This book just felt long and I almost stopped reading it multiple times. Much of the story was very slow and boring, but these sections were occasionally punctuated by intense action scenes. The pacing was definitely off for the story. They are interesting and okay, but could have used more depth. I felt like the book was a bit disjointed and the story wasn’t tied together very well.Īdditionally I liked, but never really loved, the characters.
We never really got back to the politics or the impact they have on the rest of the world. However, this story moved very slowly.Ī lot of the first part of the book dealt with the politics of this world (which I didn’t enjoy) and then we moved on to more of an adventure (which I did enjoy). I loved the creative world-building and the idea of the world splitting into different times and Ages. This is the first book in the Mapmakers Trilogy and I was really excited to read this, the concept sounded so neat! I ended up struggling with this book a bit. But even as Sophia and Theo try to save Shadrack’s life, they are in danger of losing their own.” Together with Theo, a refugee from the West, she travels over rough terrain and uncharted ocean, encounters pirates and traders, and relies on a combination of Shadrack’s maps, common sense, and her own slantwise powers of observation. And Sophia, who has rarely been outside of Boston, is the only one who can search for him. Life with her brilliant, absent-minded, adored uncle has taught Sophia to take care of herself.
Eight years ago, her parents left her with her uncle Shadrack, the foremost cartologer in Boston, and went on an urgent mission. Sophia Tims comes from a family of explorers and cartologers who, for generations, have been traveling and mapping the New World-a world changed by the Great Disruption of 1799, when all the continents were flung into different time periods. She had no idea they were so dangerous.īoston, 1891. “She has only seen the world through maps. Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Mapmakers Trilogy Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
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