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The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

23 reviews

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Genocide, Violence, Animal death, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Torture, and War

lunarblazes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.5

a thrilling conclusion to the hoo series! some bits of the ending don't feel completely satisfying, and i have some issues with how the prophecy plays out, but it's fun and cool. the best parts of this book are truly nico and reyna's journey together, though jason and piper finally shaping themselves into interesting and confident characters is never unwelcome. i'm personally more of a fan of the frank, hazel, annabeth, and percy side of the seven, which means i wasn't going to enjoy this one as much, but it's still quite good!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, War, Child death, Addiction, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcoholism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Outing, Homophobia, and Physical abuse

homophobia is internalized; the outing takes place in a prior book

jackiie's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

kathrynleereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

I knew before starting The Blood of Olympus that I wasn’t ready for it, and boy was I right. Rick Riordan has an insane talent for twisting ancient myths and fitting them into the modern world in ways that just make sense.

In the Blood of Olympus, the crew of the Argo II, now reunited with Percy and Annabeth, are determined to make their way to Athens, where they hope to overthrow Gaia and the giants. 

As they traipse across the Mediterranean, Percy, Annabeth, Leo, Piper, Jason, Hazel, and Frank encounter both monsters and mortals, and Riordan somehow manages to bend every instance of both to suit the story.

The true underlying theme in the Blood of Olympus is, undoubtedly, found family. It’s shown through Leo, who feels like a seventh wheel. Through Hazel, who sometimes feels like she’s stuck in the wrong time. Through Nico, who is stubbornly determined to not call either camp his home. Through Reyna, who fears she might be outcast by the Romans for breaking their most sacred law.

The best thing that could have come out of the Blood of Olympus, no matter the outcome of the war, is that at the end of the day, the little group of demigods, no matter Greek or Roman, are together.

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Content Warnings

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

abby_can_read'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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I enjoyed this book. I had a good time. I adored the characters and their relationships. The plot was good, a little predictable at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Gore, Blood, and Animal death

Minor: Death of parent, Homophobia, and Suicide

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Racism, Sexism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Grief, Violence, and War

emmieclassix's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

Alas, we have finally gotten to the point where I haven't read these before. Don't ask me why I got to book 4 in this series and never finished it. The only answer I have for you is I think I was in grad school when this book first came out. But I digress!

Despite their length, Riordan books are quick reads for me because of the way they are paced. I can see why kids of all kinds come into the library and say they've flown through these books because it is easy to do! Not only are all of the characters fun, but there's action and humor and it's just an all around good time, despite the impending doom.

Also, Nico! I can see why people say he's one of their favorite characters because I just want to wrap him in a big hug. I'm glad we finally get to see from his point of view. And his interaction with Percy at the end? Gold.

While this one doesn't end on a cliffhanger, you can kind of tell that Riordan is setting up for another series. It's an overall good conclusion to this story arc, but there's an opening there at the end for another series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Grief, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide, and Homophobia

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Sexism, Homophobia, Death of parent, Vomit, Suicide, and Pregnancy

val_theburrowofstories'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Death of parent