Reviews tagging 'War'

The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

33 reviews

sophie42's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Minor: Bullying, Grief, and Death of parent

val_theburrowofstories's review

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Violence, and War

lennie_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, War, and Death of parent

eagleshouse's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Racism and War

mollymoo1234's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Once again I am in love with the hero’s of Olympus series so far and it’s so nice to finally meet hazel and frank who I’ve heard about from others it’s a great read once again 
Enjoy xx

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Death, and Death of parent

finnft4's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.25

 

Nice! I'm still really enjoying the humor of HoO. The conflict set-up is crazy; it's insane how dark some of the backstories get. I will say that I'm struggling a bit with getting invested, as I don't find any of the new characters being introduced to be that interesting (personality-wise). I liked that Nico was in this book, since he's a very interesting character imo. Leo and Percy are definitely my favorite perspectives. The plot is extremely interesting. But the characters are a bit weak, since a lot of them are super similar (again, personality-wise). Interesting characters is a huge make-or-break for me, so as of now I like the original PJO series more. But we'll see how it goes - for the record, this book has very interesting side characters and some older characters, so I'm not complaining.

(One note: There's so much romance in HoO - I'm struggling to think of a prominent character that doesn't have a romantic interest. Sometimes I definitely appreciate it; but it certainly felt repetitive with this book, having to watch a very similar romance unfold again [

Jason and Piper vs. Frank and Hazel - the age difference with the latter is also ?!!

]. Yeah, this point is extremely nitpicky. But it's just something that generally annoys me.)

I keep hearing great things about the next two books, so I'm excited!

RANKING
[1] PJO: The Last Olympian
[2] HoO: The House of Hades
[3] HoO: The Mark of Athena
[4] PJO: The Lightning Thief
[5] PJO: The Titan's Curse
[6] HoO: The Son of Neptune
[7] PJO: The Battle of the Labyrinth
[8] HoO: The Lost Hero
[9] PJO: The Sea of Monsters
[10] HoO: The Blood of Olympus

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent and War

Minor: Racism

lexnicole's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Gore, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, War, Death, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Slavery

Pearl harbor, Nazis, homelessness, starvation, heart attack.

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, War, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Death, and Animal death

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexism, and Body shaming

molly_rose's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Racism, War, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail