A review by narzibenoucdel
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.75

Smart and nicely paced with well-earned twists and revelations. Character writing felt a bit lacking for my personal taste, but it was still difficult to put down the book despite it being 800 pages; it certainly didn't feel that long since the prose was accessible given the genre and themes. It is an extremely contemporary American novel ripe with many references and an inherent leftist anxiety, but as someone who agrees with the author's (presumed) ideology, the big bad villains felt more prescient than caricature. Certain aspects surrounding the political themes in the novel felt on-the-nose, but the rest of the book's strengths outweighed any minor hiccup in this regard.
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