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The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

11 reviews

amazelan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny 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

3.0

c'était sympa, typique Rick Riordan, mais j'ai lu carrément mieux de lui.
les personnages secondaires sont + intéressants que Magnus ; meme s'il n'est pas si affreux, ça reste un mec cishet blanc chiant. 
y a des passages très drôles par contre.
et j'ai bien aimé découvrir la mythologie nordique.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body horror, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Islamophobia

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

1_800_fuck_off's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Death, War, Death of parent, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Islamophobia and Bullying

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

glen3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Moderate: Islamophobia, Ableism, Animal death, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Minor: Bullying

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

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

hannahmayhere's review

adventurous funny hopeful 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: Death, Death of parent, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Grief

Minor: Islamophobia and Ableism

mmefish's review against another edition

1 ⭐️
Skipped almost everything after page 300. Felt like I was rereading Percy Jackson (Magnus Chase is basically Percy 2.0) but a weaker version of it. Boring plot, same old dad jokes and poor representation of Nordic gods.
More on the middle grade side rather than YA.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death