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Lore Olympus: Volume Five by Rachel Smythe

17 reviews

yellowbinge's review

emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Bullying, Rape, and Sexual harassment

tyras_bookshelf's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

(My review is for the series as a whole.) 

The world building, the storytelling, how Smythe deals with trauma and the characters healing 👏🏾 

I started reading in 2020 so it’s hard to sum up something that’s been running for so long but my favorite parts:

• Persephone’s arc; gaining confidence in herself, owning her mistakes, healing from her past, growing into a brave woman and (sometimes wrath-filled) queen. 
• Their relationship; the pining and slow burn with a big payoff.  (The age gap is uncomfortable, she’s 19 vs he’s like as old as time but the characters address it and it’s fantasy so you let it slide). There’s a lot of trust, respect and care in their relationship and it’s nice to see it grow. 
• All the artwork is really pretty!  
• Apollo and Kronos getting exactly what they deserve as terrible, violent beings. 

I’d read it again in a heartbeat and wish I could start it over. 

Very well done and it’s bittersweet to see it end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship

theverycraftyvegan's review

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

I love a good mystery and a cliff hanger! Cannot wait to read the next volume. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infidelity and Stalking

saracat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense 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

4.5

This marks where I had left off reading on WebToons. So from cover to cover was new and the ending really was a cliffhanger for me.  

The more I read Lore Olympus, the more curious I am to read the original myth(s).  Though the versions of various gods and goddesses in Smythe’s story I love so much for their complexity and wonder if they have those layers in original myths since they really were told as stories of deities. 

I really like how in this volume we have more moments with more of the gods and goddesses we’ve seen throughout the previous books. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic friendship

chelbelle122's review

challenging emotional funny lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

kassidyreads's review

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship

amandapanda27's review

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

The narrative diverges a lot bit from the bigger picture, but this edition helps us go deeper into the plans of the side characters come into fruition, and to see how the relationship between Hades and Persephone is continuing to deepen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape and Murder

Beware of overbearing mothers, internalized misogyny, women putting other women down, guilt/ shame after a brutal mistake, resurrecting the death, post-traumatic stress disorder, financial struggles, and isolation from peers.

risten's review

emotional lighthearted tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Domestic abuse

madmadmaddymad's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

This one has Hades and Persephone’s first kiss! 

(FIVE VOLUMES IN)

(THE BURN IS SO SLOW)

The plot thickens. I love this series. This is where I was able to binge read to when I first started reading this comic, and then I started having to pay for issues because I became obsessed. I remember losing interest somewhere around the next issue! So I’m about to be in uncharted territory. 

Can’t wait to see what happens next. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape