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Percy Jackson and the Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan

2 reviews

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book taught me about quite a few Greek Heroes I had no idea about and gave me more information on one I thought I knew well. (Turns out I didn't know anything about Hercules. Or that Kratos from the God of War games was clearly partially inspired by his story.)

The biggest takeaway was: don't be a Greek Hero.

This was more tragic than the Greek Gods by about 1000x.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cannibalism

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