Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

57 reviews

aharaa222's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

milesofkiles's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse and Physical abuse

keejaymarie02's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

The first book to an amazing coming-of-age story with a godly twist! I absolutely love this book and it really sets up an incredible and immersive universe for the whole series. I've always been fascinated by ancient gods and demi-gods and this story brings it all in a modern light. Fantastic and fun read! Plus I highly recommend the Disney+ show! It's pretty accurate (much more so than the movies since the author was actually involved lol) and modernizes it all even more! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Abandonment, Car accident, and War

Minor: Gaslighting

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

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

booklov3r5019's review against another edition

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? No

5.0

Obsessed with everything about this series. It's been over a year since I've read this series, but I remember so much about it. Percy is very relatable, and I love all of the characters so much. There's something about the way that Rick Riordan writes that you just immediately get sucked into every book. I would 100% reccommend every one of his books!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, War, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

stindex's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

I love greek mythology and I’d heard such praise about PJ that I had high hopes for the series. Did not deliver. Much sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Body horror, and Abandonment

brimacca's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Violence, Child abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Animal cruelty

enzopudge's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

emfo5777's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, Bullying, Ableism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, War, and Violence

Minor: Child death

Eurocentrism is a key feature of the world building. Uses ableist language uncritically throughout (e.g., the “c” word to refer to disability and the colloquial/derogatory use of the word “lame”)

justinareads's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious fast-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

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse