Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

25 reviews

leonoor's review

challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-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

What an amazing book. I was captivated by the story from the beginning. You get the point of view of several characters, and Wendig adapted his style of writing to the character he was writing about. Matthew's character arc especially was really interesting. 

The book was written before the Covid pandemic but Wendig predicted pretty well how society reacts to a deadly disease. That made for an extra interesting read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicide

cclara's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Dementia, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

readerrho's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Bullying, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Gore, Rape, Terminal illness, Racial slurs, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Torture

arel2908's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Blood, Chronic illness, Confinement, Grief, Hate crime, Gun violence, Racism, Animal death, Death of parent, and Dementia

othersociologist's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Mental illness and Dementia

marleens's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

I got this book as a gift for Christmas 2019, so right before COVID kicked off. In the years after I didn’t dare read it, as I was avoiding all “pandemicky” books, fearing they would hit too close to home. And now that I’ve finally read it, I’m glad I waited until I felt up for it. Obviously the pandemic in this book gets way worse than COVID ever did, but especially the way people respond to it felt eerily real. 
It’s a chunker and it took me weeks to work my way through, but I loved every step of the way along the plot. Great writing and great characters, and I loved the switching between multiple POVs. Also really liked the bits at the start of the chapters giving little insights into what was being talked about online or in the media. The story end was satisfying to me and could have easily been a standalone, but apparently there is a sequel which I will for sure be reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Body horror, Confinement, Dementia, Rape, Racism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Religious bigotry

amandaklap's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.75

This book felt soooo long, so LONG!  It is a very political book - to the point of propaganda in it’s polarized splitting of humanity.  The storyline was still intriguing, but I’m certain the author could have cut out a third of the book without any loss. It is unlikely I will pick up the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Xenophobia, Murder, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Violence

yruss972's review

dark 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

2.0

Too dark, dystopian, and violent for me.
12 monkeys meets The Walking Dead meets The 100

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, War, Drug abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual violence, Slavery, Vomit, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Medical content, Racism, Hate crime, Abandonment, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Grief, Violence, Death, Rape, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, Torture, Physical abuse, and Racial slurs

talesoftheraven's review

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Rape, Violence, Hate crime, and Death

tvnguyen's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

Very similar to Stephen King "The Stand" but it's about an apocalypse of sleepwalkers and white supremacists. Love love this book and the characters. The writing is super easy to follow and the transition in character POV was done very well. I thought I would get lost in the sauce with this book because it is just as thick as "The Stand," but Wendig kept my interest the entire time.

I did not think that the ending was going to be an AI cult, but I am here for that plot twist. Also the gore description of bodies exploding was easily quite terrifying

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Racism, and Gun violence