Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

14 reviews

niff_the_nerd's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Ableism

The inclusion of a Deaf character is not done well.

theintrovertsbooks'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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Murder, Blood, Islamophobia, Racism, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Cursing, Gore, Body horror, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

icedlemonade's review

adventurous challenging funny tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Child death, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Islamophobia, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Racism

unusuallyy's review against another edition

2.0

only got into this for genderfluid rep tbh, didn't see her in this book and said screw it and immediately went to get the next one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

building_a_bookdom's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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: Death and Child death

Moderate: Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Animal death, Child death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Minor: Alcohol, Cannibalism, Islamophobia, Vomit, Violence, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

teacupalpaca's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Child death

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

Moderate: Violence, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Abandonment, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Sexism, Alcoholism, Car accident, Bullying, Kidnapping, Racism, Animal death, and Islamophobia

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Animal death, Grief, Vomit, Bullying, and Classism

averyrembish's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Gore, War, and Islamophobia

frantic_vampire's review

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? No

4.5

I really loved this one! Magnus is honestly so relatable. He’s so sarcastic, funny, and a total dork. It also helps just a little that he’s my birthday twin! And he is the quintessential Capricorn. I feel like we would get along so well. I’m pretty sure that Magnus is one of my top favorite of Riordan’s characters.

I loved that this book focused on Norse mythology. There were a few name drops that were familiar from the show Vikings, but there were also a bunch of new things that I didn’t know about Norse mythology thrown into this. It was just such a fun read. One of the other things I really liked about this book was that we got to see Annabeth again! I loved all the little nods to the other series. And the fact that Magnus was also being so salty when references were made to the other books, it just made me giggle.

All in all The Sword of Summer was just such a fun read. I can’t wait to read Magnus’s next adventure. This one is getting a solid four and a half stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting and Islamophobia

Minor: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia