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Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

5 reviews

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Cursing, and Gun violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Abandonment, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Car accident, Infidelity, Alcohol, Biphobia, Fatphobia, and Vomit

xtsukix's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Like Carry On this was very easy to read. Kinda sad throughout all of it and I’m disappointed that there was no resolution to the Baz/Simon conflict. I’m glad Agatha stopped being such a sourpuss in the end. The whole Lamb thing feels weird, like I get it but it feels like it didn’t come to a satisfying conclusion. Shephard is cool, love him, welcome to the family. Wish there were more consequences for the battle sequences, rather than just “ah i have 6 bullet wounds but lez just magic it away ez”. Never a bore to read though. I do love the characters and am very attached to all of them (except Agatha lol). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Vomit

vampirerat's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Shepard!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Violence, and Mental illness

Minor: Body horror, Vomit, and Gaslighting

prickly_plant's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

allygator's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Unpopular opinion: I think this is better than Carry On.
I think I love this so much because it feels like a much more grounded story. Not everything is happy and nice, but not everything should be. Every single character is traumatized from the first book, and that makes so much sense. They went through an insane amount of trauma. 
I am, as always, frustrated by miscommunication (even though I understand exactly why it happens in this). All I want is for Simon and Baz to sit down and talk about their feelings and what's hurting them so that they can be happy together again.
Anyways, this book also succeeds in introducing a new character whom I absolutely adore. Shoutout to Shepard, I love him so much. He's so stupid and so smart -- he's a perfect contradiction. I love his curiosity and enthusiasm and how much he loves magic. He feels so real in a story full of incredibly real, incredibly painful characters and feelings.
I do think that this is paced slower than the first book, but also that the pacing is more consistent. There's not a 150 page stretch in the beginning that drags on as you wait for a character to show up.
This isn't a perfect book, by any means, but it is an excellent, surprisingly grounded sequel. It does a great job of doing exactly what it is meant to do -- tell the story of a Chosen One after his story "ended".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Vomit