Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

15 reviews

dancing_on_ur_muml0l's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

be prepared to cry 😃👍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Gun violence, Suicide, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

nox_h's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Toxic friendship, and War

daryn's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief

alexandramiller's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

I've read this so many times but I am STILL screaming, crying, smiling, and kicking my feet at "it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time"!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and War

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Gun violence and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

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

sadie_g's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence

hales_1243's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Suicide, Violence, and War

Minor: Gun violence and Fire/Fire injury

foxo_cube's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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

4.75

Yeeeeah! Good ending!!

I found the big battle in The Battle of the Labyrinth a bit disappointing, but that wasn't an issue at all in this book. The majority of it is the war between the Titans and Olympus and it goes hard.

There were a load of good character arcs in this.

I'll admit, the Clarisse red herring got me - it seemed obvious that she'd be the spy. Narratively speaking, I'm glad I was tricked, but Silena?! I really wouldn't have expected it, but it made her reaction to Beckendorf's death so much more devastating. Luke clawing back control from Kronos over his body to kill himself was built up to nicely and I did feel some sympathy towards him. Some of his characterisation felt a bit too "he's evil because he is" and he really gained some humanity to me with the backstory we saw.

It was adorable seeing Percy and Annabeth finally admit to themselves (and each other!) that they loved each other. I'm so happy for them.

Kind of sad, kind of relieved that Bessie had no important plot points revolving around him. I'd have hated to see him hurt, and at least we got a cameo from him, I suppose.

Overall, I think this series has a lovely overall message of accepting and loving people for their quirks - the demigods are all weirdos amongst mortals, and overall, it's stressed that people should learn to appreciate everyone regardless of if they're odd, or seemingly don't bring anything of importance, or whatever, because unity matters far more and everyone has a part to play.

Speaking of, I'm so proud of Nico and how far he's come since we first met him, and glad that Hades is allowed back in Olympus!

There are other Percy Jackson series, and I'll definitely be reading them. This has been a really fun series to get through!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexism, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Gun violence