Reviews tagging 'Fatphobia'

The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan

7 reviews

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

bookshelfmonkey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.5

 Pretty mediocre as far as Riordanverse books go. Also, I get the idea of having a shallow/vain character and having them grow by accepting their physical flaws but the body-shaming felt a bit heavy for a middle-grade book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse

eclectic_hellscape's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

hales_1243's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I really enjoyed this book! It was a little more slow paced than the PJO and Heroes of Olympus series, but was still really good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Fatphobia, and Blood

Minor: Slavery and War

anjasshelf's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia, Medical content, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

frogsinacoat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

cosmicwillow's review against another edition

4.5

2023 reread: no idea why i never reviewed this book the first time around, since it was as much of a blast the second time around as i remembered! apollo is such a dick (also wow the fatphobia from him yikes) but he’s also endearing. i also love meg, she’s such a feisty, hilarious girl and i cant wait to read more about her!!

super excited to finally move on and read the last four books in this series and see how everything plays out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia