Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

16 reviews

lavenderlion's review

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

r0_24's review

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted tense 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

4.5

I read this over three days (crazy right?) and loved it. Percy is so witty and his comments make me laugh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Blood

Minor: Gaslighting

jstar1's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

gaymoonreader's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

4.25

I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would. I powered through this when I finally got to the good parts. Loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

nlosievski's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

natnurdock's review

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Fatphobia

Minor: Mental illness

marsxbarz's review

adventurous lighthearted 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? No

5.0

Absolutely loved the book. Can’t believe it took me this long to get into the series. There were times I couldn’t put the book down. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Violence, and Car accident

ceeess's review

adventurous funny 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

4.0

Oh these books are fun

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism

cluckieduck's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

12 year old me would have been absolutely enamoured with this book and would have obsessed about being great friends with Percy, Annabeth and Grover. 36 year old me has some issues with the dialogue and character descriptions (SO MANY ugly things). I’ve already started watching the new Disney+ series and appreciate the changes that have been made to the story. 

But overall it’s a fun little romp - a very easy read and a great way to pique an interest in Greek mythology. I’m interested to see how Percy and his powers develop and where the story goes from here. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and War

danicakvcs's review

adventurous 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Torture, and War