Reviews tagging 'Grief'

La figlia degli Abissi, by Rick Riordan

21 reviews

glen3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Colonisation, Classism, and Medical content

autistic_dragon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Minor: Classism

karoliiine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Medical content, War, Cancer, Child death, and Violence

Minor: Colonisation

mandkips's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Cancer, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Racism, Colonisation, and Medical content

blingping's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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 book, man. It was a full tidal wave of childhood that hit me right where it hurts. I was so scared going in that I wouldn't enjoy it anymore, that I was too old for Rick's writing, but this is the first book I've genuinely enjoyed in a long, long time. I'm so sad it's over, I'm fully just sobbing as I'm writing this. Thank you so much, Rick. I owe you my whole entire childhood.  (Also, I love that this is literally just published fanfiction).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, War, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, and Kidnapping

Minor: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Blood

belleanndthebook's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Violence, War, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence, Colonisation, Injury/injury detail, and Medical content

Spoiler

an entire school is bombed, and a lot of the book focuses on the main characters' grief for people they knew and for not having been there

tiannakelly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Grief, and Death of parent

ravenclaw_percabeth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Grief, and Terminal illness

Minor: Injury/injury detail, Ableism, Death of parent, Medical content, and Violence

duchess16's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I loved it, so incredible. plot twists and resolutions were *Chefs kiss* not basic or predictable...

Spoiler

I do wish he hadn't slightly over-exaggerated her menstrual cycle and such, I know it is complicated but he played it very unrealistic to me

Spoiler

WHY DIDNT HE DEVELOP THE RELATIONSHIP WITH GEM MOOOORE!!! I needed them to have SOME sort of satisfying romantic twist at the end, I feel like Riordan missed out on that part *sigh*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Toxic relationship, Cancer, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

idkwhatimdoingg's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

The representation in this book was quite good. I especially liked that Ana's periods and cramps were expressed in her narration without making a big deal about it; it really shows that it's a normal part of life. However, towards the end something was mentioned about blue eyes and if Riordan meant that Ana or her family had blue eyes I would be disappointed because it feels awkward to have the south asian main character have blue eyes; as if it's being used to make their appearance more 'interesting' than brown hair and brown eyes. As I'm not sure about this, I haven't let it affect my rating.

The plot was interesting and easy to follow despite the fact that I haven't read or watched 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Some things felt unrealistic, but i'll let it slide because it is a middle grade book. Something I can't negotiate is the writing. At times it felt very monotone, as if I was being told what was happening rather than being shown (see: the 'show don't tell' rule), and the dialogue sometimes felt awkward – do people really talk like that? It was very different to the more natural narration in Percy Jackson and other books by Riordan, which was unfortunate. Still, the action scenes were well written and Ana's perspective was well written.

Overall, I would definitely recommend this book! Bear in mind that it deals with grief and death so I would recommend it for readers 13+.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Medical content

Minor: Grief, Violence, Ableism, and Death of parent