Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

45 reviews

daryn's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying

apricitas305's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Racism

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

nomili's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

When the sequel series is better then the original... The book is a fairly easy read, full of adventure, history and friendship.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Racism

sxndaze's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Racism, and Blood

Minor: War

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

kathrynleereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

As always, I was a little hesitant going into The Lost Hero, because I don't love the idea of returning to a familiar world with completely new characters. 

However, I should know better now than to ever doubt Rick Riordan. 

Jason, Piper, and Leo are the perfect little bundle of outcasts. Each of them had what they believed to be a huge flaw, but ends up being a huge skill. 

As much as I loved the characters and the story, it did feel like this book was mostly just set up for the rest of the series. Understandable, as that's exactly what it is, but still a little slow to read at parts. 

I can't wait to (re)read the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Abandonment

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was far from my first read through of the Heroes of Olympus series, and I have to say it never lets me down. I always get a kick out of starting the book and going "who's this Jason dude, what happened to Percy?" 

I always get a hoot out of Leo, he's probably one of my favorites of the new crew. However, I always love how Piper grows in learning to accept her godly parent and learning what she can actually do with the skills it provides. 

Overall, a great continuation and expansion on the original series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and War

Minor: Death and Death of parent

Keeping in mind that this book is completely age appropriate for middle grade audiences, regardless of the content warnings.

_ren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racism, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, and Dysphoria

nellienelson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The only reason I didn’t rate it higher was bc I guessed the plot at the end of the book halfway through. But still, honestly, Rick Riordan is such an amazing writer and all his books just grab me and don’t let go until I’ve finished reading it. It was amazing and I can’t wait to start Son Of Neptune. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death and Xenophobia