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gabbyenoaktown 's review for:
Keeper of the Lost Cities
by Shannon Messenger
My oldest kid read the entire series. Younger kid and I are listening in the car. I have decidedly mixed feelings about the story. First, Shannon Messinger seems unsure about what age Sophie is. Is she 12 and emotionally young? Or is she on the cusp of teen hood? Is she wise beyond her years? She isn’t sure.
Second, so much whinging. Middle grade, fantasy, and romantasy books fall back on this trope too often. Every glance means insecurity. It might be true (who doesn’t wonder), but it’s tedious and overwrought when it’s the go-to interpretation. Enough.
Why don’t the characters’ accents match up? Some are English (Fitz), some are American (all the other kids). Dialect breakdown.
We’ve moved onto the second book, and we’ll probably go through the entire, entirely too long series.
Second, so much whinging. Middle grade, fantasy, and romantasy books fall back on this trope too often. Every glance means insecurity. It might be true (who doesn’t wonder), but it’s tedious and overwrought when it’s the go-to interpretation. Enough.
Why don’t the characters’ accents match up? Some are English (Fitz), some are American (all the other kids). Dialect breakdown.
We’ve moved onto the second book, and we’ll probably go through the entire, entirely too long series.