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maddlemae's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
tense
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
4.0
maria_rb's review against another edition
3.0
2.5
This isn't horrible. It's also not fabulous. I liked it enough to keep listening to it over the course of several weeks, but it was easy to not listen to it bc I struggled to care about the characters. There doesn't seem to be much reason to root for them (simply battling evil Egyptian gods doesn't do it for me). I liked the fact that it was more non-Western and includes strong male and female characters instead of the Eurocentric focus on Greek gods.
This isn't horrible. It's also not fabulous. I liked it enough to keep listening to it over the course of several weeks, but it was easy to not listen to it bc I struggled to care about the characters. There doesn't seem to be much reason to root for them (simply battling evil Egyptian gods doesn't do it for me). I liked the fact that it was more non-Western and includes strong male and female characters instead of the Eurocentric focus on Greek gods.
jenlittlec's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
howen's review against another edition
3.0
I don't like this series as much as the Percy Jackson books, but eme's reading them so I figured I would too.
tiaramarie579's review against another edition
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
2.75
serrendipity's review against another edition
3.0
Not as much a fan of Carter/Sadie as I am of Percy/Annabeth, although that may be due to my preference for Greek mythology over Egyptian. I do like Riordan's attempt to make his characters a bit more diverse, and I like the play of chaos vs. order instead of good vs. bad, but again, the characters fell a little flat for me.
thshelton's review against another edition
3.0
My 11 year old really liked this so I gave it 3 stars. For me it was only 2.5. I didn't enjoy it as much as the Percy Jackson series, probably because I know less about Egyptian mythology and it felt more foreign to me.
I don't appreciate the frequency with which Riordan's young characters take the Lord's name in vain in all of his books I have read. Completely unnecessary.
I don't appreciate the frequency with which Riordan's young characters take the Lord's name in vain in all of his books I have read. Completely unnecessary.
ariaoffantasy's review against another edition
3.0
I considered giving this a 4/5, but I feel like the beginning wasn't good enough for that, so I'm going with a 3.5/5.
The story got started quick, but I think that was part of the problem. Things were happening, but for a good while it was like whiplash. The plot hooks didn't start coming together to make sense for at least 100 pages. It made sense the way it was done though, because it's told through the perspectives of Sadie and Carter. They didn't know anything, so neither did the reader. Once it got going, it was really good.
The House of Life people came off as insufferably dumb. They had their priorities entirely backwards.
Series Review: 4/5
The rating speaks for the overall story.
The main characters are siblings and alternate about every two chapters, but the whole series I felt like Sadie was the main character. Carter seemed to do very little of importance in comparison, and Sadie's romance was far better than Carter's.
Sadie and Carter get students in the second and third books, but they hardly get any attention. I would have liked to see more stuff about them, or seen them participate in the quests. It seemed odd to me that they had so much to do in crunched time limits, and yet they didn't see fit to bring any extra support most of the time.
The story got started quick, but I think that was part of the problem. Things were happening, but for a good while it was like whiplash. The plot hooks didn't start coming together to make sense for at least 100 pages. It made sense the way it was done though, because it's told through the perspectives of Sadie and Carter. They didn't know anything, so neither did the reader. Once it got going, it was really good.
The House of Life people came off as insufferably dumb. They had their priorities entirely backwards.
Series Review: 4/5
The rating speaks for the overall story.
The main characters are siblings and alternate about every two chapters, but the whole series I felt like Sadie was the main character. Carter seemed to do very little of importance in comparison, and Sadie's romance was far better than Carter's.
Sadie and Carter get students in the second and third books, but they hardly get any attention. I would have liked to see more stuff about them, or seen them participate in the quests. It seemed odd to me that they had so much to do in crunched time limits, and yet they didn't see fit to bring any extra support most of the time.