fn0000rd OP t1_jd9k2qa wrote on March 22, 2023 at 8:22 PM

Reply to comment by jenorama_CA in I picked up Wool, and couldn’t put it down. by fn0000rd

Shift is a prequel about how things got set up. I'm only 1/4 of the way through it, but am really liking it.

jenorama_CA t1_jd9kcxn wrote on March 22, 2023 at 8:23 PM

I think that’s what put me against it. I really liked the characters in Wool and I wasn’t ready to commit to a different version of that same world. I’ll have to get over it and check it out, tho.

Neon_Camouflage t1_jd9mxkj wrote on March 22, 2023 at 8:40 PM

I agree that it's rather annoying to jump characters for a new book, but Shift establishes a ton of the backstory (the entire book is backstory, really) and helps connect a bunch of the dots that Wool shows you or alludes to, but doesn't explain.

Dust gets back to the characters you know and love and moves the story forward from very shortly after Wool ends, so you do have that to look forward to.