Wanderers: A Novel | 
pickIn a world not so different from our own, a mysterious group of unstoppable sleepwalkers along with their family members and a group of scientists, embark on a journey across a post-apocalyptic landscape to discover the cause and a cure. Throw in some Artificial Intelligence, a right wing militia group and a highly infectious and deadly disease, and you‘re in for a gut-busting laugh riot.
Kidding.
This book is dark AF.
so-soI didn‘t really know what to expect of this book, but I didn‘t expect it to be a mirror image of what is currently happening around us. An exaggerated image, but similar nonetheless. The pandemic, climate change, the reality that fear can stir up horrific hatred in the world- all things we see today. But was disappointed how little Shana grew as a character- pretty much ended up the same as she was at the start. But the ending…just awful. Sigh.
pick3.5-4. Finished this audiobook today. It was an enjoyable listen. It was interesting to explore a pandemic that wasn‘t coronavirus. The characters were intriguing and their stories kept me listening. I think I would have liked it less as a physical read.
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"Biology had at its core a keen and singular horror that made all the bogeyman stuff as scary as a preschool playroom. Infectious diseases alone offered a host of terrors for one's fear to endlessly feast upon."
@jimfields3 Thank you so much for the lovely edition of this chunkster!!! I'm excited to give it a whirl!! Happy fall!!
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🎧 Thankfully the Audible sale is over! Bought 9 yesterday & then bought 5 more tonight.
Now I have the entire Revelation Space series!
Wanderers is the only book I‘ve already read.
Mark Lawrence recommended The Grey Bastards, actually a bunch were recommendations from a few different people!
I vaguely remember liking the writing team on The Beam. I hope I wasn‘t wrong 😆
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pickWell, I was right about who the actual villain in this one is: the technology, not the pandemic. It felt a shade too long, and I'm a little peeved that it ends on a cliffhanger that makes it clear there's going to be a sequel. I might've thought twice about reading it if I'd known that going in. Still, overall I'd recommend it.
I was worried it might be too disturbing to read about a pandemic during a pandemic, but it turns out I'm more freaked out by the Black Swan artificial intelligence device.
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This was the longest audiobook I've ever attempted, and it was the perfect distraction while I was in quarantine.
I'm a sucker for dystopian tales, so I might be biased. 😀 Wanderers could stand to be a bit shorter because some sections drag on, but I still loved it. And the ending was one of the best I've read in a long time.
so-soReminds me of a Stephen King novel - interesting premise, lots of characters, much rambling, overly long, has a washed up rock star (and flops the ending). (I like rambling)
so-soI wanted to love this one. And the synopsis led me to think I would. I don't know if it's a matter of it just being way too long (33ish hours on audio), but I kept losing interest. I think the story was inventive. And the characters were likeable (except the hate-able ones). But it just dragged. Took me 40 days to complete. Glad to be moving on to a different audio.
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#littenlisten starts today. I've got Wanderers (the tagged book) going along with Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman. Wanderers is a chunkster at over 30 hours, so I don't know if I will finish it, but I aim to finish Magic Lessons. What are you all listening to, and would you recommend the audio?
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bailedI read the first hundred pages, skipped 75% of the book and read the last hundred pages and still got what happened. Honestly, it didn't need to be so long, what a filler of a book. On to the next.
pickIm not an apocalyptic read fan but my teen boy is. So this was our most recent audiobook. Its a beast. Took us 2 months of car rides to practice to get through. This has everything in it. Man v man, man v nature, man v machine. Great characters. The aging rockstar was our favorite. Mostly believable storyline. Lots of political opinions. Gory violence. Triggers for litterally everything. We liked it though 3.5 to 4 stars.
pickReading this while in a pandemic was either super smart or super dumb. I‘ll go with the former haha.
What a journey Wendig has given the reader here. It‘s decently hefty at 800 pages but it was a very complete story. And while I listened to it, never did it feel bogged down or like it was too long.
It had a bit of an Eagle Eye vibe to me (the movie). And I know it‘s been compared to The Stand (I haven‘t read it).
I think it‘s worth a read.
pickFinished this one for #TomeTopple A great pandemic read, too. I loved it. So glad that the Tome Topple Challenge put this on my front burner.
pickA small number of people suddenly begin walking across the country like zombies. As a CDC team investigates, something else, which may or may not be connected, is afoot. Great apocalypse fiction though may be too hard for those with coronavirus anxiety to read at the moment. I just loved the ending!
pickReview || Wanderers | Chuck Wendig
A mysterious sleepwalking sickness has hit the United States, starting with a young girl. And it seems to be spreading. What it is and how it spreads, no one knows. Terrorists? Disease? Apocalypse? 👇
📷: Audible
bailedI'd had enough when I got to the description of a couch as "ugly as a secret." Probably some of the worst writing I've come across & it needs to lose about 300 pages. I wouldn't be so perturbed if this author didn't dispense writing advice....
What do you do when you're 25% invested in an almost 800 page book & the author's writing style is driving you nuts?
