Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger

7 reviews

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

roaming_reader's review

adventurous 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

This book and series are perfect for fans of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, or really any middle-grade series about a special child who discovers they have magical powers and belong to a magical world that is incredibly different to the human world in which they grew up. Sophie Foster is a great lens through which we learn about the Elven world. And there is also a magical school involved filled with silly quirks and magical elements, which in this world aren't really magic at all, they are just part of reality. We watch Sophie struggle to navigate life as the new kid in school, where the only new kids are usually just the incoming first-year students, after leaving her family and everything she knew behind. Sometimes the book could get very exposition-heavy, but that's usually something I forgive in a first book. It is quick, silly, magical, and a great start to a series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death

Minor: 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: 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

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

kendrakeuler's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? No

5.0

This is my favorite book ever. It has an incredible world build, character development and over all plot. It's my favorite book series in the world. Sophie is one of the best characters I've ever read about and her story is incredible and addictive. I used to hate reading and this book is what got me to begin to love it. I don't think I would be where I am today without it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Grief, and Torture

Minor: Torture, Death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Child abuse, Bullying, and Fire/Fire injury

penofpossibilities's review

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: Fire/Fire injury and Kidnapping

Moderate: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

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

crunchycrystals's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Moderate: Child death, Vomit, and Medical trauma