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The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

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icedlemonade's review

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adventurous challenging funny tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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betweentheshelves's review against another edition

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adventurous funny 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

4.0

If you're a fan of Rick Riordan in general, you'll probably be a fan of this! Magnus is such a fun narrator, with sass almost equal to Percy's sass. Fans of the Percy Jackson series will definitely love the connections made between the two series, and some of th elittle digs towards Percy Jackson himself (the pen as a sword comment was gold).

Honestly, pretty much everything I know about Norse mythology comes from Marvel (I know, I know). So getting to see more of Norse mythology in this book was fun, especially in the ways that Riordan does it. Do his books start to read similarly after a time? Yes, but I think that's what keeps bringing kids back to his writng. They know what to expect, and usually that expectation is a good time.

If you like these mythology themed middle grade fantasy books, then you'll definitely want to keep this one on your radar!

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wwnter's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

3.5

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jerrysaywhaaa's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a fun book that teaches you a lot about Norse mythology! I think Sam’s double life and the sword talking were a little much, but overall a great quest and voyage story. I’m excited to see where this story is headed, but I wish it was its own world and not connected to Percy Jackson via Annabeth (and a random Jason Grace reference). It also was low key (or Loki haha) was giving Wizards of Oz vibes at the end with Odin. I think I would almost give this book 4.5 stars.

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raftp's review against another edition

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adventurous funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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abby_can_read's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

3.0

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This book was alright. There were some parts I liked, but I didn't really connect with any of the characters and I didn't really care what they were going through.

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