Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger

11 reviews

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: Fire/Fire injury and Medical content

Moderate: Death and Classism

Minor: Vomit and Racism

amybethss's review

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Stalking, Medical content, Bullying, and Torture

unusuallyy's review

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Stalking

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Classism, and Homophobia

hedyharper's review

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Abandonment, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Classism, Death, Kidnapping, and Medical content

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Child death

avybear_16's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Medical content

Moderate: Bullying, Torture, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

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

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

Minor: Vomit, Stalking, and Bullying

rebyreadsandwrites's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Stalking

bujo_bellel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

AMAZING 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Death

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

melplays9000's review

adventurous lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

I totally get why people hate this book, it definitely has its flaws. I actually started off thinking I was going to be one of the people who hated it. By the end though I thought it was pretty good. I liked how quick and easy it was, I found myself wanting to go back to it over and over. Everything in this book comes quite easy to Sophie and anything that doesn’t is quickly skimmed over. I found this frustrating at first but it actually made for a relaxing reading experience. I found I didn’t have to worry much about what was happening plot wise and could concentrate more on the relationships between the characters which were my favorite part. Each character has depth and I love how slowly that is being revealed. Give me the slow burn friendships! My favorite character so far is Edaline because she’s vulnerable and I want to protect her, but I’ve got many close seconds. 

I did not however, like how we don’t even get to go into most of the lessons? Just fade to black? What the hell, I want to build relationships with the teachers and learn about the world as Sophie is learning about it! We started off on the same page but now she’s so far ahead of me. Overall I felt that a lot of potentially interesting moments we just didn’t get to see. Also the line “let out a breath they didn’t know they were holding” came up 3 times, which gets minus points. My main criticism to be honest is just how quickly time was passing and we just jumped from main event to main event, very little down time, but then again this book is already 500 pages. 

Overall it’s not the best written book ever. Or the best plotted. But I enjoyed it for what it was. Fast and spicy which seems to be my theme recently. Good vibes. 4 Stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Moderate: Child death and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Bullying