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The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

71 reviews

erandle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

What are the odds to read a second book in a row with a family history, mystery and adventure, a treasure hunt, and a friends group? But this time with adults? 
I'm always craving more books about a friends group and an adventure that is not YA, and it's really hard to find those. So I was really happy that this book turned out to be exactly what I was searching for for so long. I really love the idea behind The Cartographers. And I very much enjoyed the book, even though some of the reveals were too predictable and some decisions... didn't make any sense. But I was willing to just go with it because I liked the overall story so much. 
The weakest point is definitely the characters. Although you get a lot of their backstories, I had a hard time to get emotionally attached to them. Especially the friends group, it would have made it so much more believable and emotional if we experienced more interactions between them that explained their bond and different relationships a little bit more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, and Toxic friendship

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I feel like this book gets a bad rap on booktube (or maybe just amongst the people I follow?), but I vibed with it hard! The ending was... a choice... but overall the sense of nostalgia that this gave me?? Like the fantastical mysteries I used to read as a kid? Just what I needed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, and Murder

sophie42's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Infidelity

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Grief

laurenleigh's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Genre blending can be done poorly, or in this case, can be done very well! I would say this read mainly as contemporaryliterary fiction, where we’re set in the present day, and there’s a lot of time and space to explore relationships. The thriller and magical realism elements were wonderfully subtle, and the blending together was done with a good deal of finesse. I loved how the story Nell’s parents unfolded alongside the main action, told through her parents’ friends. This was done with different narrators, who were primarily quite good, only one bugged me lol. I also LOVED that Harper Collins put the maps from the book in a pdf online and mentioned this link at the beginning of the audiobook. What a great way to honor the important visual component while in audio format!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Gun violence

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, and Death

kponturo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Death of parent

theonlybaillie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Death of parent, Murder, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Sexual content

teaxmillions's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Minor: Murder

honeywine's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Loved this story and the use of liminal spaces. I found myself glazing over some parts but I enjoyed it overall. As a geography person, I loved all the maps. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Grief, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Death, Stalking, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment and Kidnapping

froggydanny's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Infidelity

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Stalking