A review by opalinebeing
The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig

adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I settled on 3 stars for this one for a few reasons: the pacing of the first half was off so it felt like the story was dragging by, a lot of the characters had the same speech patterns/used similar colloquialisms so at times they felt indistinguishable/flat, sometimes parts of the dialogue/the characters actions were odd enough to be distracting, and while the overall tone was “let’s fix the world” there were some uncomfortable passages where I felt like the authors own biases against certain people came through (nothing racist, just really pretentious). Still, it was ultimately a fun read, I got really invested in the story during the second half, and I’d be interested in seeing this adapted for the screen as a tv show (way too long for a movie, limited series would be perfect). 
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