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kristicakes'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? It's complicated
4.0
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Violence, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
stindex's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.5
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Violence and War
rikuson1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
-★★★✬☆- (3.25/5.00)
My Grading Score = 65% (C+)
The Sea of Monsters was a decent read. Although my engagement of the first book was stronger, this one did feel like it went by faster. Tyson was a decent new character. He and Percy's relationship over the book was decent enough by the end, and I doubt it's the last time we'll see him. I do prefer the trio of the last book over this one, though. Clarisse also seems to have a bit more to her and the reveal at the end, although not a heavy hitting as the reveal at the end of book 1 was also decent enough for me to want to continue.
Verdict
As you can tell by the number of times I've used the word decent above, that's because there's no other word I can think of to describe this entry. I didn't resonate with it as hard as I did the first book, but I that's probably because everything was new to me and that charm was fresh, this one just felt like more of the same but I don't think I can say this book was bad because it didn't have is own charm because it somewhat did, it's just not as resonating to me as the first one is all and it seems most people feel that way about this entry anyway. Nonetheless, it was good enough for what I felt it was trying it execute.
I Liked It
Minor: Body shaming, Xenophobia, and Abandonment
capri6'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: Violence
Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, and Abandonment
katievallin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Violence
Minor: Animal death, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, and Abandonment
noahsingh's review against another edition
Graphic: Ableism and Confinement
Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Transphobia, Violence, Kidnapping, and Abandonment
kri_29'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: Bullying, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury
soph22'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? It's complicated
4.0
Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, and Abandonment
readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism
R slur, homelessness, confederate soldiers,orchidlilly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Ableism, Death, Gore, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism