misscopiousreads's review against another edition
1.0
Gertie Milk was absolutely charming as the story begins. The further along you read not even her charm could save the absolute nonsense of the rest. I wanted to like it, I wanted it to have more heart among the silliness, but it just did not.
3 words…
Robot Rabbit Boy
……………….wtf?!
3 words…
Robot Rabbit Boy
……………….wtf?!
sadieh's review against another edition
5.0
This book is perfect for every kid (or child at heart) with an imagination yearning to explore and create universes. As a kid, my favorite books were A Wrinkle in Time (and it’s series) and The Phantom Tollbooth. Gertie Milk fits perfectly alongside those. I couldn’t put it down, and I know my childhood self would have devoured it and taken this universe to heart.
ravenlily's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 Stars
I really enjoyed this much more than expected. The pace of the storytelling and character development was very constant. I am looking forward to reading book two.
I really enjoyed this much more than expected. The pace of the storytelling and character development was very constant. I am looking forward to reading book two.
donifaber's review
4.0
http://www.foldedpagesdistillery.com/2017/10/gertie-milk-and-keeper-of-lost-things.html
capeltheartist's review
4.0
The worldbuilding and character voice in this are just so fun! I'm looking forward to the next book in the series. Gertie coming into her own is really fantastic considering she began the book not knowing at all who she was. I'm not going to spoil the story, but the basic premise is that there is this hidden place in our world where all lost things go, and it's a Keeper's job to return those things when the need is there. And that is what Gertie discovers is her station. Such a charming cast of characters! Especially the slug lamps.
Dollup of mashed potato?
Dollup of mashed potato?
thehermitlibrarian's review
4.0
A tale of lost memories, time travelling cars, and lots of cake, Gertie Milk and the Keeper of Lost Things has all the adventure one could want in a middle grade fantasy in which the heroine must return lost artifacts to historical figures and attempt to recover her memory.
The story opens with 12-year-old Gertie waking up on an island with no clue as to her identity, other than (presumably) her name embroidered on her dress. Stumbling away from an incoming tide and up a cliff, Gertie meets Kolt, a Mad Hatter-esque character that introduces her to her destiny as a Keeper.
The strange things he introduces her to are whimsical and sound like just the thing a young child would like. Cakes of all kinds, jams, tea, and a convoluted house with towers and hundreds of bedrooms to house the Lost Things.
Beneath all this wonder is darkness, however, and more so than that of the enemies of Keepers, the Losers who want to destroy the Keepers and their work. There are questions that pop up in regards to Keepers, like who are they? Kolt, who has been a Keeper for at least 100 years, can't even remember his real name (Kolt is made up from the initials of Keeper of Lost Things). It's revealed that all Keepers lose their memories when they're "chosen" so that they can more easily accept their fate.
Chosen here means kidnapped because the B.D.B.U. (Big Dusty Book Upstairs) deems them necessary for the mission of protecting the knowledge of human kind. Children being dragged into this kind of work with no choice, losing everything that made them themselves, is a rather dark aspect of this book's mythos.
Gertie bears her journey well. She has many questions for Kolt, and even when he doesn't answer them directly she soldiers on. I honestly would have expected her to fight back a bit more.
The various historical figures that are introduced were interesting in their variety. There were mathematicians, philosophers, athletes, and more. Some I had to look up as they were name dropped rather than introduced as an essential part of the plot, which detracted somewhat from the story.
With an open ending that could lead to at least one more book, maybe more, Gertie Milk turned out to be a fun story with fantastical, crazy elements mixed with figures from the past that prove essential to the way our world is now in terms of knowledge. This book will, I think, entertain not only children old enough to read on their own, but parental figures and their charges, with a narrative that flows and action east enough to follow along when being read aloud.
Remember...it could always be worse.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
The story opens with 12-year-old Gertie waking up on an island with no clue as to her identity, other than (presumably) her name embroidered on her dress. Stumbling away from an incoming tide and up a cliff, Gertie meets Kolt, a Mad Hatter-esque character that introduces her to her destiny as a Keeper.
The strange things he introduces her to are whimsical and sound like just the thing a young child would like. Cakes of all kinds, jams, tea, and a convoluted house with towers and hundreds of bedrooms to house the Lost Things.
Beneath all this wonder is darkness, however, and more so than that of the enemies of Keepers, the Losers who want to destroy the Keepers and their work. There are questions that pop up in regards to Keepers, like who are they? Kolt, who has been a Keeper for at least 100 years, can't even remember his real name (Kolt is made up from the initials of Keeper of Lost Things). It's revealed that all Keepers lose their memories when they're "chosen" so that they can more easily accept their fate.
Chosen here means kidnapped because the B.D.B.U. (Big Dusty Book Upstairs) deems them necessary for the mission of protecting the knowledge of human kind. Children being dragged into this kind of work with no choice, losing everything that made them themselves, is a rather dark aspect of this book's mythos.
Gertie bears her journey well. She has many questions for Kolt, and even when he doesn't answer them directly she soldiers on. I honestly would have expected her to fight back a bit more.
The various historical figures that are introduced were interesting in their variety. There were mathematicians, philosophers, athletes, and more. Some I had to look up as they were name dropped rather than introduced as an essential part of the plot, which detracted somewhat from the story.
With an open ending that could lead to at least one more book, maybe more, Gertie Milk turned out to be a fun story with fantastical, crazy elements mixed with figures from the past that prove essential to the way our world is now in terms of knowledge. This book will, I think, entertain not only children old enough to read on their own, but parental figures and their charges, with a narrative that flows and action east enough to follow along when being read aloud.
Remember...it could always be worse.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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