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Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

41 reviews

mirandyli's review

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Cute sequel but the plot is kind of all over the place. I'm still not quite sure what's going on. Maybe the last book will explain everything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Blood, Cursing, Death, Animal death, Death of parent, and Homophobia

amy_in_the_city's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Body shaming

Moderate: Violence, Medical content, Animal death, and Fatphobia

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, and Violence

halaagmod's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Animal death, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: Homophobia and Car accident

addi_w31's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence and Animal death

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Homophobia

s_smith's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Kidnapping and Gun violence

letiross's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia

danny_fox's review

adventurous dark emotional funny relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

After reading Carry On, I decided to go to the book store and instantly buy the next two books.

And as fun as the beginning of the book was, unfortunately, the ending left me a bit disappointed.

I mean, don't get me wrong, it was extremely enjoyable and delightful to read. I still adore this book series and characters.

Buuuut, after all 300 pages, I don't know, the ending left me just a bit empty and disappointed. Like it was all leading up to something, and then the author was like "actually, you need to read another 500 pages to get to that something"

Still, extremely fun, love the story, adore the characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence and Sexual assault

waterbear0821's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

I am a Rainbow Rowell stan and Snowbaz obsessive so I know my perspective is biased, but Wayward Son deserves so much more love than it gets. The whole premise of “what happens after the happy ending, when the dust settles and you have to figure out how to live again?” is just brilliant and beautiful. And it’s clear how much Rowell loves these characters. Normally I get so frustrated by the romance trope of “poor communication skills as plot device” but in Rowell’s hands we really see and understand how these characters we love struggle with their trauma and the ways they feel about themselves. Plus this book really fleshes out Penelope and Agatha in lovely, complicated ways. Also I love a road trip novel. I’m from Nebraska, lived in Chicago, I love Las Vegas and I’ve made that whole trip many times, so the whole book is just a nice shot of nostalgia for me. Also Euan Morton narrates and is just phenomenal. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Xenophobia