Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

75 reviews

caitlin_123a's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense 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

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment, Torture, Racism, and Blood

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, War, Abandonment, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death

jupternorth's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This book is definitely way too slow for the story it has. It's not as good as PJO but it has potential, too bad the characters aren't really engaging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Child death, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Mental illness, Abandonment, Racism, Kidnapping, and Torture

kathrynleereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

As always, I was a little hesitant going into The Lost Hero, because I don't love the idea of returning to a familiar world with completely new characters. 

However, I should know better now than to ever doubt Rick Riordan. 

Jason, Piper, and Leo are the perfect little bundle of outcasts. Each of them had what they believed to be a huge flaw, but ends up being a huge skill. 

As much as I loved the characters and the story, it did feel like this book was mostly just set up for the rest of the series. Understandable, as that's exactly what it is, but still a little slow to read at parts. 

I can't wait to (re)read the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, War, Grief, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, and Alcoholism

norcana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging lighthearted relaxing 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death of parent, and Violence

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

This was far from my first read through of the Heroes of Olympus series, and I have to say it never lets me down. I always get a kick out of starting the book and going "who's this Jason dude, what happened to Percy?" 

I always get a hoot out of Leo, he's probably one of my favorites of the new crew. However, I always love how Piper grows in learning to accept her godly parent and learning what she can actually do with the skills it provides. 

Overall, a great continuation and expansion on the original series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence, Blood, War, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death and Death of parent

Keeping in mind that this book is completely age appropriate for middle grade audiences, regardless of the content warnings.

claire_leibovitz'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Violence, War, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment

itstruly_flower's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, War, and Violence

Minor: Blood

_ren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Animal death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Confinement, War, Violence, Stalking, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Mental illness, Torture, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, Racism, Dysphoria, and Murder

bookcaptivated's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Gore, and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Bullying, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, Vomit, Racism, and War