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A review by lfthoman
Wayward by Chuck Wendig
5.0
Starting off Year 4 of a global pandemic by reading a 1600-page duology about a global pandemic was perhaps not the most well-considered choice I've ever made, but I'm glad I made it. WAYWARD (and the first book, WANDERERS) absolutely blew me away. I loved all the characters I was meant to love, and hated all the characters I was meant to hate. I was more emotionally invested in them than I've been in any book characters for a long time, which meant that I actually got misty at a few points in WAYWARD when things were going poorly for them. But even then, I couldn't stop hoovering up this story, because even the bad moments felt well earned and perfectly appropriate.
I've read a lot of sequels that faltered in light of the original, but WAYWARD lands the plane with confidence and style. Maybe even pops a wheelie on the runway.
WANDERERS sucked me in on page one, and WAYWARD didn't let me go until the final sentence of the Afterword. Just masterful storytelling on every level, the kind of writing that inspires me to dream big, and energizes me to create.
I've read a lot of sequels that faltered in light of the original, but WAYWARD lands the plane with confidence and style. Maybe even pops a wheelie on the runway.
WANDERERS sucked me in on page one, and WAYWARD didn't let me go until the final sentence of the Afterword. Just masterful storytelling on every level, the kind of writing that inspires me to dream big, and energizes me to create.