Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

74 reviews

ceeess'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Oh these books are fun

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism

pookiee's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

this holds up! 
i’m in a slump but the fast-paced adventure hooked me. the charas are funny & adorable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Blood

kaidoz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Bullying: MC gets bullied verbally several times by classmates, and later is physically assaulted with weapons by several peers. On the bright side,

he kicks their asses.

Death: Mentioned frequently in threats and in passing. Ghosts and the like. Emotional/Domestic/Child Abuse, Alcohol: MC’s stepfather is emotionally abusive to MC and his mother, often while drinking. Physical Abuse: Implied abuse when the abuser raises their hand and the victim flinches. MC says aloud ‘[Abuser] hits you,’ and it is not contested by the victim. For more context:

It is revealed near the end of the book that the stepfather hits the MC’s mother when he is not around. This is rectified.

ashe01's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

I first read this over 10 years ago as a child, around the same age as Percy, and I decided to reread it before watching the new series on Disney+. I am so glad I reread it!! It was honestly so much better than I remember, and I actually forgot a lot of what happened in the book, so in some aspects, it was like reading it for the first time! Just absolutely wonderful, and has made me fall in love with this series all over again!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Bullying, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

dykeology's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse and Blood

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse and War

readwithria's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I first read The Lightning Thief over 15 years ago, and when the new TV show was announced I knew I would need to reread the Percy Jackson books. 

I was a little worried, I didn’t want to revisit a childhood favorite only to find that it had been visited by The Suck Fairy, but lucky for me The Lightning Thied stood the test of time!

I really enjoyed revisiting this world. Percy Jackson was my gateway to being a mythology lover, and it was so fun to return to the story that sparked that love.

Percy, Grover, and Annabeth are the best little trio. I loved coming back to their story (I’m also loving the TV show) and I can’t wait to reread the rest of the series.

Middle grade still hits even in my mid-20s. 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Gun violence and War

cluckieduck's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

12 year old me would have been absolutely enamoured with this book and would have obsessed about being great friends with Percy, Annabeth and Grover. 36 year old me has some issues with the dialogue and character descriptions (SO MANY ugly things). I’ve already started watching the new Disney+ series and appreciate the changes that have been made to the story. 

But overall it’s a fun little romp - a very easy read and a great way to pique an interest in Greek mythology. I’m interested to see how Percy and his powers develop and where the story goes from here. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and War

aprilblues348's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War