Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

De Bliksemdief by Rick Riordan

164 reviews

theamandashowww's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Really fun read. Loved all the mythology and Grover cracks me up lol I knew everything that would happen before reading but I loved the way the plot developed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Child death, Death, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War

emis_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense 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

4.0

Didn’t think I would get so invested in this story. I often forgot that Percy is only 12. I do have to say that there are things he learned pretty quickly which sometimes seemed a bit unrealistic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Blood, Death of parent, and War

I was absolutely shocked about the Casino scene in Las Vegas. I really liked Luke too… And I really want Poseidon and Sally together omg.

vikart's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

A book that is completely based on the Greek Gods existing in modern America. The main character, Percy, is a young boy, who has ADHD and a rather annoying step-dad. When he gets kicked out of another school, he finds himself meddled with a complicated situation.

The book is fun and entertaining with lots of on-going action. Unfortunately, I believe that the information on the Gods could be explained better, so that it can be educational to the youngins as it is a middle grade book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: War

pinkyrae's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and War

Minor: Domestic abuse and Death of parent

zoejerusha's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Funny, beautiful, adventurous. The writing style is attention grabbing. The storyline of

the mother's abusive relationship

was handled with a surprising amount of grace for a children's book, coming from someone who is critical of the blithe writing around women.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse

chrisb913's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

This was the first time I've re-read The Lightning Thief in over a decade and it still holds up. The non stop fast pace of the book mixed with the characters sass and wit just makes for a great read. For me this book accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do, so it will always be a 5🌟 read for me. Excited to continue on with the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Physical abuse, and War

itsjadenbaby's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Fun! We’ll see if I continue with the series or not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

deathmetalheron's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Death of parent, and War

lqne's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Domestic abuse

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail