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The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

52 reviews

hales_1243's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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jenny_librarian's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I love Rick Riordan’s books. You’d think this being the last of the Olympians double series, I would love it the most. And I do for some of it.
But the way the chapters are arranged bothers me. I feel like a big part of why I couldn’t get 100% invested during the second half of the book is because the author uses “boomerang storytelling”: writing a few chapters from  one character’s POV, then going back to the beginning of that timeframe and doing the same for another character that’s somewhere else. It might have been impossible to write otherwise, but that’s probably because by the time he sat to write this book, Riordan had way too many characters in way too many different places.

It’s a great ending
(even though I really couldn’t care less about Leo and Calypso)
nevertheless and I’m looking forward to finally read Trials of Apollo (the reason behind this massive reread I started 2 years ago).

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mollymoo1234's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

If I could give this book more stars then oh gods I would , I cried I laughed I screamed and I even stopped to hug the book a few times I love these characters so much and they just comfort me no  matter what and quite frankly if you don’t enjoy this book you scare me a little 
Enjoy xxx 
SPOILER  < bad boy supreme just had us fooled I was extremely relieved at this and hugged my book and wiped my eyes > SPOILER 

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stinkyrat's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0


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rtaire's review against another edition

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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? It's complicated

4.0


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mothie_girlie's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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

4.25


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orchidlilly's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective sad 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

4.0


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mengzhenreads's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

UGH. SO GOOD. PERFECT CONCLUSION TO A PERFECT SERIES. CRYING. LAUGHING. DYING. SO GOOD.

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caitcosentino's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

3.9 stars

There was a lot going on in this one (maybe too much?). Having narration from Reyna/Nico/Hedge's quest, too, sometimes made it tough to remember what was what.

I liked the character development in this one a lot. It feels like Frank didn't get the same level of development that the rest of them got. Darn.

The highlights for me were Leo's development/storyline, Reyna/Nico's friendship developing, and the ending. 

Ranking the series:
1. House of Hades
2. Son of Neptune
3. The Lost Hero
4. Blood of Olympus
5. Mark of Athena

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bexi's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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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