1.44k reviews for:

The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

Sarah Brooks

3.75 AVERAGE

asgoodaswon's review against another edition

1.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

volmorta's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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very interesting read

minahuus's review against another edition

3.0

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Loved the promise and the setting, First novel writing feel, gets better on last 1/4

maybetara's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious 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

max_reading's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark 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: No

sam_thelibrarian's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Great fun, energetically written, with a colourful cast of characters (not all of them fully developed, however). Plenty of weirdness and mystery. For me, it still felt a bit lightweight even at 370 pages - perhaps a case of trying to fit too many themes together. A final caveat: if you’re a fan of established Weird writers like VanderMeer and Miéville, this might feel a bit derivative. 

ehperl's review against another edition

4.0

challenging mysterious medium-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

summerfjord's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

johnmarkday's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

tuffin's review against another edition

1.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A