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The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

19 reviews

finnft4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

Best one yet!! I'm super excited about the rest of this series; I love it a lot

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

Moderate: Violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence and Sexism

This is definitely the most intense entry of the series so far. There's been fighting in the other two books, of course, but no permanent casualties. It did surprise me that two of the main characters were killed off - though I did sort of guess it would happen, since they were also introduced in this book. I barely knew Bianca or Zoe, but their deaths definitely got to me; Zoe's a bit more than Bianca's. But Nico's reaction to finding out was just heartbreaking. At this point, I feel like I'm definitely getting into the meat of the story, which is exciting. More major characters are being introduced, and everything feels so much more high-stakes now. As far as minor things go, I like the incorporation of "fatal flaws" into the concept, since they were always a huge player in classic mythology (plus Percy finding out what his is). It's a neat detail. Great series so far!

rinku's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

 With 3.5 stars, The Titan’s Curse is my favorite Percy Jackson novel until now. We’re introduced to many great characters here and the story just gets a bit more serious while still taking itself not too seriously, leading to many funny moments. 

This time, it’s not Grover who got kidnapped, but Annabeth and later

Artemis

by Luke and his followers. On their travel to rescue them, Percy and Grover get the support of many new characters. The pace is not as fast as in the previous novels, but we still have the artificial time pressure which is more of a running gag than a cliché now. But one cliché that actually did annoy me was the

”characters being secretly related to each other”-cliché

which always makes me roll my eyes. 

Compared to the previous books though, I really liked the settings, like the snowier settings at the beginning or the Hoover Dam – even though I always picture it like it looks in <i>Fallout New Vegas</i> lmao. I also always enjoy it when the gods are undercover in the human world and helping our heroes. The finale was so amazing as well:

Thalia seemingly killing Luke was such an epic moment, even though he’s not really dead. Them defeating Atlas was so amazing as well, just like Annabeth’s dad saving the day. In contrast, Zoe’s death was so sad and not so emotionless like Bianca’s death, where I first thought it would the same thing like with Tyson

. 

I noticed that there’s not one character I dislike since they’re all written so amazingly. I still love our main cast, and additionally really like Apollo and Ares. With Nico, Bianca, Thalia, and the huntresses, we get a great addition of the cast, even though

it’s a bit sad that Bianca, Thalia, and Zoe are all gone at the end. They were all such great strong female characters and I wished they would’ve stayed for longer. I also feel so sorry for Nico and wonder what will happen next now that we know that he’s Hades son

. 

With The Titan’s Curse, I definitely got more invested in the <i>Percy Jackson</i> series and its character. There are quite a few unresolved conflicts that make me curious how the series will continue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence, Animal cruelty, and Kidnapping

Minor: Grief, Gun violence, and War

emohell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

remains my favorite in the original series for a reason: soooooo fucking good, just top tier writing and aghhhhhhh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Blood

flaminghotchertos's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Violence, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

readingwithkaitlyn's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism

booksanna's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted tense 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

4.75

As good as all the other books in the series. Percy and Annabeth is so cute. The plot twists are great and engaging. I love Percy’s dry humor, it’s so enticing. All chapters  even the side charters were so well written and human, with real insecurities and personality. Some things that I really liked where

The improvement of the heroes relationship with their parents. But I kinda wanted more Annabeth and Percy moments. I also was kinda sad they didn’t include the day Thalia came back, like como on I wanted to know the backstory. Also, Bessie is the best

Super entertaining and keeps you on your toes, great plot. I actually predicted some things because of my background knowledge of Greeks mythology. It was super refreshing and rewarding to know about a story before it’s revealed yet. I was so proud of myself lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and War

goldendreams's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Kidnapping and Gun violence

pitabread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Violence, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Gun violence

Minor: Bullying

melplays9000's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

It takes me a little bit to actually get into these books and this one started right in the middle of the action. It kind of felt like the beginning of the book was missing? Like maybe it was cut out do decrease the page count? That made it even harder for me to get into it. This series overall is very formulaic which I imagine probably will get quite tedious towards the end but right now I’m finding it quite comforting. I loved the new characters of the Hunters and how we got to know the gods better in this one. But I also loved that we kept the original cast of characters and I love seeing them grow as people. 

The stakes in this one are also much higher in the sense that we actually do get some character death which I honestly didn’t expect with a middle grade. I must mention however that these twists such as the one in the final chapter frustrate me to no end! Just admit it’s Percy and move on! It just seems so unnecessary considering they already have plenty of problems for how short the books are. 

Overall this book was predictable and a had obvious flaws to an older reader, and yet I loved it. I feel like I’m really getting into the series now and I can’t wait to start the Battle of the Labyrinth. 4 Stars. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Kidnapping

Minor: Torture and Gun violence