I agree with some of what you said about the subplots, but the Mission storyline was the telling of the whole “Uprising” in the past in Silo 18. So feel it was good to understand this. Plus it covers the fact that they don’t kill off all disobedient silos. They can use the drugs to make them forget, which is why silo 18 is still running now
fix audio, please and btw you are the only channel that i found whos telling the story in book etc. and that was exacly what i was looking for to get info about some spoilers etc. waiting for book 3 review,
I had a hard time trying to figure out Thurmans motives and what the whole point of the project was. And didn't they say silo 17 was imploded and if Juliette went there she'd find a hole in the ground? Yet she did go there and it was still an intact Silo. My fav part was Solo and Shadow. Cats are the best
I was so happy when Solo discovered Shadow!! I was also happy that the author didn’t touch on Shadow dying either. My cat passed away recently and the thought of Solo having to go through that would have been to sad for me to read.
Please spoil the third part ASAP! I’d love to read it myself but I’m impatient and want a quick fix. Hey ppl let’s help her with her laundry, job, or any other chores so she can concentrate on finishing the book and do the justice for us all))
Spoiler -> One thing you don’t mention is that the chapters alternate between Donald in the mid 2000s and “Troy” after 2100. It’s only after reading for a while that you realize that Troy is future Donald. I only just listened to the audiobooks since I only finally watched the TV series which lead me to want more. It is so worth it. Still have to get to Dust. Thanks for the review!
One thing they didn't really explain / follow up on (note I haven't read Dust yet) was when Donald said that he saw "blue skies and green grass" just before the drone was destroyed. Did he really see this or did he imagine it? (as Charlotte didn't see it). If he did see it what does that mean? Are there areas above ground which have recovered? Did Thurman know this?
You said it didn't make sense why they would just kill whole silos for bad behavior but to me it just seemed telling of thurmans insanity. Even donald regrets it and realizes he did it under protocol and that it didn't make sense to him, he just lost all his memories and was working in a cloud sort of. I think that's also part of why victor killed himself - he realized they made a mistake and he couldn't live with making the protocol calls anymore. Thurman was just living in a dilusion that he could make people do what he wanted.
I am watching the series now and it’s so good! I am ordering the first book wool from Amazon. Will you do a review on the 3rd book Dust? Also I don’t know if you do a video of review but if you have seen the series can you do a review of the series vs the books? I don’t see much content on here of Silo. I think the series is underrated and I can’t wait to start reading this series :)
i think it makes sense to pick one out of 50. they're talking about whichever one has the best political landscape. "best" as in most compliant/conservative
Hey thank you so much for book explanation.. i was so curious to know about silo after apple series and now just i want to know about is outside safe for humans in silo ? And when silo people can xome out
Hye. Nice work. I liked this review more than the first part. I have a request. Can you please spoil the whole series (wool/shift/dust) in one video with all details. (You can alert people about the spoilers in the title).
I actually enjoyed Jimmy's story since he is a character we meet in Book 1 and his backstory. The Mission one, I agree, I was more disconnected. I actually feel if all the SILO's and people in them new the truth, it'd be different and don't think there would be rebellions. "Hey here is the history of the world and due to nuclear holocaust you can't come out, we are constantly checking the atmosphere for when we can come out, for now, stay inside....."
I absolutely agree with you about the Mission and Jimmy subplots, I didn't enjoy those at all. I paid so little attention to Mission's story that I didn't even fully understand what really happened there. *Spoiler questions* 1) So did I understand correctly that the air outside is "toxic" because of the nanobots? I mean after so many years, a nuclear fallout wouldn't be a thing, it doesn't last that long. That's what I was wondering about the most. And it would also explain the desolate state of the nature since the bots are mentioned to feet on anything living. 2) So Thurman and others were responsible for nuking themselves? (the US) And if so, what happened to the rest of the world? I still don't fully understand the whole apocalypse moment, to me it was explained very briefly. Please don't include third book spoilers if there are any related since I'm starting to read that tomorrow.
Mission is Allison's father. If you remember from book one she was the sheriff's wife. And the reason they wouldn't let them have a baby because she was missions decedent
I wonder what the word "shift" means in the title. Does it mean "to change/move" or "a period of working time"? I've read this book in English and never thought about it. I mean I always thought about this word as a noun that means the period of time like in "night shift", because in the book those people in silo 1 worked in shifts. Can someone please tell me the meaning implied in this book title? Because in Russian they translated it as "a change", which doesnt seem right to me.
I thinks it’s because people work in shifts, periods of time, and then are put to “sleep” again before their next shift. Although I’m sure there are more abstract meanings.
I’ve just finished reading the book and my understanding of the title as a non American person is that “shift” it’s referred not only to the fact that the “workers” on silo 1 we’re working on a 6 months period before putting to sleep again to be woken decades later if needed but it’s also referred to the change they where trying to make in the humans knowledge about the world as it used to be. As Thurman said to Donald before he killed him that for the World to have a chance the knowledge had to die with them, a restart from scratch. A “SHIFT” of what it was to what it has to be.
@@megansreadingrevelations I have 12 books ahead of them. Plenty of time to reread before season 2, especially given the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Did you hear Fran Drescher speak at the press conference? Powerful.
I flew through wool. Silo has taken me months as, like you Missions story arc is drudgery and at some point the “groundhog day “ story of Donald gets tiresome. But I’m looking forward to Dust.
Thanks for the spoilers. I just watched the show. While I like the first 2 episodes, the rest was snooze fest. I dont think I will watch season 2, I just want to know the plots.
You have to take real life into consideration when you are trying to understand why the senator was killing silos. It is because they are looking for a group of people they can repopulate with, who are completely complacent. A group who will blindly and unquestioningly follow their leaders. My guess, not having read the books, is that _IF_ nanotechnology plays a role in the apocalypse that leads to the silos, it is extremely small or short-lived. And the ruling class, aka the senator, knew this from the onset, but instead chooses to use it as an excuse to seize more power from the citizenry. And given the perceived danger and mortal threat by an enemy, in this case the nanobots, the citizenry will willingly hand over those rights, not totally unlike real life examples in recent modern history. See Bush and The Patriot Act. This is made evident by the fact that the ruling class has frozen themselves until such time as they deem the remaining silo populations subservient enough and then like magic, suddenly the earth will become habitable and they can come out. And in doing so, they (the ruling class) would unfreeze themselves as supreme and unquestioned leaders, having finally created the ultimate priceless asset: a population they have total control over.
It’s not what WEF wants to do, it’s what the oligarchs have been doing before the Roman Empire. Just that the people are starting to wake up thanks to the internet/information age. Many people have been saying this through history, they’ve just been labeled crazies
Jimmy's subplot was rather boring. I think writer felt compelled to justify his being able to survive 30+ years by himself and to make it believable he had to include a lot of unnecessary details. Rebellion part was a bit underwhelming. Donald's story was gripping.
No... Thurman's endgame is to find a group of people who have built an Altruistic culture. They're controlling the lottery to select generous, self-sacrificing, and community-focused people. He's looking for a Silo population that thinks of itself as in it together.
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season 2 is gonna be insane man i cant breathe just thinking about it
Season 1 ended at a great spot :)
I heard they are skipping a lot of majors plots points in the book
they are changing alot
@@everythingpony Right.
Only half the first book is the first season
I agree with some of what you said about the subplots, but the Mission storyline was the telling of the whole “Uprising” in the past in Silo 18. So feel it was good to understand this. Plus it covers the fact that they don’t kill off all disobedient silos. They can use the drugs to make them forget, which is why silo 18 is still running now
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fix audio, please
and btw you are the only channel that i found whos telling the story in book etc. and that was exacly what i was looking for to get info about some spoilers etc.
waiting for book 3 review,
Thank you so much for watching 💜
I skipped spoiler parts but sounds like it has an interesting premise. I’ve been getting more and more into Sci-fi so it’s right up my alley.