"...the true danger of a brand-new pandemic became clear..."
Ah... Quite frightening book to read when the world is amid a coronovirus outbreak...
pick🎧 Let‘s get the bad out of the way first. Multiple triggers. Violence. Graphic adult scenes ... BUT ... it‘s a cross between Lock In by John Scalzi, The Andromeda Strain & King‘s The Stand so I loved it. A fungus called white mask slowly kills humanity, a computer saves a select few by containing them in a virtual world while they mindlessly sleepwalk across country with loved ones & protectors in tow. And there‘s always the bad guys ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️3/4
pickWow...this book was amazing. Dystopian with a twist of cli-fi. I was rooting for most of the hero‘s of the story. It is a brick of a book,but I enjoyed every page.
pickA bit long, too slow in some parts, this book is so full of imagination it more than makes up for it. When an eerie malaise famously grips a small group of people & an epidemic seizes the rest of the country panic ensues. Right wing crazies form to attack & liberal do gooders place their faith in a super computer to save them. This book will keep you guessing if not, piss off your political sensibilities.
pickMy first book of 2020 is complete, and what a way to start the reading year. This book is fantastic. It has elements similar to The Stand (and Wendig references it) but this story is uniquely its own. I really enjoyed the sci-fi aspect to it, and the pace was that of a thriller. 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for sure!
So excited to start this after picking it up on a Kindle deal yesterday!
pickFans of Stephen King's The Stand should definitely check out this apocalyptic chunkster of a book. When something causes random individuals to sleepwalk in unison, the CDC is called in to investigate. That's only the beginning, as threads converge to trigger disaster. Hypochondriacs should probably stay away, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Good stuff!
panThis was a laborious undertaking. It literally took me 6 weeks to finish this one, which has nothing to do with it's size & everything to do with me not connecting to it. I actually liked the story, it has a well developed plot & though there are a lot of moving parts & perspectives its easy to follow. I just absolutely dreaded reading it. This book has everything I look for as a dystopia/apocalypse fan it just somehow didn't work for me.
bailedI tried to like this. I really did. I wanted 90% more plague tbh, and for its length I just couldn‘t devote another 15ish hours.
Others might enjoy! Not me.
Slipped on my shoes for a quick #audiowalk before work to this book. I still have 20 hours left!
Wearing my book skirt today!
My #audiowalking habit has had to move indoors for the season. Listening to this extremely long (30+ hr) behemoth right now. Should translate to lots of circuits of the track...
pickFans of The Stand or The Passage Trilogy should like this one.
pickEvery now and then you totally hype yourself up for a book and it lives up to every single expectation. This book is 780 pages, but it's good from start to finish. There was no point where it lulled for me or where my eyes glazed over, there was no point where I felt bored. I was fully engaged. I'm in total awe of what Chuck Wendig with the story. I loved this book so much and I have so many thoughts and feelings about it. #wanderers
Yes.
So excited to finally have this one in my queue! Also, if you haven‘t checked out #Librofm I suggest it! Same price as Audible per month, but part of the money goes to the local bookstore of your choice.
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bailedBailing at 35%. I gave it 4 days and 275 pages, but it's taking a realllyyy long time to get anywhere and I just can't imagine slogging through 525 more pages before it's due back to the library. Bummer bc I've heard good things, but maybe just not what I'm in the mood for at the moment? 🤔
Wow this book is 780 pages!! I dont think I have ever read a book this big. I dont know if this book falls into #TeamSlaughter Catergory but I am excited to dive in, in a few weeks, after I have finished a few other books. @Clwojick
pickFinally finished this big boy! Fantastic story telling with loads of twists and turns all the way until the end!
🍄🍄🍄🍄/5
I started reading #Wanderers Monday afternoon. I'm currently 244 pages in and I am really enjoying the story so far. I also think the pacing is just right. #currentlyreading
I'm so excited today because I'm starting Wanderers. I've been looking forward to cracking this book open since July. What are you reading today?
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pickI'm at the 42% mark and I am loving this book! It's very political in a way that totally works for me. I had no idea it was such a chunkster when I started it but that just means there's more to love. All those comparisons to The Stand and Station Eleven are justified. There's even a King reference IN the book, love it!
So far I am enjoying the two narrators with their various styles via Audible. Love apocalyptic fiction. Somewhat station 11 like so far.
#TBRtemptation post 5! Shana wakes up one morning to find her sister sleepwalking, and apparently with a destination in mind. Shana follows. It turns out to be a journey, and along that journey she finds more sleepwalkers and their “shepherds”, who are also protecting their loved ones. It‘s an epidemic, and society begins to crumble in its wake. Without answers, everyone reacts differently, and some violently. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎
pickWow, a long book, but a really good read. If you liked The Stand, you'll like this. Lots of current US political references in there too. I really enjoyed it. It was a bit slow at first and it wasn't that difficult to work out what was going on, but very enjoyable. Again, not a book that is a great literary work, but just a rip roaring story.
