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3.76 AVERAGE
4.5 stars. I loved this, it was even better than the first. The writing was once again amazing. It did take me a little while to get into it, (It took me a whole month to read this!) but I blame that on waiting a year between books. Once I familiarized myself with the world and the events of Passenger the story picked up for me and was amazing. It is currently 4 AM and I just finished the book because I couldn't put it down for the last 200 pages. Definitely an entertaining read!
My only problems with this book are purely personal, mostly because Ms. Alexandra Bracken is not a teenage string musician, as the main character and I are, and had to do research into music rather than knowing already. As someone whose instrument rules most of my life, I felt like Etta's violin wasn't as important as it should have been. And, due to traumatic experiences in past orchestras, I wholeheartedly did not approve of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto being chosen as Etta's final solo. She did her research on the music and had lots of good symphony metaphors, but does that really make up for a piece that is so unbelievably high and screechy that anyone hearing it being played by a non-professional is scarred for life? Not to this violist.
Anyway, even if you are a youth orchestra purist such as I am, read the book.
Also, I am so glad there were only two books. No way was I going to be able to wait a year for another.
Anyway, even if you are a youth orchestra purist such as I am, read the book.
Also, I am so glad there were only two books. No way was I going to be able to wait a year for another.
I absolutely loved this book! It's def one of my favorite books of all time! I love Alex's writing in this and I really could not out it down. She packed in a whole bunch of different things that I love! The action scenes and the romance scenes were amazing and balanced out perfectly, that was a thing that was amazingly done. She wrote each scene perfecting each scene in the best way possible.
I absolutely loved Etta's father, he's def. one of my favorite male characters ever. He was so kind and so cool with Etta and what she had been doing while they were apart. He was so proud and then she felt proud that he was proud of her. It was adorable!
Ok, so now I really want to talk about Li Min! This girl was such an awesome character! She was so badass. I have not read a book with a character like her in a very long time. She was so important to the story but she was only in some parts, which was probably one of the most annoying parts of the book. she was so brave and helped so many people at once, not even taking a moment to think about what it might do to herself. Li Min was such a well thought of character and I would love to read more about her. In the book, we learn just a little bit about her background, but I really want to know her story and how she found the Thorns and everything.
I also loved Nicholas. He was so awesome. I practically wanted to date him myself (but I could never do that to Etta). He was so caring and I adore how much his heart was set on finding Etta even if it meant risking his own. Their relationship was so pure and all of Nick's actions for Etta always made my heart swell. Their relationship is the type of relationship I want every single YA book to have. I would also love to know how their lives turned out! Wafarer ended on such a cliffhanger that it annoys me that I don't have more of them. I need a novella for the ASAP!
The last character I want to talk about is Sophia, loved her so much. I adored how petty and funny she was! She did not give three shits about what she was saying.
This book had so many badass female characters and they each have the personality of heroines that many YA books are missing!
Phenomenal job to Alex for getting me to shed tears because the duology ended. :(
I would totally recommend this book to anyone who loves historical fiction and really wants to not have just one set time in a book. If someone is looking for a book for the great description and because they really would like to travel, then Passenger and Wayfarer are the perfect books. Each place visited by the characters is described so well that it feels like Alex went back in time and traveled to all of these different places, picking out every single detail about the places.
I absolutely loved Etta's father, he's def. one of my favorite male characters ever. He was so kind and so cool with Etta and what she had been doing while they were apart. He was so proud and then she felt proud that he was proud of her. It was adorable!
Ok, so now I really want to talk about Li Min! This girl was such an awesome character! She was so badass. I have not read a book with a character like her in a very long time. She was so important to the story but she was only in some parts, which was probably one of the most annoying parts of the book. she was so brave and helped so many people at once, not even taking a moment to think about what it might do to herself. Li Min was such a well thought of character and I would love to read more about her. In the book, we learn just a little bit about her background, but I really want to know her story and how she found the Thorns and everything.
I also loved Nicholas. He was so awesome. I practically wanted to date him myself (but I could never do that to Etta). He was so caring and I adore how much his heart was set on finding Etta even if it meant risking his own. Their relationship was so pure and all of Nick's actions for Etta always made my heart swell. Their relationship is the type of relationship I want every single YA book to have. I would also love to know how their lives turned out! Wafarer ended on such a cliffhanger that it annoys me that I don't have more of them. I need a novella for the ASAP!
The last character I want to talk about is Sophia, loved her so much. I adored how petty and funny she was! She did not give three shits about what she was saying.
This book had so many badass female characters and they each have the personality of heroines that many YA books are missing!
Phenomenal job to Alex for getting me to shed tears because the duology ended. :(
I would totally recommend this book to anyone who loves historical fiction and really wants to not have just one set time in a book. If someone is looking for a book for the great description and because they really would like to travel, then Passenger and Wayfarer are the perfect books. Each place visited by the characters is described so well that it feels like Alex went back in time and traveled to all of these different places, picking out every single detail about the places.
