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Wayward by Chuck Wendig

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zachkuhlman's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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

5.0

lwisney4's review against another edition

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5.0

35 hours is a seriously long audiobook but thankfully it was excellent. As creepy as it is reading a book about a near-present day pandemic these days I enjoyed the creativity making this story eerily realistic while still fictional and imaginative. Love the writing style and hearing POV from dozens of characters ( even Gumball the golden retriever

david_harold_nicholson's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

graywild's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This is the sequel to the Wanderers. Read that book 1st or you will be confused. No spoilers in this review. This book takes places 5 years later. Many of the characters for the 1st book are also in this book. I liked this as you still feel a connection to their stories. You find out the origins of Black Swan. The main characters are actively trying to end the control that is occurring. Highly recommend

katbond's review against another edition

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medium-paced

4.0

adsl's review against another edition

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fast-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? N/A

5.0

Having severe ADHD and being able to read both novels in several weeks is a testament to the pace and development of the story. The chapters are shorter than the average I read and the writing is accessible. The world is believable, interesting and relatable considering the state of the world today. I've found it hard to find good modern literature of this type of story and this series really scratched an itch. Can't wait to see a TV adaptation. Recommend highly.

literarybitch's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

This is unusual, in that it has taken me about a year to read it. I read just shy of half in print when it first dropped--I even had it pre-ordered because I liked Wanderers so much--but I listened to the rest on audiobook this week. I don't usually have so much trouble that I put something down, and if I do I rarely pick it back up again.
Apparently I stopped reading the print copy just before it got going. You know, 40% of the way through an 800 page book is where a book should get started 🙃

The length of this book is severely unearned. Editing could have pared down a lot of it, since there were some weirdly repetitive lines that could have been cleaned up. Even repetitive words--almost every character swears frequently, and when they do they say it at least thrice. I'm not offended by profanity, fucking obviously, but it's jarring when it's all the time and triply so when the audiobook narrators are constantly yelling "FUCK FUCK FUCK" and "SHIT! SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT" in my ear, you could have saved like 50 pages if characters could just blaspheme one time instead of spamming their emotes.
I think Pete's character voice is perfect (narratively, not vocally, as the audiobook narrator could not land on a consistent accent for him lol) even though he swears all the time because he's a bloody feckin rockstar and it sounds bloody feckin natural. I love him as a character even though he seems more like a cartoon version of himself here.

Idk, getting through this was an annoying chore, and it shouldn't have been. On a different note, I thought it was very interesting to see some subtle changes in this series' political leanings between 2019 and now.

4/10
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