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Percy Jackson and the Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan

3 reviews

onefineelephant's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

7/10. This book was a good way to learn about Greek heroes or refresh your memory on the ones you already know. I also enjoyed Percy's commentary and insights into the stories. However, I was surprised and disappointed that the journey of Odysseus, the most famous Greek hero and story, was left out of this book. One could argue that his journey would be too long to include but I would argue that it could easily be abridged in the same way Jason and the Argonaut's story was in this same book. Regardless, I look forward to reading this story to my future children to introduce them to Greek mythology and heroic tales. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

kathrynleereads's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Honestly, I didn't anticipate enjoying Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes as much as I did. Having Percy's added humor as he told each hero's story was fantastic. 

Reading this after reading both Percy Jackson and the Heroes of Olympus, I found it really interesting as I recognized random different names and stories. 

A great companion book to both of Rick Riordan's Greek mythology series!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

melplays9000's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

This book is almost the exact same as Greek Gods except it has different stories. It was fun and Percy Jackson as the narrator really made it it’s own. The stories are delivered in a way which is fun and readable for all audiences and issues like misogyny and racism from the original stories are pointed out making this book suitable for a modern audience. 

This book is very much the same thing over and over again and reading it straight after the Greek Gods made it feel especially long and repetitive. It wasn’t that I was necessarily bored while reading, more just that I wasn’t excited to pick up the book and could easily put it down at many moment. 

Overall I liked this book. Love learning about greek myth with Percy Jackson and I had a good time. Probably don’t read this and Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods back to back. 4 Stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, and Blood

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, and War