Elizabeth (Plant Based Bride)'s Reviews > Shift

After how much I adored Wool, Shift was a disappointment. While it was interesting to learn about the history of the Silo, this installment was less engaging than the first by a country mile. The pacing was quite a bit slower, and the switches between points of view were jarring and interrupted the flow of the narrative.

Speaking of the characters, their development wasn't executed nearly as well, leaving me less invested in them and somewhat disengaged in general. Solo was this installment's most interesting point-of-view character, and I enjoyed learning more about him and his backstory. Still, I was very disappointed by the introduction of Donald as a protagonist. He was profoundly unlikeable and bland, and his relationships were sketched in more than they were adequately developed, so spending so much time with him and trying to root for him in a variety of situations was a struggle.

The book was fine overall, good even. I enjoyed it most of the time, and the audiobook's narration was fantastic, yet again. But I think this book could have easily been a novella or short story to give us the quick rundown of the backstory for the Silo because, as it was, it felt like things were padded quite a bit to extend very little material into an almost 600-page novel. This was worth the read to learn more of the Silo's mysteries, but not nearly as fantastic as the first book in the series. I hope book three recaptures the magic Wool and that Shift was just a bump in the road for this series!


Trigger/Content Warnings: suicidal ideation, murder, confinement, drugging, suicide attempt, loss of parents, isolation, feces, animal death

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