This was a good introduction to the world that Shusterman has created, with elements that are eerily similar to our world now. The idea of unwinding is chilling and unsettling, as is the complacency that the US population seems to have. Shusterman's writing style is distinct, and worlds well for the dystopian genre, as he jumps between characters in order to give the reader the whole picture of the world.

Unwind was an enjoyable introduction that could have functioned as its own story, but the world is interesting enough to want to return to in the next books.

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