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A review by alibrareads
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
This was a good book, but it was also too long in my opinion (at the moment it is the longest audiobook I’ve ever listened to at just over 32 hours). In terms of the narration, neither of them can do British accents to save their life, and I found Xe Sands’s frequent vocal fry to be abrasive.
There were moments that were truly horrific and graphic and made me actually start to feel sick, a lot of really depressing imagery, and this was really not a fun or hopeful type of book (not that I expected it to be). It was fascinating at times, but other times there just seemed to be details and details and asides and asides that could have been edited down.
Several of the characters are most certainly meant to be unlikeable, and I’m not sure if Shana was meant to be one of them but I found her to be SO annoying and bratty. I didn’t care much for what was going on with the rock star whose name I’ve already forgotten, Matthew and Benji’s POVs started to get more intense and interesting as the story went on, and while I didn’t like Shana I was interested in the flock.
The human baddies were gun-obsessed, racist, rural Republican caricatures that definitely seem to reflect the author’s own personal political views, in case that’s something that might deter you from reading (or maybe encourage you to).
The ending was pretty ominous and does make me interested in how things ultimately end… But this book was SO long, and I didn’t LOVE it, so I’m not sure if it’s worth putting myself through an even longer sequel.
YouTube review: https://youtu.be/m4HwdMl31rk
There were moments that were truly horrific and graphic and made me actually start to feel sick, a lot of really depressing imagery, and this was really not a fun or hopeful type of book (not that I expected it to be). It was fascinating at times, but other times there just seemed to be details and details and asides and asides that could have been edited down.
Several of the characters are most certainly meant to be unlikeable, and I’m not sure if Shana was meant to be one of them but I found her to be SO annoying and bratty. I didn’t care much for what was going on with the rock star whose name I’ve already forgotten, Matthew and Benji’s POVs started to get more intense and interesting as the story went on, and while I didn’t like Shana I was interested in the flock.
The human baddies were gun-obsessed, racist, rural Republican caricatures that definitely seem to reflect the author’s own personal political views, in case that’s something that might deter you from reading (or maybe encourage you to).
The ending was pretty ominous and does make me interested in how things ultimately end… But this book was SO long, and I didn’t LOVE it, so I’m not sure if it’s worth putting myself through an even longer sequel.
YouTube review: https://youtu.be/m4HwdMl31rk
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture and Blood