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Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.5
Wanderers 🚶🏽🚶🏼♂️🚶🏽♀️
Genre: Science Fiction
Trope: Dystopian
Format: 🎧
Audiobook Narration: ☆☆☆☆☆
Pub Date: 7.2.2019
Star Rating: ☆☆☆.5
Let me start by saying that when I ordered this book, I didn’t look at how many pages it was. When it arrived, I thought, ‘Oh dear, what have I gotten myself into?’ because Wanderers is 845 pages!! So, instead of reading, I decided to listen to the 35-hour audiobook __ If you haven’t had a chance to read Wanderers yet, I highly recommend it as it kept me entertained and motivated to stay busy with projects.
I was fully invested in the story from the start - I’ve always loved dystopian books/shows (even if they make me incredibly anxious). Still, Wanderers was even more interesting as the author gave us scientific background on other outbreaks. At one point, I had to stop to see when the book was published (2019) because it was so eerily familiar to the start of the pandemic we’re just coming out of. Truthfully, I’m blown away by the amount of research the author, Chuck Wendig, had to do before writing this.
At some point in the book, the story takes a more graphic turn (please be aware that there are many triggers throughout the book). This graphic turn seemed more in place with the author’s other book I’ve read (Book of Accidents - horror). While I was still invested in the story and characters, I had to skip entire sections as they became too much.
Overall, The Wanderers is perfect for the dystopian book lovers. I will eventually read the next book in this saga, Wayward.
Genre: Science Fiction
Trope: Dystopian
Format: 🎧
Audiobook Narration: ☆☆☆☆☆
Pub Date: 7.2.2019
Star Rating: ☆☆☆.5
Let me start by saying that when I ordered this book, I didn’t look at how many pages it was. When it arrived, I thought, ‘Oh dear, what have I gotten myself into?’ because Wanderers is 845 pages!! So, instead of reading, I decided to listen to the 35-hour audiobook __ If you haven’t had a chance to read Wanderers yet, I highly recommend it as it kept me entertained and motivated to stay busy with projects.
I was fully invested in the story from the start - I’ve always loved dystopian books/shows (even if they make me incredibly anxious). Still, Wanderers was even more interesting as the author gave us scientific background on other outbreaks. At one point, I had to stop to see when the book was published (2019) because it was so eerily familiar to the start of the pandemic we’re just coming out of. Truthfully, I’m blown away by the amount of research the author, Chuck Wendig, had to do before writing this.
At some point in the book, the story takes a more graphic turn (please be aware that there are many triggers throughout the book). This graphic turn seemed more in place with the author’s other book I’ve read (Book of Accidents - horror). While I was still invested in the story and characters, I had to skip entire sections as they became too much.
Overall, The Wanderers is perfect for the dystopian book lovers. I will eventually read the next book in this saga, Wayward.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Religious bigotry, Pandemic/Epidemic, Torture, and Sexual violence