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Znamení Athény

Rick Riordan

4.42 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional sad 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

percy going to tartarus so that he wouldn’t lose annabeth again
i’m SICK to my stomach
adventurous dark inspiring mysterious 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

In my humble opinion, this is the strongest book I've read in the Heroes of Olympus series so far.

Overall Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars
Pacing: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars
Characters: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars
Setting: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars
Plot: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars

Annabeth is the boss. She is genuinely in her ultimate form here: smart, brave, right-fully terrified and just straight-up AWESOME!

I love how we're finally getting somewhere with making our characters become genuine friends without forcing it. Jason and Percy are getting somewhere and Leo is still in his awesome Leo glory. And I'll say it, Piper is growing on me. Like really growing on me.

HOWEVER... Since when did Nico Di Angelo become Hazel's brother first and og series main cast guy second? Seriously. And the Percy problem ughhh. This is why I dislike relationships in plot driven fantasy adventures because authors forget how to make characters exist outside of their partner. Same problem with Hazel. Also, since no one's saying it, I will. Coach Hedge is not a funny character. Please stop pretending he is. Humor might be subjective but nails-on-a-chalkboard annoyance certainly isn't.
My Rating of all things Percy Jackson:
The Lightning Thief: ⭐️ 1 star
The Sea of Monsters: ⭐️⭐️ 2 stars
The Titan's Curse: ⭐️⭐️ 2 stars
The Battle of the Labyrinth: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars
The Last Olympian: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars
***
The Chalice of the Gods: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4.3 stars
***
The Lost Hero: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3.7 stars
The Son of Neptune: ⭐️⭐️⭐️3 stars
The Mark of Athena: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 stars
adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: No
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
adventurous emotional funny 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
adventurous emotional funny 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

I was gonna make a joke about it being a real cliffhanger but bro I can't focus on that when Percy and Annabeth are literally so cute.

She threw her dagger and within seconds he brings it back??? She's going on a dangerous quest where she might die and he walks her to the door of her quest cause he loves her and it's the respectful thing to do????? he is so down bad and I love that
adventurous mysterious tense 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

8.08