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Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

9 reviews

vhgunter's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Racism, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Antisemitism, Alcohol, and Pedophilia

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

jesticulate's review against another edition

dark mysterious

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Ableism, Blood, Death, Homophobia, Racism, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Rape

I found the beginning of this book excellent and really compelling. In the middle, I was deeply upset because there are no trigger warnings and I ended up hearing (audiobook version) a very graphic rape scene before I was able to turn off the audio. And the end of the book went on too long. Definitely not Chucks best work. But i still really liked the beginning…

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

mnc84's review

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wonderful end-of-world read. I was  curious how it would end from beginning to end and with a decent cast of characters you get to see the whole perspective. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident, Dementia, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Medical content

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, and Death

sydbap's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment

rely's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved the plot. I liked mist if the characters but Shana drove me nuts. She took me out of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Violence, War, Antisemitism, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Classism, Cursing, Misogyny, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

emviolet's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-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

3.5

This is a very dark book, worsened by the fact that we are living in a global pandemic. It took me a long time to read it for many reasons; length, content, depth of information. This is not going to be for everyone, and it does have very Stephen King vibes in terms of storytelling and length. That being said, I do think it’s a pretty good book. There is a lot of attention to science, detail, and development of plot and character. It’s scary, not in a spooky way but in a “this could really happen” way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Racism, Rape, Gun violence, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Violence, Torture, and Homophobia

gwimo's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Murder, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexism, Homophobia, Drug abuse, Dementia, Death of parent, Rape, Racism, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Violence, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Self harm, Pregnancy, Outing, and Gun violence