Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Trials of Apollo: The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan

38 reviews

the_embodiment_of_chaos's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming

anjasshelf's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Dysphoria

atcamryn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

5.0

rip crest

wow…the most emotional i think i’ve ever been reading a book, possibly ever. apollo’s character development as he literally gains proximity to humanity and empathy is so moving. he’s still sassy and arrogant and not losing a touch of that overconfidence that makes his pov so amusing, but he’s gaining so much softness and understanding so much of what it means to be human. it almost makes you, as the reader, feel exposed to everything that makes life difficult—but also makes it worth living. truly a heartbreaking, inspiring, and somehow still riotously funny novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Suicide attempt

hales_1243's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, and Death of parent

Minor: Confinement

building_a_bookdom's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Mutilation/losing body parts

livelaughomo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

i will never recover❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Emotional abuse

rakkaussipsi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Child abuse

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

Nice

It was nice to see Grover again since he wasn’t really in HoO series. This book had far too many feels in it for me to handle. Apollo continues to be less of a self absorbed dick which I love. Grab some tissues yall it’s a bumpy ride. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

3rd book down! Glad to be over halfway through this series. Im about to start Daughter of the Deep and im excited to get out of Apollo’s head. There was a surprising amount of death in this book. I feel like it isn’t normal if Ricks work to have so much of it in his books but this was very grief stricken. The warrior driads were cool, I loved seeing Grover again, the Coach Hedge fight scene was funny and the whole Jason thing felt… unreal. No way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

the_pysselfia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Grief, and Gaslighting