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RATING BREAKDOWN
Characters: 4⭐️
Setting: 5⭐️
Plot: 5⭐️
Themes: 4⭐️
Emotional Impact: 3⭐️
Personal Enjoyment: 4⭐️
Total Rounded Average: 4.25⭐️

I had no idea how I wanted/needed this series to end, and it managed to totally satisfy me!

Back to the timeline from Wool, there are three locations at play, and what feels like a constant threat as the clock winds down. I love how Juliet juggles personal ethics with protecting the larger whole. Meanwhile, Donald is doing his best to figure out how Silo 1 will fulfill the pact, and facing his own moral crisis of whether he believes in the plan or not. There is one new character that really compels Donald's story forward and makes it that much more emotional and intense.

The plot delivers on twists and turns and keeps you hooked to the very end. The concepts in this story are brutal, terrifying, and extreme. At times, I found myself thinking, "There's no way! No one would ever do this to this level." But overall, even if the scenarios and hypotheticals are extreme, the moral quandaries are compelling, and the characters are believable. I was rooting for them so hard, not because they were perfect or particularly wise. I just related to their desire for truth and freedom. Their need to understand, and choose for themselves. The compulsion to know the future is open and unpredictable and not controlled by agenda, computations, or strategy.

I was so pleased with the conclusion and found the message hopeful and meaningful. Will highly recommend to dystopian and sci-fi readers alike!