It’s a good sci-fi book to start with :)
Excellent observations, you did get the essence of the triology in your review
Thank you kindly!
Thank you! I love the tv series, but now I must get the trilogy to read! ❤
It’s definitely a different experience but I hope you enjoy it :)
I had a hard time trying to figure out Thurmans motives and what the whole point of the project was. And didn't they say silo 17 was imploded and if Juliette went there she'd find a hole in the ground? Yet she did go there and it was still an intact Silo. My fav part was Solo and Shadow. Cats are the best
Thank you so much for watching. Shadow was great :)
Spoiler alert
Silo 40 intervened
I was so happy when Solo discovered Shadow!! I was also happy that the author didn’t touch on Shadow dying either. My cat passed away recently and the thought of Solo having to go through that would have been to sad for me to read.
Please spoil the third part ASAP! I’d love to read it myself but I’m impatient and want a quick fix. Hey ppl let’s help her with her laundry, job, or any other chores so she can concentrate on finishing the book and do the justice for us all))
I will try! Thank you for watching 💜
Honestly, the second book Shift is the best.
Spoiler ->
One thing you don’t mention is that the chapters alternate between Donald in the mid 2000s and “Troy” after 2100. It’s only after reading for a while that you realize that Troy is future Donald. I only just listened to the audiobooks since I only finally watched the TV series which lead me to want more. It is so worth it. Still have to get to Dust. Thanks for the review!
Im curious where shift will fall in the show? maybe some flashback elements presented in S2, but probably more S3&4
Waiting for Dust review 😊♥️
Very soon!
just made it to part 4 in Wool, its getting really good now, Silo 18 to Silo 1, we might have a problem over here
haha for real!
@@megansreadingrevelations it seems like season two will still be in the Wool book
It does. I really, really hope the plot doesn't deviate too much. I enjoyed the books a lot.
Patiently waiting on your Dust review. Just finished it today 🙊
On it!
One thing they didn't really explain / follow up on (note I haven't read Dust yet) was when Donald said that he saw "blue skies and green grass" just before the drone was destroyed. Did he really see this or did he imagine it? (as Charlotte didn't see it). If he did see it what does that mean? Are there areas above ground which have recovered? Did Thurman know this?
You said it didn't make sense why they would just kill whole silos for bad behavior but to me it just seemed telling of thurmans insanity. Even donald regrets it and realizes he did it under protocol and that it didn't make sense to him, he just lost all his memories and was working in a cloud sort of. I think that's also part of why victor killed himself - he realized they made a mistake and he couldn't live with making the protocol calls anymore. Thurman was just living in a dilusion that he could make people do what he wanted.
I am watching the series now and it’s so good! I am ordering the first book wool from Amazon. Will you do a review on the 3rd book Dust? Also I don’t know if you do a video of review but if you have seen the series can you do a review of the series vs the books? I don’t see much content on here of Silo. I think the series is underrated and I can’t wait to start reading this series :)
i think it makes sense to pick one out of 50. they're talking about whichever one has the best political landscape. "best" as in most compliant/conservative
Loved season 1. So many questions.
Predicting that season 2 of Silo will be the second half of wool.
That’s what I think too. Thanks for watching!
Will julia will able to find george that it guy was killed
Hey thank you so much for book explanation.. i was so curious to know about silo after apple series and now just i want to know about is outside safe for humans in silo ? And when silo people can xome out
Hye. Nice work. I liked this review more than the first part. I have a request. Can you please spoil the whole series (wool/shift/dust) in one video with all details. (You can alert people about the spoilers in the title).
I'll try! Thanks for the recommendation 💜
@@megansreadingrevelationsdo it 😮😊😮😊
I actually enjoyed Jimmy's story since he is a character we meet in Book 1 and his backstory. The Mission one, I agree, I was more disconnected. I actually feel if all the SILO's and people in them new the truth, it'd be different and don't think there would be rebellions. "Hey here is the history of the world and due to nuclear holocaust you can't come out, we are constantly checking the atmosphere for when we can come out, for now, stay inside....."
