Without thinking twice, I continued immediately with the third part of "Silo" as it represents culmination of the story + both "Wool" and "Shift" finally merge into one, with characters from both novels now finally merging together. We follow what is going on in Silo 1 (where Donald faces senator Thurman), Silo 18 (where people react with panic as they don't understand what is Juliette trying to do) and Silo 17 (where Solo and a handful of survivors are hiding). I thought it was excellent and the end is basically the only logic, realistic possibility so it felt like a satisfactory trilogy.
Since only the first book ("Wool") was made into TV series (so far) I could tell there are differences between the novel and the TV version, no doubt the same will happen later but to be honest I did not miss the TV version at all - producers and actors are doing excellent job but I also enjoy creating the whole world inside of my head and "Dust" was gripping enough to read it breathlessly - there was interesting antagonist (but not much space given) in a shape of religious cult leader who might be better used in TV series later eventually. Also the character of Juliette - previously so heroic and brave - now started to irritate me a bit as she really comes across and perpetually angry and argumentative without patience to actually explain what is her plan - the main reason why people turn against her is because she is just bulldozing around, without enlightening people why is she doing all this digging, etc. And when citizens of Silo 18 finally break into the remains of Silo 17, they just grab everything they see and it is obvious this is not a good thing - but Juliette is too busy with her anger to do anything about it. Luckily Solo shows more strength and force that we even expected. The end is brilliant and now I can take a deep breath and wait for TV version.
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