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A review by lbarsk
Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell
3.0
A 3.5 really. There are things that are compelling here — I want Simon and Baz to get together FOR REAL ONCE AND FOR ALL! I want Penny to grow! Agatha in general, after her feeling so out of place and under-thought in Carry On! — and once I got into it it was a very quick read, since I wanted to keep going.
But as with Carry On, things just still feel under-developed in a bunch of places, and it was harder to ignore in this book without the trappings of Watford and a magical universe to build. I liked Rowell’s envisioning of a magical America being super disparate and scattered, and as ever I like the way magic functions through regional sayings; I also really liked the introduction of Shep.
All in all of course I’ll read the third book when it’s out, as I want to see how it all ends. But it’s still a 3.5 from me because at the end of the day I didn’t feel... particularly affected by it, if that makes sense.
But as with Carry On, things just still feel under-developed in a bunch of places, and it was harder to ignore in this book without the trappings of Watford and a magical universe to build. I liked Rowell’s envisioning of a magical America being super disparate and scattered, and as ever I like the way magic functions through regional sayings; I also really liked the introduction of Shep.
All in all of course I’ll read the third book when it’s out, as I want to see how it all ends. But it’s still a 3.5 from me because at the end of the day I didn’t feel... particularly affected by it, if that makes sense.