Like in the first book I wasn't able to connect with the characters or the story. It was very meh for me. I liked the historical aspects to it.
Dopo l’incidente a Damasco, Etta e Nicholas sono ora separati, tuttavia la loro missione è rimasta la stessa, anzi la sua importanza è accresciuta. Con l’aiuto di personaggi che nel primo volume erano stati solo accennati, i due, lontani eppure in un certo senso vicini, proseguiranno nel cammino e affronteranno numerosi viaggi nel tempo che li porteranno inevitabilmente a fare i conti con il peso delle rivelazioni, pronte a mettere tutto in discussione.
Sono essenzialmente due gli elementi cardini del romanzo: “la separazione” e “l’avventura”.
Etta e Nicholas, per forza di cose, si trovano a dover agire soli, o comunque al fianco di personaggi con i quali non avrebbero mai potuto immaginare d’incontrarsi. È proprio in questa lontananza forzata che emerge ancor di più l’indole di ognuno. Etta in particolare, messo da parte lo sconcerto che la caratterizzava nel primo volume, mostra una determinazione e un coraggio eccezionali. Pur di arrivare alla verità non esita a correre rischi, a fronteggiare nemici più grandi di lei. Nonostante il peso delle rivelazioni sia a volte un fardello troppo pesante da portare, riesce a mettere da parte le questioni personali e i sentimenti per avere la mente lucida così da poter portare a termine lo scopo della sua esistenza.
Nicholas, invece, soprattutto in alcuni momenti narrativi, mostra la sua debolezza, commette spesso errori, si lascia travolgere più dall’aspetto umano che da quello pratico, ma anch’egli nei momenti di massima tensione dimostra di essere un uomo coraggioso pronto a battersi per il bene del prossimo.
Per quanto riguarda i viaggi temporali, rispetto al primo volume, sono decisamente più numerosi e seguono in parallelo le vicende di Etta e Nicholas per cui capita che nell’arco di un certo numero di pagine si affrontino diversi viaggi per questo motivo la lettura richiede un’attenzione e una concentrazione costanti per non perdersi nei meandri degli spazi temporali. Non ho apprezzato lo stile della scrittrice e non ha saputo tenermi incollata alle pagine, a fior di pelle non ho sentito nulla. Leggevo per inerzia e questo mi è dispiaciuto molto. Mi dispiace ma è una duologia che non consiglio.
Sono essenzialmente due gli elementi cardini del romanzo: “la separazione” e “l’avventura”.
Etta e Nicholas, per forza di cose, si trovano a dover agire soli, o comunque al fianco di personaggi con i quali non avrebbero mai potuto immaginare d’incontrarsi. È proprio in questa lontananza forzata che emerge ancor di più l’indole di ognuno. Etta in particolare, messo da parte lo sconcerto che la caratterizzava nel primo volume, mostra una determinazione e un coraggio eccezionali. Pur di arrivare alla verità non esita a correre rischi, a fronteggiare nemici più grandi di lei. Nonostante il peso delle rivelazioni sia a volte un fardello troppo pesante da portare, riesce a mettere da parte le questioni personali e i sentimenti per avere la mente lucida così da poter portare a termine lo scopo della sua esistenza.
Nicholas, invece, soprattutto in alcuni momenti narrativi, mostra la sua debolezza, commette spesso errori, si lascia travolgere più dall’aspetto umano che da quello pratico, ma anch’egli nei momenti di massima tensione dimostra di essere un uomo coraggioso pronto a battersi per il bene del prossimo.
Per quanto riguarda i viaggi temporali, rispetto al primo volume, sono decisamente più numerosi e seguono in parallelo le vicende di Etta e Nicholas per cui capita che nell’arco di un certo numero di pagine si affrontino diversi viaggi per questo motivo la lettura richiede un’attenzione e una concentrazione costanti per non perdersi nei meandri degli spazi temporali. Non ho apprezzato lo stile della scrittrice e non ha saputo tenermi incollata alle pagine, a fior di pelle non ho sentito nulla. Leggevo per inerzia e questo mi è dispiaciuto molto. Mi dispiace ma è una duologia che non consiglio.
In March of this year I posted a review of Passenger, which you can find here, and I found Wayfarer to be quite similar. I will start this review by saying that I gave it 4/5 stars, and that I did overall really enjoy it. However, this book did struggle from the overly slow pacing that was present in the first book.
I do absolutely adore Etta and Nicholas, and the plot points were so interesting and are what kept me reading, along with the great characters. I was constantly really annoyed by Etta’s parents as they kept so much from her and weren’t much help overall (this is a compliment, as I feel that Alexandra Bracken intended to write them both this way). Li Min is such a great character and I loved her interactions with Sophie and the LGBT aspects incorporated. I also liked that the only special point of the LGBT relationship was that one character was married to a man due to the constraints of the time that she lived in.
There are many different groups of people, and their personal stories are well developed, to just the right point where you know enough but not too much. There is one specific scene where these groups have congregated, and I greatly enjoyed this and the interactions that were then had.
