The Cartographers

The Cartographers

2022 • 400 pages

Ratings135

Average rating3.5

15

A niche subject with a secret that could change ‘everything'? Yes, please!
So this should have been a book I loved. I could overlook that the characters were one note because it was a big cast of characters and we had to keep up with several people. There were a couple plot holes that I filled in with my own suppositions. And that didn't bother me too much.

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One of the things that did bother me and I really couldn't get past was that the bad guy was “hunting down and destroying every last [map] - along with anyone who gets in his way.” The bad guy was hunting and destroying people, but all the characters only cared about the maps! I don't think any of them cared about the murder victims until the last few pages. However by the time they cared about Murder victims the character motivations were so wild that I stopped caring. I think I could have overlooked the heartless characters if there was a little more recognition that they were heartless in pursuit of their maps.

August 13, 2022