Reviews with content warning for Drug abuse - Lore Olympus: Volume One

I was actually really disappointed with this one. I have heard such great things but not a single person thought to mention a really big content warning that I prefer to be warned about. I was expecting light and fluffy and this was not it.

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The content warning is for dubious consent bordering on sexual assault between Persephone and Apollo. It made me so uncomfortable and I wouldn’t have picked this up at that specific moment if I had known.

I do have to say that the art is really beautiful and I will read volume 2 but I’d it does not get better I will be DNFing this series.

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lotus440's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative relaxing sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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taryn_g's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny inspiring fast-paced

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

4.5

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delaneyc's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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savannahjostock's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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queencariad's review against another edition

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adventurous funny fast-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? Yes

5.0

Magical art style, funny and endearing characters, just a gem to have on the shelf

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happilyeveralli's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I THINK IT'S TIME THAT I GET BACK INTO GRAPHIC NOVELS—also, FIRST READ OF THE YEAR! LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME ONE definitely isn't my first brush with them. Back in my day (which was only a few years ago, less than half a decade ago), I was a part of my local library's book club and clung to the AMULET books quite well. It may have been because buying the series was too expensive at the time but now, after reading this graphic novel, I think I'm going to give the format a chance again. I've always been a comic lover at heart so I defiantly think it's time.
I originally tried reading Lore Olympus a while ago on Webtoon but being the migraine-prone person I am, I quickly gave up (though, I wish I hadn't). Earlier today during an impromptu trip to Barnes and Noble I picked up LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME ONE. I cracked it open a few hours ago and was pleasantly surprised. The book is quite fast-paced and never failed to keep my attention. I've always been THE mythology kiddo, and my favorite musical is Hadestown, so I don't think the concept itself was what originally put me off. I definitely recommend it (but please check the trigger warnings first)! Here's to a year of great reads!

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howlinglibraries's review against another edition

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emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow. Do I have a new obsession? Probably. Wow.

I knew I would love Lore Olympus, and I've known it for ages, but I've been waiting for the bind-up to come out because I really struggle with focusing on webtoons. Not sure what it is, because there are a million and one webtoons I would love to read, but I never seem to get around to them until they're printed in a bound format like this. That said, I got this as a Christmas gift from my spouse today and literally binge read it the moment I got the chance (which was maybe two hours after opening the gift). Now I'm sad that Volume One is over, I have no idea when Volume Two is coming out (please be soon, please be soon), and I'm thinking I'm going to probably finally cave and just start reading it as a webtoon because there's no way I can wait for the next volume bind-up. I miss Hades and Persephone too much already.

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