Thanks for sharing :) I enjoyed the series for sure.
I'm now wondering if they'll adapt this into a TV series or move on to Dust? I would like to see at least flashbacks 🤔
I hope they adapt all of them.
Thanks for the video! Will you be doing a review for the third book as well?
Yes she said yes she is reading that one @oleksanr
Yes! Once I'm done reading it. Thanks for watching 💜
8:50 this exact point is actually addressed in the conversation between Donald and Erskine.
Great review
Thank you for watching 💜
I just finished shift. I agree I thought Solos story was a little boring and frankly not needed. Otherwise it was a solid read.
Yes, agree. Thank you so much for watching :)
I absolutely agree with you about the Mission and Jimmy subplots, I didn't enjoy those at all. I paid so little attention to Mission's story that I didn't even fully understand what really happened there.
*Spoiler questions*
1) So did I understand correctly that the air outside is "toxic" because of the nanobots? I mean after so many years, a nuclear fallout wouldn't be a thing, it doesn't last that long. That's what I was wondering about the most. And it would also explain the desolate state of the nature since the bots are mentioned to feet on anything living.
2) So Thurman and others were responsible for nuking themselves? (the US) And if so, what happened to the rest of the world? I still don't fully understand the whole apocalypse moment, to me it was explained very briefly.
Please don't include third book spoilers if there are any related since I'm starting to read that tomorrow.
Mission is Allison's father. If you remember from book one she was the sheriff's wife. And the reason they wouldn't let them have a baby because she was missions decedent
Awesome review thanks
Thanks for watching!
Great review
Thank you so much for watching!
I’d appreciate if u spoiler more details in the next coming review in a deep way
Thanks for the suggestion and for watching 💜
Review the last books asap. ❤
I'll try 💜 Thanks for watching!
I wonder what the word "shift" means in the title. Does it mean "to change/move" or "a period of working time"?
I've read this book in English and never thought about it. I mean I always thought about this word as a noun that means the period of time like in "night shift", because in the book those people in silo 1 worked in shifts. Can someone please tell me the meaning implied in this book title? Because in Russian they translated it as "a change", which doesnt seem right to me.
I thinks it’s because people work in shifts, periods of time, and then are put to “sleep” again before their next shift. Although I’m sure there are more abstract meanings.
I’ve just finished reading the book and my understanding of the title as a non American person is that “shift” it’s referred not only to the fact that the “workers” on silo 1 we’re working on a 6 months period before putting to sleep again to be woken decades later if needed but it’s also referred to the change they where trying to make in the humans knowledge about the world as it used to be. As Thurman said to Donald before he killed him that for the World to have a chance the knowledge had to die with them, a restart from scratch. A “SHIFT” of what it was to what it has to be.
book youtube is the best youtube
I quite like it myself :)
I should've reread these before the series started.
There is still time ; )
@@megansreadingrevelations I have 12 books ahead of them. Plenty of time to reread before season 2, especially given the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Did you hear Fran Drescher speak at the press conference? Powerful.
I am aware of the strike but I honestly don't know enough about the industry to have a solid opinion about it.
wonderful I love your content ❤
Glad you enjoy it!
Thank you so much
You're most welcome! Thank you for watching!
I think only one silo was supposed to survive. Thurman only wanted the best to re-populate.
I know Donald found out about his best friend and wife. Did he ever find out it was planned?
Thank you for video
Thank you for watching 💕
I flew through wool. Silo has taken me months as, like you Missions story arc is drudgery and at some point the “groundhog day “ story of Donald gets tiresome. But I’m looking forward to Dust.
I enjoyed the story as a whole, but parts of it did drag for me. Thank you for watching 🥰
Thanks for the spoilers. I just watched the show. While I like the first 2 episodes, the rest was snooze fest. I dont think I will watch season 2, I just want to know the plots.
