Shift

Shift acts as the prequel to Wool, filling in the background and lore around the events and the world.

And that's it's function.

And I find 50% of this book engaging, 50% of this book ... dull. Really dull. And it might be the opposite for some people. I enjoyed the primary plot involving the politics and Congress and following that group, but I honestly couldn't give a smurf about the other residents for this book.

Having some sense of where this book was likely to go, the other plot lines felt really irrelevant, and just a carrier to get back to the main plot. I would have been happy with a few hundred pages less.

My history says this is the second read through, and I swear I only remember less than half from the first time. Let's see if any more sticks.

Don't get me wrong, world building is good and Hugh Howey does a good job doing just that, but I didn't get hooked at all. I was looking forward to finishing it. I personally know people that loved it and were happy to start with the next book as soon as they finished this, but that wasn't me.

The story is just dragging along, nothing that exciting going on, the plot is also relatively unsurprising. I started this book and it read like I'm just going through the motions. It's probably just not my jam, but I have to admit, it's well written in a way. I can see what people might enjoy about it.

I am not able to really recommend it, but I can also not recommend against it. I guess my opinion on this is just not interesting.