Reviews - The Book of Accidents

2.22k reviews for:

The Book of Accidents

Chuck Wendig

3.76 AVERAGE

lclc4242's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

crisz's review against another edition

5.0

What an enjoyable read!

ristretto_and_romance's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious 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

ginkgotree's review against another edition

A big, sloppy cheeseburger of a book. A page-turner with lots to say, sometimes clunkily. Likeable characters, interesting premise. Would it have been scarier if it were tighter? Perhaps. Maximally scary isn't necessarily the goal though. This was pretty fun.

katep27's review against another edition

DNF

I was SO excited for this one, but I just don't think I vibe with Wendig's writing. This is the second book by him that I've read about a hundred pages of and I just couldn't get into. His premises are very interesting but execution just simply isn't good. I find that his story start very very fast, with hardly any build up to them, but then are extremely long books. His characters and plots are very underdeveloped, the dialogue is very stunted and unrealistic, and overall his writing just seems mediocre. Which really is a letdown because again this book and some of his others sound absolutely incredible, but the way he writes them is very subpar.