I get that. Thanks for watching :)
You have to take real life into consideration when you are trying to understand why the senator was killing silos. It is because they are looking for a group of people they can repopulate with, who are completely complacent. A group who will blindly and unquestioningly follow their leaders. My guess, not having read the books, is that _IF_ nanotechnology plays a role in the apocalypse that leads to the silos, it is extremely small or short-lived. And the ruling class, aka the senator, knew this from the onset, but instead chooses to use it as an excuse to seize more power from the citizenry. And given the perceived danger and mortal threat by an enemy, in this case the nanobots, the citizenry will willingly hand over those rights, not totally unlike real life examples in recent modern history. See Bush and The Patriot Act. This is made evident by the fact that the ruling class has frozen themselves until such time as they deem the remaining silo populations subservient enough and then like magic, suddenly the earth will become habitable and they can come out. And in doing so, they (the ruling class) would unfreeze themselves as supreme and unquestioned leaders, having finally created the ultimate priceless asset: a population they have total control over.
The story makes perfect sense when you realize this is what government wants and how the wef wants to establish a one world government
I suppose I was looking at it through my perspective, not those who want to control, exploit, and dominate. That's not my nature.
It’s not what WEF wants to do, it’s what the oligarchs have been doing before the Roman Empire. Just that the people are starting to wake up thanks to the internet/information age. Many people have been saying this through history, they’ve just been labeled crazies
Wow just what I was thinking
thanks
You're welcome!
The great reset where have I heard that b4?????? 🤔
Haha yeah seems to be the new buzz these days
You didn't review book 3?
I plan on reading it in July and will review it when I am done ❤️
When you will review last book
Yes, as soon as I finish reading it.
@@megansreadingrevelations ok great 😊 thanks
@@megansreadingrevelations megan are you single i love you voice may be can be something
Please do for DUST also.
Absolutely 💜
@@megansreadingrevelations Thank You 💐
Jimmy's subplot was rather boring. I think writer felt compelled to justify his being able to survive 30+ years by himself and to make it believable he had to include a lot of unnecessary details. Rebellion part was a bit underwhelming. Donald's story was gripping.
I found jimmy's plot interesting , he was a lil kid😢
This book should be novela 1.5, Max 200 pages only about Donald. Other storylines like Missons, were pointless.
Mission story seemed pointless until the end of his story. But he is the father of Allison. The sheriff wife that was sent to clean.
Well hey there sweetheart 🫵🏻❤️
Hello and thank you for watching :)
@@megansreadingrevelations more Silo content pleaseeeeee ❤️❤️❤️
thank you. God. this show is too slow to not figure what the point is.
I agree it is very slow 😂
I knew it, there were 50
Truth 😄😁
Lame reason. I thought they were in an alien zoo that would have been much crazier.
haha like the short story The Zoo :)
yeag but that would be more documentary than sci fi
You have too much faith in government if you don't think they desperately want obedient people
My faith is limited 😶
Was nice finding out how it all started but Jimmy's pov was really traumatic and disgusting at times, definitely should have been shortened
Totally agree. Thanks for watching :)
The hole reset thing sounds ridiculous to me.... its more like a sect idea, it doesn't make sense.
Who likes anna and why? Cos to me she's just a great manipulator but I can change my mind
I'm still undecided lol.
"the great reset" huh...? Sounds to close to reality....
Jimmy (solos) story was soo good. I disagree.
I’m glad you liked that part of the story. Shadow was great :)
So Thurman’s end game was to create a subservient group that would be indefinitely obedient to him once they left the Silo and started new on land?
Pretty much 👍 Or at least obedient to the governing system they’d planned to put in place.
No...
Thurman's endgame is to find a group of people who have built an Altruistic culture. They're controlling the lottery to select generous, self-sacrificing, and community-focused people. He's looking for a Silo population that thinks of itself as in it together.