However, sadly again this book suffered from really slow pacing. As it’s such a large book, it makes it feel even slower and also intimidating to the reader. It’s such a pity as everything else about this duology is great and I get so absorbed into the world. I just wish it wasn’t so… lethargic?
I loved the time zones that we jumped through within this book, and the various different plot points with different characters. It’s such a fun story and I would still read more in the world, so I’m hoping that Alexandra Bracken will release a novella or a collection of short stories (these also may then be faster paced due to their shortness which would be perfect!).
Overall, I really good book and duology that just didn’t quite hit the mark. However, I still do love the world and the characters within it. Maybe give Passenger a go and borrow it from the library?
Have you read this duology? Do you agree or disagree with my views? Let me know in the comments!
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I do absolutely adore Etta and Nicholas, and the plot points were so interesting and are what kept me reading, along with the great characters. I was constantly really annoyed by Etta’s parents as they kept so much from her and weren’t much help overall (this is a compliment, as I feel that Alexandra Bracken intended to write them both this way). Li Min is such a great character and I loved her interactions with Sophie and the LGBT aspects incorporated. I also liked that the only special point of the LGBT relationship was that one character was married to a man due to the constraints of the time that she lived in.
There are many different groups of people, and their personal stories are well developed, to just the right point where you know enough but not too much. There is one specific scene where these groups have congregated, and I greatly enjoyed this and the interactions that were then had.
However, sadly again this book suffered from really slow pacing. As it’s such a large book, it makes it feel even slower and also intimidating to the reader. It’s such a pity as everything else about this duology is great and I get so absorbed into the world. I just wish it wasn’t so… lethargic?
I loved the time zones that we jumped through within this book, and the various different plot points with different characters. It’s such a fun story and I would still read more in the world, so I’m hoping that Alexandra Bracken will release a novella or a collection of short stories (these also may then be faster paced due to their shortness which would be perfect!).
Overall, I really good book and duology that just didn’t quite hit the mark. However, I still do love the world and the characters within it. Maybe give Passenger a go and borrow it from the library?
Have you read this duology? Do you agree or disagree with my views? Let me know in the comments!
From my blog: autumnofpellinor.wordpress.com
wow. WOW. woah. w o w.
this book was even better than that last one, which isn't something easy to beat. i feel like truck ran over me, reversed (also over me) and then sped up and ran me over a second time.
wowwww
this book was even better than that last one, which isn't something easy to beat. i feel like truck ran over me, reversed (also over me) and then sped up and ran me over a second time.
wowwww
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Definitely enjoyed the first one better, which is kind of a shame? That said, I don't know if I would do anything differently or could see the characters doing anything differently. There's just something about this one that's a different flavor. I think it's because the main characters from the first are separated in this second one, so the dynamics are different, and they should be. So I don't know if I can really fault the book, the author, anyone or anything. I just enjoyed the first one more. I recommend reading this one, but I don't think it's a necessity. Reading Passenger and Passenger alone is fine.
I don't have enough words or the right words to thank Alexandra Bracken for her goodness in Passenger and now Wayfarer, but I hope it becomes something all people read. I promise, it is that good, that important.
Since I don't have the words, I'll leave you with some of hers:
Etta to Carter: There is nothing more natural than families. You haven't seen what I have. These are people who love and need one another.
Nicholas's inner monologue: How short a person's life was, but how very many times they were asked to die inside.
Henry to Etta: We cannot possess the things and people not meant for us, we cannot control every outcome; we cannot cheat death.
A man made his own future. He chipped it from whatever hardships insinuated themselves into his life; he carved out the happy, glad moments to capture his gratitude for them. It came from the simple magic of merely living. Of surviving. Seeking.
Nicholas's inner monologue: That was a family of sorts, wasn't it? Perhaps not the most graceful example, but it bore all the necessary ingredients of one: care, concern, friendship, guidance, love.
Nicholas to Etta: Or we might be something beyond you and I, and be done with this business of names once and for all, for they have never once had a true bearing on who we are or who we intend to be.
Since I don't have the words, I'll leave you with some of hers:
Etta to Carter: There is nothing more natural than families. You haven't seen what I have. These are people who love and need one another.
Nicholas's inner monologue: How short a person's life was, but how very many times they were asked to die inside.
Henry to Etta: We cannot possess the things and people not meant for us, we cannot control every outcome; we cannot cheat death.
A man made his own future. He chipped it from whatever hardships insinuated themselves into his life; he carved out the happy, glad moments to capture his gratitude for them. It came from the simple magic of merely living. Of surviving. Seeking.
Nicholas's inner monologue: That was a family of sorts, wasn't it? Perhaps not the most graceful example, but it bore all the necessary ingredients of one: care, concern, friendship, guidance, love.
Nicholas to Etta: Or we might be something beyond you and I, and be done with this business of names once and for all, for they have never once had a true bearing on who we are or who we intend to be.