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Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
5.0
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I don't write reviews very often, as you will see if you check out my Goodreads profile. But every now and then, I am driven to do so because a book or a movie or a TV show hits me in the feels. Wanderers did that. And it did that over the course of 800 pages, which, much as the time and effort I am sure it took to write the doorstop (figuratively), is no easy feat. I think Wendig's Wanderers (nice alliteration!) stands toe-to-toe with King's The Stand and McCammon's Swan Song for sure, but where it stood out for me was the "humanity" of it. There was no supernatural flavor (although I guess arguments could be made about the definition of that word) - the situation that occurs in the book, scarily, does not require too much of a suspension of disbelief. I bought this book in late December 2019, never imagining the world that would emerge just around the corner. Also not knowing what kind of book it was - it was written by Chuck Wendig and that was all I needed to know - I am a fan for life so I would have bought it anyway. When I started reading it on 25 April 2020, I was for-real creeped out at the type of book it was. It was okay though as I find that when I am struggling with something, I tend to lean into it, so the subject-matter was right up my proverbial alley. The fact that I read the book in 2 weeks speaks volumes because that is normally how long it takes me to read a 300-page book. What I'm saying is that it is a really good book, with engaging and oh-so-flawed characters, and the story takes its time in all the right ways, in all the right places. Well done, Mr. Wendig.
I don't write reviews very often, as you will see if you check out my Goodreads profile. But every now and then, I am driven to do so because a book or a movie or a TV show hits me in the feels. Wanderers did that. And it did that over the course of 800 pages, which, much as the time and effort I am sure it took to write the doorstop (figuratively), is no easy feat. I think Wendig's Wanderers (nice alliteration!) stands toe-to-toe with King's The Stand and McCammon's Swan Song for sure, but where it stood out for me was the "humanity" of it. There was no supernatural flavor (although I guess arguments could be made about the definition of that word) - the situation that occurs in the book, scarily, does not require too much of a suspension of disbelief. I bought this book in late December 2019, never imagining the world that would emerge just around the corner. Also not knowing what kind of book it was - it was written by Chuck Wendig and that was all I needed to know - I am a fan for life so I would have bought it anyway. When I started reading it on 25 April 2020, I was for-real creeped out at the type of book it was. It was okay though as I find that when I am struggling with something, I tend to lean into it, so the subject-matter was right up my proverbial alley. The fact that I read the book in 2 weeks speaks volumes because that is normally how long it takes me to read a 300-page book. What I'm saying is that it is a really good book, with engaging and oh-so-flawed characters, and the story takes its time in all the right ways, in all the right places. Well done, Mr. Wendig.