Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Laberinto en llamas by Rick Riordan

16 reviews

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

This was actually my first read-through of this book, despite reading the second one two or three times already. These books are just getting more and more intense and complicated as details from all the series are at play together. 

This book was excellent. It was sad, but also handled so well. While I wish this part of the series didn't exist, it does. To be honest this isn't something I expected which makes it hit all the harder but also really highlights the severity in a way that otherwise just couldn't be captured.  I just hope that Apollo makes the most of their position in the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Blood, Grief, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Dementia

While this is written in a way that is appropriate and approachable for a YA audience, I'd recommend this for the more mature of the YA audience.

aneanara's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Jason’s death actually didn’t affect me that much, maybe because I expected it, and more waited for it the hole book (I had heard that he was going to die, but examples from other books show that that isn’t the case)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Self harm, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death

Minor: Death of parent

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

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

it's the middle of the night and i can't stop crying ... onto book 4?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Vomit, Gore, Torture, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Child abuse and War

Minor: Abandonment

icedlemonade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Racism

the_embodiment_of_chaos's review against another edition

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

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

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

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

Minor: Dysphoria, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

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

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: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Child death, Gore, Animal death, Grief, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

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

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

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

Mutilation/losing body parts

finnft4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted

• 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

BRO. ALRIGHT. ToA has officially redeemed itself.

Non-spoiler stuff first lmao. This is the first book where I actually like Apollo and Meg as characters and am not consistently annoyed by their appearances. I'm really liking Apollo's arc; it no longer feels like a half-baked Kuzco. The lines where Apollo starts to doubt his entire identity as a god while he's being reduced to basically nothing are... man, they're good. It doesn't feel as rushed anymore, and it feels honest. Meg's whole arc with Nero and shit is also very good. Piper and Jason, who I didn't like in the past, are... better now. Not great, but this book gave them a bit more depth, which I appreciated. Grover continues to be one of my favorite characters. This is the first ToA book where I actually cared about the characters and what happened to them.

And there are STAKES NOW - one of the bigger improvements between this one and the other two books (which still had stakes but weren't very investing). This book was so fucking intense. Almost at House of Hades level with the amount of pain going on. I'm still in a bit of shock.

SO MANY GOOD LINES TOO. I'M SHAKING.

Spoilers below. 

Alright, to be honest, I was already spoiled on Jason's death before reading this book. And I was mostly indifferent to the news. Oh wow, this character that I don't care that much about dies? I'm... so sad. But I'm surprised by how much it got to me. The death itself was more "OH SHIT" than anything, but the characters' reactions and the time processing afterward were heart-wrenching. The way Jason went out though was kind of stupid. Like, my guy survived getting impaled in Blood of Olympus, and this is how he dies? Sheesh... No complaints other than my guy was nerfed.

 

I'm actually looking forward to the next book (previously I saw the ToA books as obstacles in between MCGA lmfao)

CURRENT RANKING
[1] PJO: The Last Olympian
[2] HoO: The House of Hades
[3] HoO: The Mark of Athena
[4] MCGA: The Sword of Summer
[5] PJO: The Lightning Thief
[6] ToA: The Burning Maze
[7] PJO: The Titan's Curse
[8] MCGA: The Hammer of Thor
[9] HoO: The Son of Neptune
[10] PJO: The Battle of the Labyrinth
[11] HoO: The Lost Hero
[12] PJO: The Sea of Monsters
[13] ToA: The Dark Prophecy
[14] HoO: The Blood of Olympus

[15] ToA: The Hidden Oracle 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Child death, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Gaslighting