Reviews

Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell

vanamo_sys's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

2.5

Otherwise really good book but i really really didn't like Simon's fantasy racism. The way he talks in his POV was really off putting.

omegageek's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

thrunowandthen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

batmanbussy's review against another edition

4.0

3.5/5

fun! good handling of mental health and relationship issues.

i love these characters <3

natalie_is_reading's review against another edition

4.0

It was okay!! Quite decent!! Did not ruin my favorite book! I was warned it wasn’t great but you know what I liked it! Plot was ~interesting~ and no one knows how to communicate with each other but they were still the characters I know and love. Didn’t do anything crazy to my perception of everything which was my main thing. I’ve heard the third is quite good and brings it all together, so let’s go!

wieso_auch_immer's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-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

4.0

eringow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

pommcaramel_'s review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

I'm a bit... disappointed. For me, this sequel began strong. I love when stories explore what happens after the characters get together. How do they grow together? Are they good for each other? How do they manage hardships? How do they make up after arguments? And I thought that this book would developed around this because there are so many things going bad between Simon and Baz. And those conflicts are realistic: Simon is handling trauma and is depressed because he basically lost all of what he was used to, and Baz doesn't know how to act with all of it and is desperately in love, and Simon thinks he would be better off without him... It sounds sooooo promising for the characters' development! Unfortunately, it fall flat once they arrive in America and all of their adventures happen. The different traps and fights and the all trip feel unorganic and I wasn't that invested. But the last third of the book was definitely better! 
In the end, I'm looking forward to the last book to see if the relationships evolve in the right direction (I really really reallyyyyy hope so)


Agatha is amazing, she is the light in this adventure, I love her. 

kivt's review against another edition

3.0

read it in one sitting. i'd been nervous about whether it'd be good because the overall summary didn't sound especially appealing, but i was totally sold a chapter in. it was a ton of fun and also full of difficult emotions, which is the hole that was made for me. about 3/4ths of the way in i started to wonder how Rowell was going to tie everything up, but i didn't realize it was going to be a cliffhanger until the last god damn page. god damnit. god damnit!

emselilly's review against another edition

3.0

Yikes I have really outgrown this series sadly