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Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger

11 reviews

bumblebeethehivewing's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Vomit

Moderate: Drug use and Vomit

angryturtle68's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

nausicaa_teto's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Vomit

mochathebookenjoyer23's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

If you like Harry Potter, you will like this story... 

At first, I thought the book was slow and pretty boring. I was initially going to give this book a 2 star, but then towards the ending it got interesting! (Which, side note, I am convinced that books in a series do this as a marketing gig for you to buy the second book) This, as you noticed, was enough to give it another star
While the plotline of the story was interesting, this story did a good job in world building and character writing. All of the characters were unique which I adore! (Even if I wanted to strangle some of the characters) and the world building was similar to Percy Jackson in a way, where there is this separate area away from ordinary humans.
Speaking of, it has a magical school which makes the book similar to Harry Potter, especially since one of the teachers was suspiciously like Professor Snape. 

However, I just found the beginning of the book too slow, and I always was checking when the chapter would end. Which is never usually s good sign for me, but that changed TOWARDS THE END OF THE DARN BOOK

Would I recommend it? Maybe, maybe not. Would I read it again? Not in like...20 years but I don't think it wasted my time all that much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Vomit

drtx_bwt's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death and Classism

Minor: Racism and Vomit

tays_dear_reader's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death and Fire/Fire injury

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

still my all time comfort book & series. can't wait to continue reading on 🫶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

lastcomment314's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Keeper of the Lost Cities is a captivating adventure following Sophie, who has had the ability to read minds ever since an accident when she was five, and her discovery of her true identity, where she really came from, and why she's never felt like she fit in. The twists and turns made this book hard to put down, and the emotional heart of it endeared me to all of the characters and their quirks.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Grief, and Murder

katievallin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Vomit, and Stalking

penofpossibilities's review against another edition

3.0

I really wasn't convinced about this book at first and the only reason I didn't dnf was because I found this wonderful audiobook on youtube by a girl reading in her backyard. Her voice was so lovely and I could hear her family in the background sometimes, or her voice being muffled for a second when she adjusted her position, and twice she made a mistake pronouncing a word and did a little chuckle and I absolutely LOVED the experience; it felt so much as if she was reading the book sitting next to me and made me feel so cozy. I am sure this affects my opinion on the book- in fact I don't think I would have read past the first chapter if it wasn't for this lovely audiobook. However the story actually picks up after a while and I felt myself getting more invested and intrigued. Especially the last few chapters were really exciting and action packed. Overall a really basic fantasy story about a special girl who finds out she has powers and goes to a magical school and saves the world etc etc a lot of breaths that had been held unrealised were released throughout the book and the characters were just quite bland, mostly white, and heteronormative. I did really enjoy the interactions between Sophie and Grady and Edaline though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Vomit, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Abandonment