of the other reviews, it turns out this is a prequel. I had no idea. But then, it’s been 6(?) years since I read the first one, and I really have no memory of it, anyway. Despite my lukewarm reception to this one, I do plan to read the 3rd book, as well. I read this one out of turn (couldn't wait to find out the resolution to Silo #1, Wool so I skipped ahead to Silo #3, Dust as I had heard that this one, Silo #2, Shift was a sort of prequel). I think reading Silo 1-3-2 or 1-2-3 could have worked either way, but I now see how 1-3-2 was more gratifying. I loved experiencing the unimaginable psychotic Silo world building of #2, seeing the backstory of Donald, Thurman, and Jimmy/Solo. Solo's backstory was particularly heartbreaking. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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And there are problems that start small but after 600 pages become really irritating.
The tedious non-descript characters have the same voice and dialog as each other. It's mind numbing. It just rambles on and on. A good editor could have helped a lot here. Some things you can't fix by editing- plot holes, annoying characters, and god-awful metaphors. I cursed the author throughout the book, sometimes in my head, sometimes out loud.
The author likes to leave some things vague and sometimes you're supposed to be in the dark by design. But he also uses allusion a lot seemingly with the intention of making a connection or a surprise revelation. Sometimes this means scrambling back dozens of pages or even back to the last book. You're in the predicament of trying to figure out if this is the former or latter. It leads to a lot of wasted time tracing back a reference only to find out it doesn't exist. Eventually, over time, you just stop giving a shit.
The crying and the tears every 10 pages. Honestly, there's somebody weeping or sobbing all the time. It's like the Hollywood gimmick of having characters vomiting all the time to show extreme emoting. The incessant crying and tears make you want all the characters to die. My favorite part of the book is when someone dies. Good riddance loser character number #. If they all die maybe this crummy book will end.
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