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A review by marzipan9
Wayward by Chuck Wendig
4.0
The Sleepwalkers have made it to Ouray and woke up, and now we need to figure out exactly what Black Swan is and what to do about it. And we spend a lot of time getting to know Black Swan and we learn about how it came to be and its motives now that it has "saved" humanity. But...did it save humanity? And how is that affecting Black Swan?
If you enjoyed Wanderers, you'll enjoy this. We get to hang out with most of our favorite characters again. Shana actually has a baby (!) but then Black Swan kidnaps the baby using her sister. So of course now we have to go on a post apocalyptic roadtrip instead of getting our super-human fast growing baby back. I guess in the context of the book and world it makes sense....but this is what happens when men write women characters. Sometimes they get things *really* really wrong.
But I really enjoyed the roadtrip, so I'm glad we got it--I absolutely want to go visit that diner and hang out with Dot and Pete. I liked the exploration of how people would react to a world ending apocalypse, from scavenger to innovator. Algae as plane fuel (and thankful for that algae otherwise we might have been starting down the barrel of a 1k page book lol), jerry-rigged solar cars, large cities that break down into neighborhood like groups that may or may not be at war with each other. It was really well done. Then we get to figure out what is going on with Black Swan, answering most (I think most) of the questions we may have had from Wanderers.
But then we have...that ending. 1600 pages and THAT is the ending we get? A page and then a cheeky "where are they now" ala 80s movies epilogue? I mean, it was nice to see where all of our favorite characters end up, but...I don't know, it just felt like soooooo much build up for very little payoff. Regardless, I really did enjoy this book and found it to be a good sequel to Wanderers. 3.5 stars rounded up.
*I recieved a copy of Wayward from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
If you enjoyed Wanderers, you'll enjoy this. We get to hang out with most of our favorite characters again. Shana actually has a baby (!) but then Black Swan kidnaps the baby using her sister. So of course now we have to go on a post apocalyptic roadtrip instead of getting our super-human fast growing baby back. I guess in the context of the book and world it makes sense....but this is what happens when men write women characters. Sometimes they get things *really* really wrong.
But I really enjoyed the roadtrip, so I'm glad we got it--I absolutely want to go visit that diner and hang out with Dot and Pete. I liked the exploration of how people would react to a world ending apocalypse, from scavenger to innovator. Algae as plane fuel (and thankful for that algae otherwise we might have been starting down the barrel of a 1k page book lol), jerry-rigged solar cars, large cities that break down into neighborhood like groups that may or may not be at war with each other. It was really well done. Then we get to figure out what is going on with Black Swan, answering most (I think most) of the questions we may have had from Wanderers.
But then we have...that ending. 1600 pages and THAT is the ending we get? A page and then a cheeky "where are they now" ala 80s movies epilogue? I mean, it was nice to see where all of our favorite characters end up, but...I don't know, it just felt like soooooo much build up for very little payoff. Regardless, I really did enjoy this book and found it to be a good sequel to Wanderers. 3.5 stars rounded up.
*I recieved a copy of Wayward from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review