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A review by directorpurry
Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
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
5.0
This book was my first experience of literary despair - the genuine anguish of a beloved character <i>dying</i> . Actual sobbing then and now.
If you ask me (and not my therapist) about my childhood trauma, this book is TOP of the list. I'm not sure I could have finished it again if I wasn't tandem listening and reading for those last 100 pages.
And also my obsession with whatever trope Nathaniel is has been a defining moment of my literary taste.
If you ask me (and not my therapist) about my childhood trauma, this book is TOP of the list. I'm not sure I could have finished it again if I wasn't tandem listening and reading for those last 100 pages.
And also my obsession with whatever trope Nathaniel is has been a defining moment of my literary taste.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, and Classism
Moderate: Police brutality and Injury/Injury detail