Wayward

A Novel

English language

Published Feb. 10, 2022 by Random House Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-0-593-15877-7
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4 stars (5 reviews)

5 editions

Not the Sequel I Hoped For

3 stars

I’ll keep it short. Where the first book was linear and had a strong “hero’s journey” focus that I loved, Wayward just meanders and lacks any real focus at all. I was excited to finally read this one, but the story was disappointing and the finale fizzled.

It was interesting to read the afterward, where Wendig discusses how Wanderers was written before the 2020 pandemic (which surprised me) and how Wayward was written during the height of the pandemic. That gave the book another half star in my rating.

Review of 'Wayward' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Cuando leí Wanderers, me pareció una genialidad. En parte por el momento en que se publicó, anticipándose a todos los hechos que tuvieron lugar en 2020, pero también porque la novela nos habla de miedos muy reales y de cómo el mundo reacciona ante ellos. Tenía muchas ganas de leer Wayward, pero también tenía un poco de miedo de que me decepcionara. Debo decir que no solo no me ha decepcionado, sino que me ha parecido otra genialidad.

Está claro que es la segunda parte de una serie y que es necesario empezar por el primer libro para enter el segundo. Sin embargo, no es más de lo mismo. Expande la trama iniciada en la primera novela en una nueva dirección que sigue siendo totalmente pertinente en el momento que estamos viviendo y, al mismo tiempo, la lectura te atrapa y no te suelta hasta que descubres …

Review of 'Wayward' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

2 stars as this was a did not finish at around 30pc. Strange, because I really enjoyed the first book in this series but I bounced off this one hard.
I usually feel compelled to wax lyrical in defense of books I don't finish but to be honest, with this one, I just wasn't enjoying it. I had a feeling it was going to get somewhere interesting but I just wasn't interested in the journey to get there.
Sorry Chuck, cannot recommend.

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3 stars