Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Im Bann des Zyklopen by Rick Riordan

42 reviews

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny inspiring tense fast-paced

• 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

3.0

Book 2 really hit the gas and never let up...and I wish it had. The pacing was so fast I felt like I couldn't breathe but I wanted to know just a little more, to sit in the moments of tension and sadness for just a little longer.

I did enjoy the scenes with Tyson, Annabeth was awesome as usual and the places they went were great.

I absolutely hated the way Circe was handled and felt Grover's parts were very redundant and I wished we got more with him before he was captured. I also though Clarissa had her moments but overall she didn't get much page time either. Again the pacing was too fast to allow any real development. I didn't enjoy Luke's scenes either, they just felt kind of bland and he wasn't nearly as intimidating as he was at the end of book 1.

Overall I am excited for the next book, but this one felt like a novella more than a full novel and it just didn't hit like I wanted it too.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, and Cannibalism

Minor: Body horror and Fire/Fire injury

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

gillian_aftanas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, Violence, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Abandonment

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Grief

kendra_taylors_version's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

draven_deathcrush's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.5

I'm glad that I'm actually reading this series now!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying and Child death

Minor: Blood and Cannibalism

ashylibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood and Cannibalism

sophie42's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and War

Minor: Cannibalism and Injury/Injury detail

nellienelson's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Physical abuse, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and War

sadie_g's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Ableism and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism

beckyyreadss's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? No

4.0

I wanted to read this series as I have seen it everywhere and I'm slightly disappointed in myself for not picking this up when I was much younger. However, as a 23-year-old reading Percy Jackson for the first time, I thoroughly enjoyed it.  

This book still follows Percy Jackson and after a year spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy finds his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend named Tyson, who is a six-foot-three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows Percy everywhere, making it hard for Percy to have any “normal” friends. But things don’t stay quiet for long. Percy soon discovers there is trouble at Camp Half-Blood: the magical borders that protect Half-Blood Hill have been poisoned by a mysterious enemy, and the only safe haven for demigods is on the verge of being overrun by mythological monsters. To save the camp, Percy needs the help of his best friend, Grover, who has been taken prisoner by the Cyclops Polyphemus on an island somewhere in the Sea of Monsters – these are dangerous waters Greek heroes have sailed for Millenia, only today the Sea of Monsters goes by a different name these days – The Bermuda Triangle. Percy and his friends must retrieve the Golden Fleece from the island of the Cyclopes by the end of the summer or Camp Half-Blood will be destroyed. But first, Percy will learn a stunning new secret about his family – one that makes him question whether being claimed as Poseidon’s son is an honour or a cruel joke.  

I enjoyed this book. I think it’s better than the first one, but I did miss my sidekick, Grover. I wanted him and Percy to be having bants and going on adventures together and obviously with Grover being kidnapped, he wasn’t in the first 70% of the book. I love how the world is getting built with the action like you don’t feel behind and you know what’s going on, but the way Rick Riordan has a way of describing things in such a youthful, yet descriptive way is amazing. I enjoyed the storyline and how Percy is growing and how he already is very protective of his friends.  

The cliff hanger though!! It makes me want to grab the third book and finish this series just to found out what is going to happen.  

P.S if anything happens to Tyson or Grover again, imma go to war.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Blood and Cannibalism