Wayward
Ratings204
Average rating4
If the first book was Twin Peaks, this one was more the Walking Dead meets the Purge. I preferred the eerie mystery of the first, but it was alright.
a lot slower than the first. slightly underwhelming but only because the first was so. good. got better towards the end.
The second part of the trilogy seemed to be a bit slower and somewhat repetitive at times, with a murder being the only interesting addition to the dynamic in play from the first novel (which also comes in a little late in the unfolding). And with that, it also gets lost in rehashing some story threads that don't move forward or widen the scope - a little too much ‘more of the same'. The reveal on what has actually happened is somewhat surprising and satisfying, but it isn't until the last few pages that the story seems to move forward and then you are left with a clear, deliberate cliffhanger.
Tooooo good! The first half was a little slow, but oh boi oh boi, kya crazy build up till the end. For the first time I was aware of my reading speed increasing as I turned the pages.
Like always with Blake bhaiya, movie chalti hai mere dimaag mein!
Just straight plowed through this. I think I'm starting to get why Blake Crouch is so popular.
Definitely not the best, or deepest, or smartest, or anything-est book I've read this year, but there's something to be said about how incredibly readable these books are. Just pure popcorn entertainment.
I still really dislike Ethan as a protagonist though. Mentioned this in my review of the first one, but I can't stand his weird fetishization of violence. His internal reaction to everything and everyone upsetting him is to fantasize about throwing tantrums and breaking things and hurting people. If this trait was framed as a character flaw that he's aware of and actively suppressing I'd say he was a great three-dimensional character. Instead it's framed in this weird macho sort of way where I feel like the book is saying like “Hey look how cool Ethan is because he wants to punch people, isn't he so tough?”. It just feels kinda petulant and childish.
Either way though, I've got book 3 on hold at the library to pick up this weekend and am in the hugely long waitlist line for his 2 most recent novels (#36 in line for Upgrade and #10 for Recursion), so I'd say I guess I'm now a fan?
This book is so macho, so manly, you can practically hear its muscles rippling. Not such a bad thing in itself, but it is accompanied by a noticeable layer of misogyny (Pam was simply painful). Also, the lack of diversity didn't bother me at first, because in this particular setting it actually made sense. But the fact it was never addressed or discussed was disturbing. I can get behind Pilcher being - on top of a murderer and a psychopath - also a raging racist, but the fact that no character took any notice of the total whiteness of the chosen residents makes me suspect that this was the author's choice rather than the antagonist's.
That's a shame, really, because somewhere under the flimsy characters, plot holes and unbelievable premise, there are some genuinely intriguing ideas.
Still gonna read the third part D:
omg omg omg.... it should be illegal to end a book that way!!? I cannot believe what I just read! Without question I'll be reading the final installment! Holy crap...
Hopla, deel twee van de trilogie. Ik heb niet zo enorm veel tijd, maar toch heb ik dit op een dag achter de kiezen gekregen.
Ethan Burke weet nu dus wat het geheim achter Wayward Pines is en wie er achter de schermen de touwtjes in handen heeft, en hij werkt er actief mee mee.
En dan wordt iemand van de achter de schermen-mensen gruwelijk vermoord, is een mogelijke ondergrondse groep in het dorp verdacht, en trekt Burke op onderzoek.
“En niets is wat het op het eerste gezicht lijkt”, of zo.
Wayward is denk ik beter dan Pines. Geen literatuur, zeer verre van, maar perfekt voor op het plankier te lezen op een mooie zomerdag. Op naar deel drie!
‘Wayward” is the excellent sequel to “Pines”. This is a real page turner that I found hard to put down. Sadly, it ended on a cliffhanger, but book 3 is due out in July. Hopefully it will be worth the wait.
