madicarus's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
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
4.0
pollyroth's review against another edition
3.0
I have read ten books about Percy Jackson. Why, might you ask, would I waste the time, effort, and money on this juvenile series? Four words my friend. I. Liked. Percy. Jackson.
Based on that, all Rick Riordan had to do to make me happy was let Percy finish the series.
What I got instead:
A virtual Percyless book. He did not have ONE POV!!! The final book in the series mind you! And we didn't get his homecoming!
This also means, there was no Percy and Annabeth. Which is another reason I continued reading even after I got way to old for it.
All I can tell you, is I am completely disappointed. I wasted seven years of my life on this and the previous series. I wish this ending had made it worth it.
Based on that, all Rick Riordan had to do to make me happy was let Percy finish the series.
What I got instead:
A virtual Percyless book. He did not have ONE POV!!! The final book in the series mind you! And we didn't get his homecoming!
This also means, there was no Percy and Annabeth. Which is another reason I continued reading even after I got way to old for it.
All I can tell you, is I am completely disappointed. I wasted seven years of my life on this and the previous series. I wish this ending had made it worth it.
linabnine's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
taraa_harveyy's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
sathyadgs95's review against another edition
5.0
Solid finish to an excellent series! Such a splendid wrap up to this series. I felt like the author really took a lot of effort to make this series less of a one man show than the Percy series. The amount of work it must have taken to develop these characters so well is awe inspiring. I did finally notice a theme in this last book basically their plan facing every enemy is to annoy them, cause mass chaos and destruction, and then run. I love it! I also "think" I saw the introduction to The Apollo Trials there toward the end, I haven't read them yet but their on my list. Leo is probably one of my all time favorite characters. The man is the all time class clown, underdog. The thing I love most about these books is the humor as you can probably tell by my favorite character. Intense scenes with lots of action and anxiety often times cause me to have extreme anxiety in real life which can be painful at times, but when its broken up with humor it allows me to enjoy these scenes which just happen to be my favorite and not need intermittent breaks to calm my over anxious nature.
zoe_faith's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
fast-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
4.25
yiffy's review against another edition
2.0
i feel like the highlight of this book is the promotion of nico and reyna's characters. they're given more spotlight, more screentime, more development. however, that doesn't erase the fact that the ending feels a little... lackluster. from the beginning of the series, we were teased with something bigger: more battles, more prophecies, more... something . some of them happened, though some of them did not. the other main characters feel a little unpolished at the end. the fight with gaea was teased for so long and it ended so... different. it felt anti climactic, rushed.
even now, jason remains flat, and his character feels unexplored, underdeveloped. the others were developed, but were completely shelved at the last minute. frank still didn't get enough of a screen time and neither did hazel. it felt like the other characters' importance were brushed off for the sake of the plot, and it feels kind of wasteful.
that doesn't mean the book doesn't have its moments. it's still enjoyable to read, though it's not nearly as memorable for a finale.
even now, jason remains flat, and his character feels unexplored, underdeveloped. the others were developed, but were completely shelved at the last minute. frank still didn't get enough of a screen time and neither did hazel. it felt like the other characters' importance were brushed off for the sake of the plot, and it feels kind of wasteful.
that doesn't mean the book doesn't have its moments. it's still enjoyable to read, though it's not nearly as memorable for a finale.
natdeve's review against another edition
adventurous
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Spoiler
i have never in my life written a full book review but i have no choice here i simply have too many things to saythe more i think about this book the more annoyed i get because the main conflict of gaia waking was built up for 5 whole books just for the resolution to be a few lines of charmspeak from piper telling her to take a nap and then it Works?? what happened to the if-gaia-wakes-up-the-world-is-over plot?? she woke up and then all it took was piper saying "hey bestie u look tired maybe u should go to sleep"
and WHY did only 3/7 of the seven demigods have a pov?? i love reyna and nico but whats the point of introducing two new povs in the fifth and final book? if we were meant to know more about their backstories i feel like we should've done that 3 or 4 books ago lol. and nico's backstory is already pretty much known from pjo so making his arc in this series just "im gay and i have no friends" feels so mean especially since no one's ever even pushed him away or resented him for anything so there was really no reason for any of that anyway
this series is clearly supposed to be about the seven demigods in the prophecy so why were they all sidelined in this ???? i get that percy and annabeth had huge roles in MoA and HoH but they had NONE in this one which is even more annoying considering that the series capitalizes off of percys popularity from pjo with the cover literally saying "percy jackson's final battle begins"?? he doesnt even have a pov in this how is it HIS battle ? sally jacksons son doesnt deserve this treatment
hazel and frank had almost no role in this series after son of neptune and it makes me so sad bc i love them. frank's whole arc of him connecting his family's circle by going back to greece and then we don't even get to see it happen is so ?!?!?!!! and the only info we get on it is that his family is racist?:??/? HUH??? and i know that hazel had her magic/mist stuff in HoH but it wasnt even important in this book except as a crutch for everyone else to fall back on in battles
and another thing!!!!! WHY was the last chapter about LEO AND CALYPSO/??? the series is called heroes of olympus and surrounds the prophecy of the SEVEN only for them to be completely forgotten bc the only arc rick could think to give leo was straight horny teenage boy. very SJM-esque in the sense that the author couldn't go without making every character end up with someone and it was painfully obvious and out of place. it also feels so disrespectful to the rest of the seven that leo and calypso didnt even plan on going straight home after leaving ogygia while everyone at camp half blood is literally MOURNING his death
the only reason im complaining so much is bc i loved this series as a whole and the fact that i hated the finale so much makes me so :((( i really wanted this to end on a huge note but every time i picked up the book it took everything in me to get to the next chapter because it was so boring and the only thing keeping me going was that i assumed the ending would be huge but then That was boring too :(
i think i would probably give this 1 star but the percabeth "the rivalry ends here" scene at the Parthenon lives in my brain and 1 star would be disrespectful to them