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The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

111 reviews

parlonny's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Child death, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Violence

honeyvoiced's review against another edition

adventurous

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

colleen4090's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

jiao_li's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-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

4.25

As this book was supposed to be when the great prophecy happens, it'll take you on the greatest, most intense battle of all the books in the series. Honestly, the first few chapters of the book were boring for me, and then too much is happening in the middle, until the mystery started to unravel, and the battle started getting intense. It was so thrilling!

As always, the world-building was on top, as the Greek mythology collided perfectly with the modern world. The characters were diverse, yet there's no waste of it, even the supporting characters play significant roles. I think this book picks up heavily on the themes of family and friendship, and it successfully delivered the message.

The writing style was actually good, just not my cup of tea. Someone said that Harry Potter is written in millennial and Percy Jackson more like Gen Z, and I like Harry Potter's writing style more, even though both are good.

Some things may have changed from the original Greek mythology to fit the storyline, but it was evident that Rick Riordan did an excellent job researching the history. This may not be my favorite book of the series, but I still think "The Last Olympian" is worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and War

danicakvcs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and War

nellienelson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Not gonna say much except that this was the best percy jackson book imo. Everything came together and it was so well-written, I read over half the book in one day because the story gripped me so much I couldn’t stop

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and War

Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Genocide, and Injury/Injury detail

rdmoreland0801's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

5.0

A very satisfying end to this amazing series.  While Luke and many others did wrong, they got the chance in the end to die heroes.  They were all just kids who got a little lost along the way.

All of the relationships in this series are beautiful in many different ways.  Each demigod is a hero in their own way.  This giant band of misfits joined together and changed the way the world works.

Percy may have been an idiot about girls the entire time, but I’m glad he finally came to his senses.  As much as I hate the word, Percy and Annabeth were always “endgame”.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Abandonment, and Death

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

The battle of the labyrinth remains my favourite but this is a close second. You can really see how Percy develops as a person and everyone around him is impacted for the better. This book is so well written and even though I was rereading it so I knew the plot twists, a few still caught me by surprise. Incredibly enjoyable read. I can't wait to start the next series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Child abuse, War, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

johannarose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Death, Violence, and Ableism

sophie42's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

Minor: Grief and Murder