Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan

52 reviews

jasmineslibraryy's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

the ending was even more beautiful than i was anticipating. apollo/lester's development through the series HOLY SHIT it's like you can't recognize the man anymore. i love that he went and visited everyone, it was such a nice way to wrap up the series. i loved seeing everyone again!

will & nico <3 can't wait to read the sun and the star. 

overall, while it takes immense patience to get through book 1&2, i'm so happy with how this series turned out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Child abuse, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, and War

violettfrogs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

the_embodiment_of_chaos's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death, Grief, and Gore

Minor: Death of parent

brekker_by_brekker's review against another edition

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

4.75

give me like 3-5 business days to stop sobbing over the fact that this series is finished pls and thank you 

also. solangelo :((( my boys i’m crying so hard

and the apollo and meg friendship will forever be my favourite thing ever that is all goodbye

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Eating disorder

icedlemonade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, and Death

Moderate: War, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Outing and Suicidal thoughts

faithfulflora's review

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

4.5

Really liked this. A great end to the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Child abuse

Minor: Death and Death of parent

anjasshelf's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, and Child abuse

mollymoo1234's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

I have no words 😶 but I can say one thing , amazing 
Enjoy xxx 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Child abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

adancewithbooks's review

adventurous funny medium-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

4.0

 

It has finally happened. I finally finished The Trials of Apollo! I guess the release of The Sun and the Star was a swift kick in my butt to finally sit down and read (say goodbye to) the final installment of Apollo.
 

I think as a whole this book was a great conclusion. There was constant movement and action. But also moments where there was reflection. From Apollo himself but also from the characters around him. They finally seemed to see how much he has grown. I mean I wish the actual ending had more on how the god Apollo changed and what he kept and what needed to go from Lester. But overal it was a fine conclusion. 

There are moments where I wished we could look into Megs head however. She clearly needed to work through a lot of things, returning to Nero and those others that she grew up. And it was kind of there but so distant because Apollo and Meg don't do much of the heart to heart. And I kind of wish that we could have gotten more of that. 

I loved the love that Apollo has garnered, how everyone, at the end of it, seemed to have embraced him as a person. His relationship with his children is rather amusing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Child abuse

Cutting of limbs

cadybooks's review

adventurous emotional funny slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Biphobia

Minor: War