The Cartographers: A Novel
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Finalist for the LA Times Book Prize!
“The Cartographers is one of those brilliant books you have to read twice.” — Washington Post
“There are echoes of Borges and Bradbury, Pynchon and Finian’s Rainbow, but Ms. Shepherd’s exhilarating and enjoyable work casts a magical glow all its own.” — Wall Street Journal
From the critically acclaimed author of The Book of M, a highly imaginative thriller about a young woman who discovers that a strange map in her deceased father’s belongings holds an incredible, deadly secret—one that will lead her on an extraordinary adventure and to the truth about her family’s dark history.
What is the purpose of a map?
Nell Young’s whole life and greatest passion is cartography. Her father, Dr. Daniel Young, is a legend in the field and Nell’s personal hero. But she hasn’t seen or spoken to him ever since he cruelly fired her and destroyed her reputation after an argument over an old, cheap gas station highway map.
But when Dr. Young is found dead in his office at the New York Public Library, with the very same seemingly worthless map hidden in his desk, Nell can’t resist investigating. To her surprise, she soon discovers that the map is incredibly valuable and exceedingly rare. In fact, she may now have the only copy left in existence...because a mysterious collector has been hunting down and destroying every last one—along with anyone who gets in the way.
But why?
To answer that question, Nell embarks on a dangerous journey to reveal a dark family secret and discovers the true power that lies in maps...
Perfect for fans of Joe Hill and V. E. Schwab, The Cartographers is an ode to art and science, history and magic—a spectacularly imaginative, modern story about an ancient craft and places still undiscovered.
And don't miss The Book of M!
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Good book, slow ending with a lot of questions without answers
This book was our book club pick for the month November but we ended up needing way more time to finish it than we thought we would need. At first everyone was deeply enjoying the book until the very end, when we ended up having a lot more questions that stayed unanswered for us. Therefore this book is not going to be a participant for the best book this year and only gets 3 stars overall. It was a fun time reading it, but unanswered questions and letting the reader end the book confused is not good for any book
Book club Read November
This was our book club pick for the month of November and this one was a hard one for me personally because honestly I think there is a lot that I missed and didn’t understand while the others in the book club were able to understand it and didn’t miss but for me personally this one was a hard one to read and I struggled with it so that’s why I gave it three stars because it simply wasn’t really for me but it still wasn’t a bad one
really loved the first third of the book. felt like a good old Nic Cage treasure hunt blockbuster turned into a book. the switch to a more fantasy themed story came unexpected and even tough i usually enjoy that genre a lot i would've liked this one to stay in the more realistic setting. i'm pretty sure judging by the popularity it already has we'll see this book on some streaming service more sooner than laster (maybe even with Nic Cage).
Description
Finalist for the LA Times Book Prize!
“The Cartographers is one of those brilliant books you have to read twice.” — Washington Post
“There are echoes of Borges and Bradbury, Pynchon and Finian’s Rainbow, but Ms. Shepherd’s exhilarating and enjoyable work casts a magical glow all its own.” — Wall Street Journal
From the critically acclaimed author of The Book of M, a highly imaginative thriller about a young woman who discovers that a strange map in her deceased father’s belongings holds an incredible, deadly secret—one that will lead her on an extraordinary adventure and to the truth about her family’s dark history.
What is the purpose of a map?
Nell Young’s whole life and greatest passion is cartography. Her father, Dr. Daniel Young, is a legend in the field and Nell’s personal hero. But she hasn’t seen or spoken to him ever since he cruelly fired her and destroyed her reputation after an argument over an old, cheap gas station highway map.
But when Dr. Young is found dead in his office at the New York Public Library, with the very same seemingly worthless map hidden in his desk, Nell can’t resist investigating. To her surprise, she soon discovers that the map is incredibly valuable and exceedingly rare. In fact, she may now have the only copy left in existence...because a mysterious collector has been hunting down and destroying every last one—along with anyone who gets in the way.
But why?
To answer that question, Nell embarks on a dangerous journey to reveal a dark family secret and discovers the true power that lies in maps...
Perfect for fans of Joe Hill and V. E. Schwab, The Cartographers is an ode to art and science, history and magic—a spectacularly imaginative, modern story about an ancient craft and places still undiscovered.
And don't miss The Book of M!
Book Information
Posts
Good book, slow ending with a lot of questions without answers
This book was our book club pick for the month November but we ended up needing way more time to finish it than we thought we would need. At first everyone was deeply enjoying the book until the very end, when we ended up having a lot more questions that stayed unanswered for us. Therefore this book is not going to be a participant for the best book this year and only gets 3 stars overall. It was a fun time reading it, but unanswered questions and letting the reader end the book confused is not good for any book
Book club Read November
This was our book club pick for the month of November and this one was a hard one for me personally because honestly I think there is a lot that I missed and didn’t understand while the others in the book club were able to understand it and didn’t miss but for me personally this one was a hard one to read and I struggled with it so that’s why I gave it three stars because it simply wasn’t really for me but it still wasn’t a bad one
really loved the first third of the book. felt like a good old Nic Cage treasure hunt blockbuster turned into a book. the switch to a more fantasy themed story came unexpected and even tough i usually enjoy that genre a lot i would've liked this one to stay in the more realistic setting. i'm pretty sure judging by the popularity it already has we'll see this book on some streaming service more sooner than laster (maybe even with Nic Cage).