Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Wayward by Chuck Wendig

3 reviews

thecrimsoncorsair's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

As much as I loved both Wayward and Wanderers as a whole, Chuck Wendig has never run across a simile or metaphor that he did not want to use. All of the flowery, descriptive, and unnecessary language really bogged both books down. Also the repeated use of the same word like canoodle and others drove me absolutely nuts. 

The man equally needs to open and close a thesaurus. 

But despite my criticisms, I really did love these books. I absolutely loved the characters, except the bad ones, lol. And the plot was weird and strange in a way which made it hard to put down. Despite the length, I was invested in these stories. I needed to know how it was going to all end. So, for me at least, I consider that a sign of a damn good book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

killerpancake's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

GUMBALL FOREVER!!! 

Ok now seriously… I struggled at the beginning of this one. I loved Wanderers and think I jumped back into the world too quickly. So after about 6ish months I was ready to go back, picking up where I’d left off at 20%. So incredibly worth it.

This book starts slow but once I understood why I was back I was all in. Wendig brings people back without it seeming weird, introduces new people that I was fascinated by and took me on a journey I couldn’t have expected. 

Damn… I have this on my list of books to annotate one day. Now that I know how it concludes I want to see how the journey weaves itself together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

goodolmc's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War