Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Sun and the Star by Mark Oshiro, Rick Riordan

48 reviews

savybanana's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia

melaschnie's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Grief, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Torture, Death of parent, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: War, Homophobia, and Outing

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

2.0

I really loved the themes of the book - about trauma, accepting your darker elements, letting people in, grief, etc. but dear god the plot was so long and boring. I know we all want to know about Nico and will's relationship, they are very cute, but this was too long for this, it should have been a much shorter novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia and Outing

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective 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

The beginning was really slow and i just don't like humor derived from mispronouncing things and brand names. I also thought the character arcs were pretty obvious. 
Nonetheless, I was very invested toward the end and liked Will and Nico's relationship very much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Grief

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Murder, Outing, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Police brutality

thesvnthsense's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia and Eating disorder

ariel_rivkah's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Minor: Homophobia

hayleyvem's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Grief, and Torture

Moderate: Blood, Eating disorder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Body horror, and Death of parent

annahamburger's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Self harm, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Minor: Homophobia, Stalking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

unicorn3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.5

Man merkt stark das dieses Buch nicht nur von Rick geschrieben wurde, es fehlt an einigen Stellen dieses bestimmte Etwas von ihm. Aber dennoch ist das Buch wundervoll, was alles angesprochen wird, wie viel tiefer wir auch in die mentalen Probleme der Charaktere eintauchen. Wirklich süß und perfekt um das Buch zu verschlingen. An ein paar Stellen jedoch etwas wackelig und nicht zusammen passend, man merkt eben doch das zwei Autoren an einem Buch schreiben. 
Jedoch kommen dabei auch viele Plot Points viel zu kurz, der End-Kampf (sowie auch der vorherige) haben keinen wirklichen Sinn ergeben, schwer nachzuvollziehen. Viele Charaktere wirkten OOC (out of character) und sehr platt. <Spoiler> darunter Will der irgendwie nur Nicos Freund ist und weiter? Percy und Annabeth wurden viel zu oft erwähnt und hatten auch ein kurzes cameo, wirkte auch total daneben und nicht so, wie man sie kennt. Mr. D. ja, das ist schwierig zu beurteilen, genauso Chiron... Entweder ist Rick noch unzuverlässiger bei Nebencharakteren als gedacht oder Mark hat viel verändert, ob gut oder schlecht? Schwierig zu sagen</Spoiler>
End-Resultat: super Buch das uns Will und Nico näher bringen, endlich auch in schwierigere Aspekte des Halbgott Seins blicken. Es lohnt sich!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

Was this the best written book I've ever read? Not necessarily, no. But I couldn't put it down for the last half of the book. I loved how Nico and Will were able to work and grow throughout their journey, especially with Nico's past trauma and subsequent PTSD. Part of the core of the story is them learning how to open up to each other, how to work with both of their pasts and move forward as a couple. 

The care taken with the mental health rep overall in this book is wonderful. Will is learning that Nico doesn't need to be fixed, and Nico is trying to learn how to move forward with his darkness. They are so wonderful together. I am so happy they got their own book, and that Nico finally got his time to shine. I would definitely read another book with them at the center!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Outing, and Eating disorder