thaliareads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief
Moderate: Outing
Still absolutely appropriate for a YA reading level, but on the darker side compared to the prior books in the series.nevermoregothic's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Outing and Violence
Minor: Animal death
jackiie's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Outing, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
musicalizzy's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Minor: War and Death
sophie42's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death and Blood
Minor: Body horror
brekker_by_brekker's review
- 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
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Outing
Moderate: Homophobia and Blood
gabyhs's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Minor: Abandonment, Blood, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, War, Death, Torture, and Violence
hales_1243's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Violence, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief
Minor: Animal death, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Alcohol, and Mental illness
mollymoo1234's review against another edition
- 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
Enjoy xx
Minor: Death
emilynied's review against another edition
- 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
It's funny how for the first two books and this series, everyone and their mother was rooting for a Percabeth reunion and now they're stuck together in a way that no one really expected. Reading about their bond strengthening even more, if that's possible was pretty beautiful and just proves even more how they're my OTP. The small callbacks to moments in previous books and the small memories or anecdotes in both of their narrated chapters were some of my favorite parts. Even though they're fighting their way through hell, Riordan manages to capture their humanity in such a youthful way, because sometimes we fail to remember that they're still teenagers. Bob and small Bob are two of my favorite characters in the entire Percy Jackson universe, and the impact that they had on this book was just incredible. The last line of the book did in fact make me cry (and also reminded me of Zoe Nightshade from "The Titan's Curse," which made me cry even more...It's crazy to think sometimes that Titans and Giants have feelings and brains....and Riordan manages to make the reader care about them and give us the perspective of two of the biggest foes in the entire series. It just worked so well. The last couple scenes in Tartarus where
Spoiler
Annabeth and Percy make the choice to go up in the elevator and let Bob and Damasen save them was so emotional. I thought it was so impactful how Annabeth was the one to push them to go - and to let her have that realization about letting others save you as a child of Athena. Percy's POV was heartbreaking and we can so tell how his hero's curse is loyalty. His care towards Bob and regret about what he did despite his true identity was heartbreaking. I love Bob.Reading about the seven without Percy and Annabeth was just as disorienting as they talked about in their POVs, but watching them pull themselves together made me root for them even harder. I liked the dynamic of adding Nico to the fray and he made a lot of their scenes a lot more exciting. He also had some really great character development (i.e. the Cupid scene with Jason..) and I'm really excited to read how that is fleshed out and concluded in the final book. Jason, Piper, Leo, Frank and Hazel all managed to have their time to shine despite the large number of main characters in the book, and Riordan manages to balance all of their development and personalities so well so that the reader feels that we get enough of each. Frank and Hazel especially in this book just had such amazing moments that made me love them even more (especially in the end).
Leo's journey in this book diverts a little from the main quest and I thought that his time on
Spoiler
Calypso's island was so unexpected. It's true that he thinks of himself as less than some of the other hero's especially Percy and Jason, so reading about his experience here in a role that many other strong, infamous male heros have also taken was super interesting. I think this "ship" was totally unexpected and I liked the little enemies to allies to *potential* lovers thing that they got going on.Overall, this is again, like "The Mark of Athena" a shining example of a really great YA fantasy. It just works so well and I love these characters and the journeys they go on. Storylines and characters weave so well throughout the books and within the books, and I can't wait for everything to tie together in the end.
Graphic: Violence and Death