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atcamryn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Suicide attempt
hales_1243's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, and Death of parent
Minor: Confinement
building_a_bookdom's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Fatphobia, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder
Mutilation/losing body partsfinnft4's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Non-spoiler stuff first lmao. This is the first book where I actually like Apollo and Meg as characters and am not consistently annoyed by their appearances. I'm really liking Apollo's arc; it no longer feels like a half-baked Kuzco. The lines where Apollo starts to doubt his entire identity as a god while he's being reduced to basically nothing are... man, they're good. It doesn't feel as rushed anymore, and it feels honest. Meg's whole arc with Nero and shit is also very good. Piper and Jason, who I didn't like in the past, are... better now. Not great, but this book gave them a bit more depth, which I appreciated. Grover continues to be one of my favorite characters. This is the first ToA book where I actually cared about the characters and what happened to them.
And there are STAKES NOW - one of the bigger improvements between this one and the other two books (which still had stakes but weren't very investing). This book was so fucking intense. Almost at House of Hades level with the amount of pain going on. I'm still in a bit of shock.
SO MANY GOOD LINES TOO. I'M SHAKING.
Spoilers below.
I'm actually looking forward to the next book (previously I saw the ToA books as obstacles in between MCGA lmfao)
[1] PJO: The Last Olympian
[2] HoO: The House of Hades
[3] HoO: The Mark of Athena
[4] MCGA: The Sword of Summer
[5] PJO: The Lightning Thief
[6] ToA: The Burning Maze
[7] PJO: The Titan's Curse
[8] MCGA: The Hammer of Thor
[9] HoO: The Son of Neptune
[10] PJO: The Battle of the Labyrinth
[11] HoO: The Lost Hero
[12] PJO: The Sea of Monsters
[13] ToA: The Dark Prophecy
[14] HoO: The Blood of Olympus
Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
coyotes_tiptoe's review
- 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
5.0
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Suicide attempt
pertinent_sonder's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Gore and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
rakkaussipsi's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Child abuse
dani_readz_bookz's review against another edition
- 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
The characters are as lovable as I remember them to be and Apollo'scharacter development!? Amazing. One moment you laugh at him and the Arrow of Dedona and at some point all I wanted to do was punch the guy.
The same as all Rick Riordan books the plot just thickens and turns whenever a chance is given. Yes I had some foreshadowing take place too and I started to predict the plot near the middle but it was still an absolute blast to read
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Body shaming and War
britgirlreading's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Moderate: Death
Minor: Death of parent
kbairbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail