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The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

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mxttx's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

takinreads's review against another edition

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4.0

ceritanya bagus, dikesan sangat rapih. sayangnya saya kurang puas ketika menuju endingnya, seperti ada yang kurang. tapi tetap bagus kok, saya rekomendasikan kalian baca buku ini!!

allowvera's review against another edition

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3.0

I hate that I like these books. I mean I know I am a Children's librarian but the humor is so bad...yet I laugh. What is wrong with me? Also, the audio book version drives me nuts because the reader pronounces Nordic words atrociously!

graciegrace1178's review against another edition

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3.0

Did I read this? Yes. Did I *retain* any of it? Absolutely not! This, incidentally, makes it a bit difficult to review, but here goes anyway:

PT: RIck Riordan, folktales/retellings of folk tales, fantasy

WIL
1) Kid's got spunk. Magnus is Percy + bitterness + more difficult upbringing + lesser godly status. Like...PJO if it was told by the doppelgangers of the Stoll twins maybe. This naturally makes Chase quite well-versed in sarcasm and dry humor. The internal dialogue was pretty fun.

2) Annabeth. I love Annabeth. That is all.

WIDL
1) A plain retelling of myths. Where PJO and TKC expanded on myths to integrate them into Riordan's own creative universe, this one just copy-pasted Norse myths into Chase's story. Yea, true, it's fun to see the very crystal clear parallels (first one that comes to mind is the Fetching of the Immortality Apple preceded by Big Angry Bird trying to murder protagonist), but if I wanted that, I'd just reread Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman again. (Might do that anyway. 'Twas a good book.) It just felt considerably more lackluster in plot compared to his earlier stuff. Sorry, Rick. Nott my cuppa tea this go round.

2) Apathy. Maybe it's just that this book caught me at a weird time. Maybe it's other circumstances influencing my ability to appreciate all this book has to offer. But I just really didn't get into this like I had hoped I would.

Neutral Ground:
1) People seem to like this series better than the Kane Chronicles but Magnus has got absolutely NOTHING on the dynamics of British Badass Sadie and Clever Carter.

sathyadgs95's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I was excited to read this book because I've already read Percy Jackson's sagas, having Magnus as a narrator made him very entertaining to read and assimilate, Rick Riordan has the gift of writing plots and including characters making it look organic, at no time felt forced any character or any situation, it seems to me that even if I go a little hand in hand with the universe of Percy this new story is overshadowed at all, it intrigues me what will come in the future, moreover, talking about the physical aspect of the book I give another 10 to the book, the cover is the most beautiful thing in the world, the character of Magnus is well structured and although it is not like who knows what to do all the time is a good protagonist, besides that nod to Anabeth from the Percy saga I loved.