Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan

37 reviews

briely's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

I think I might just be getting worn out on this series after reading them all continuously. Apollo is funny but I’m just not attached to the storyline so it became a bit of a slog to read. Will probably take a break before continuing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

fe_aye's review against another edition

medium-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

3.5

This was fun, it’s very interesting to see how a God would handle becoming mortal, especially when he has to rely on his children. 
Trials of Apollo seems to be shaping up to be a fun read it’ll be interesting to see how this develops, especially as Apollo learns more about being mortal and what that means. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Body shaming and Kidnapping

natashalg's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed the book and the "fall from grace" storyline, but I can't say I enjoyed it as much as the author's previous works. The characters (mainly Meg) were irritating, and as much as I love Percy, I felt like he was just a name drop and him being the "white knight" made him seem like a flat character. I felt like the entire book was exposition for the coming series, and nothing truly exciting happened until the last 3/4 of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent

dee_farbz's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted 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

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Vomit

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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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I had a god time reading this book. Reading from Apollo's preceptive was funny and entertaining. I liked the snarking between Meg and Apollo.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

em_of_swags's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

I feel like the cast of characters was quite the downgrade from the first two series. I liked the side characters and reoccurring demigods well enough, but Apollo was so insufferable, I hope he'll have grown as a person in the second book.

Also it feels like nothing happened until the big showdown? Feels like a more solid way of storytelling than the previous books, which were like video game quests, but I don't like change so it was weird to not have a bunch of little adventures.

Still liked the book tho

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Fatphobia

_ren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

anna_333's review against another edition

hopeful informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

charmainslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Car accident and Pregnancy