Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan

37 reviews

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence

monniebiloney's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted 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

I thubk this was one of the weaker Percy Jackson books, I found Apollo to be a little too much, for lack of a better word. I think if Rick toned him down a bit in the beginning I'd have rated the book higher. 

All in all, this was still quite enjoyable. And Apollo does get less...less as the book goes on. 
I am confused by the word 'BRAZIL' becoming a magic word. Like, could you jmagjne if someone said AMERICA!! When casting magic? Lol [All might from my hero academia I guess]

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

bumblemee's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

4.0

Highly entertaining! I'm not that deep into Riordans works, but I had enough knowledge about previous books to understand this one in the context of the ongoing events. I liked Apollo as the protagonist, because he is hilariously insufferable a lot of the time. On that note: It makes sense that he is obsessed with his looks, but I didn't really enjoy the unnecessary body shaming commentary that came with it. Besides that it was very fun to be in the thoughts of a god struggling to come to terms with human realities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming and Death of parent

caskraft's review

adventurous funny reflective 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: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body horror, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

wayward_sister's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad 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

4.0

A fast-paced beginning to a new series with a flawed hero who has more depth than it at first appears. I'm not sure what to think about the antagonists yet though. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.0

Honestly, thank god this series has shorter books than the Heroes of Olympus series because I'm trying to finish them all before the new Percy Jackson book comes out in 2 weeks. Also, can I just say that Apollo is just casually like "I love all people" in this? Not only does it fit with the mythology, but a big deal isn't made about it, and I just love that in a middle grade fantasy.

Anyway! The tone of this one is fun, with Apollo trying to adapt to his human form. You get cameos from a lot of favorite characters from previous series, which I always enjoy. Interconnected series are always fun for me. 

Riordan is also great at making stories with high stakes still feel somewhat lighthearted. Like, there are some dark moments in this (because Greek mythology is dark at times, man), but it doesn't feel too bogged down. It's an overall fun read, and I'm looking forward to hearing more from Apollo.

Also, starting each chapter with a haiku? I loved it. Added to the overall tone of the book. On to the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Death of parent

bookshelfmonkey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.5

 Pretty mediocre as far as Riordanverse books go. Also, I get the idea of having a shallow/vain character and having them grow by accepting their physical flaws but the body-shaming felt a bit heavy for a middle-grade book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse

icedlemonade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Violence and War

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

reread 🤲

apollo is a little annoying but he’s also funny as hell and he would love taylor swift. also WILL + NICO <3 and i forgot how much i love meg

speed run finishing the series before i get my goblin hands on the sun and the star 💫 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

all the traditional percy jackson warnings