Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

12 reviews

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal death and Child abuse

fin_s_t's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

ollieez's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Fatphobia

wiktoria_bojda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, and War

Moderate: Mental illness and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse

noahsingh's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Violence, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, and Abandonment

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

The battle of the labyrinth remains my favourite but this is a close second. You can really see how Percy develops as a person and everyone around him is impacted for the better. This book is so well written and even though I was rereading it so I knew the plot twists, a few still caught me by surprise. Incredibly enjoyable read. I can't wait to start the next series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury

johannarose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Violence, and Grief

Tornado

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

5.0

While I loved this book, I still think Battle of the Labyrinth is my favorite. About 50% of this is focused on the war in Manhattan, and while I understand why it had to be written that way, it did get to be a little monotonous. 

But I really appreciate that Percy made the conscious decision to call the gods out for their bullshit and that we finally got Percabeth.

Also, interesting observation: after having read Song of Achilles a few weeks ago, I absolutely loved the parallels Rick Riordan had made between the Battle of Troy and the Battle of Manhattan. Spoilers for Song of Achilles below: 

A hero's honor is disrespected over a feud, and they refuse to go to battle even when absolutely necessary. A dear "friend" of the hero disguises themselves in the hero's armor, only to fall after facing a foe only the hero can defeat. The hero defeats the foe to avenge their friend's death, and then drags the foe's body behind their chariot while demanding to fight the leader of the enemy's army.

Now, is the hero I'm speaking of Clarisse or Achilles? The friend, Silena or Patroclus? The foe, the drakon or Hector? And the leader of the opposing army, Kronos or Paris?
All that to say, I believe that Clarisse and Silena were secretly dating behind Beckendorf and Chris Rodriguez's backs, or at least in love with each other. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Genocide, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Infidelity, Car accident, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

valereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Dementia, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Medical content, Car accident, and Abandonment