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A review by pagesplotsandpints
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
3.25
Read Completed 2/21/25 | 3.25 stars | Book #19 of 2025
I was nervous and excited to pick up BLACKTOP WASTELAND after so many glowing reviews! It was a good read, but I never really quite got into it the way that I had hoped. This reads a bit more literary fiction and less niche genre than I usually read, and while I expected it, I still just didn't click with it as much as I had hoped.
I really liked the characters, and Beauregard was a great main character, and yet, I still wanted to get to know him even deeper. As something that leaned more literary than thriller, I just wanted even more character development from everyone. I think the audiobook narrator's performance had a bit to do with why I didn't feel as much for this as I wanted to. I really loved his voice but the performance was a little flat, and I think maybe a bit more from the narration would have really amped up the action and suspense.
The plot was a little hit or miss for me too. This had a touch of The Fast and the Furious with Bug being the wheelman on these jobs and some drag racing (I was not into cars at all but that was one of my favorite movies as a teen lol), and I enjoyed all of the heart-pounding action scenes. I'm all for character-driven books and have been known to enjoy many of them, but there was just something I was missing here in some way. Sometimes that happens! I can really love a character-driven book and it's a new favorite because I love them so much, but when I don't quite click in, it just gets lost on me a little.
I'm really glad I read this and even though it wasn't a new smash hit for me, it was a good read! I just didn't quite end up loving it the way that I had hoped.
I was nervous and excited to pick up BLACKTOP WASTELAND after so many glowing reviews! It was a good read, but I never really quite got into it the way that I had hoped. This reads a bit more literary fiction and less niche genre than I usually read, and while I expected it, I still just didn't click with it as much as I had hoped.
I really liked the characters, and Beauregard was a great main character, and yet, I still wanted to get to know him even deeper. As something that leaned more literary than thriller, I just wanted even more character development from everyone. I think the audiobook narrator's performance had a bit to do with why I didn't feel as much for this as I wanted to. I really loved his voice but the performance was a little flat, and I think maybe a bit more from the narration would have really amped up the action and suspense.
The plot was a little hit or miss for me too. This had a touch of The Fast and the Furious with Bug being the wheelman on these jobs and some drag racing (I was not into cars at all but that was one of my favorite movies as a teen lol), and I enjoyed all of the heart-pounding action scenes. I'm all for character-driven books and have been known to enjoy many of them, but there was just something I was missing here in some way. Sometimes that happens! I can really love a character-driven book and it's a new favorite because I love them so much, but when I don't quite click in, it just gets lost on me a little.
I'm really glad I read this and even though it wasn't a new smash hit for me, it was a good read! I just didn't quite end up loving it the way that I had hoped.