jasmineslibraryy's review
- 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
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.
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
hales_1243's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Torture, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Death, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Confinement
Minor: Gun violence
building_a_bookdom's review
- 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
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Child abuse
Moderate: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, and Vomit
nerdysread'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
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Torture, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Medical content, Abandonment, and Death of parent
Minor: War, Mental illness, and Death of parent
instalovewithbooks's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, and Grief
Moderate: Death
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
sepiaparrish's review
- 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
Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, and Torture
Spoiler
the child abuse is meg's relationship with nero, and we also meet other kids "adopted" by him and treated similarly. it is a main theme of the book so look out, apollo also reflects on how his relationships with the other gods could be considered abusive. the violence is riordan-typical but there's a scene where apollo "dies" and also there's a scene when a character gets her hands chopped off to teach her a lesson, which is the most graphic scene in the book i would say. i added ableism because some of what riordan says in reference to this character after the event could possibly be read that way? but i'm not sure. torture and panic attacks are mentioned very briefly, slavery is seen in the way nero runs parts of his empire and it is refered to as slavery multiple times, nico's ptsd is discussed a few times, body shaming is apollo commenting on his acne and body fat in a negative tone, homophobia is briefly mentioned at one point, and animal death is a type of monster that is killed multiple times that is a cow. also riordan-typical handling his minorities rather poorly, though i think he did better in this one than in certain other books.molly712's review
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Blood
Moderate: Torture and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Vomit