Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

79 reviews

daniellekat's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Loved the fast paced action. I appreciate how quickly the author got to the 'main event' but I did think he overstated certain points (the endlessly repeated "there's a spy at camp" comes to mind).

Spoiler

I found the Annabeth-Percy love story a bit tedious and unnecessary especially with the Rachel and Luke jealousy elements. I did appreciate that the author didn't shy away from killing characters, it made the stakes feel real.

While the action was fun I thought this book didn't have the same narrative feel as the others but I suppose this was meant to be the main climax. Overall an exciting conclusion to a quick, high action series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

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

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

rokinjaguar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.0

I liked the series a lot! Not 100% my thing, but they were fun and well thought out! I didn’t love the last book, but that’s just bc war/action climaxes make me sad/stress me out. It was well done and I’m glad I read it. 

Nico is way too cool to be a 12 y/o tho

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Child death, and Violence

Minor: Toxic relationship and Fire/Fire injury

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

joey_paige's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Child death, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, and Violence

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Once again, this is not my first read of this series or this book by far, and I love it every time! My favorite part of this book is just how little Percy now cares about respecting the common rules/etiquette for respecting the gods. I think this was a great conclusion to a great series, and it was impressive how everything finally came together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

While I do feel this book is perfectly appropriate for a middle grade/ya audience, this book does get into a more devastating war environment where there are frequent casualties and injuries.

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Death and Child death

Minor: Death of parent and Blood