Reviews tagging 'War'

The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan

7 reviews

marenm's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

as an avid enjoyer of the percy jackson and the olympians series, i’ve found ToA to be very juvenile. i get its middle grade but so is olympians and it never felt so…cringe? there’s just some pretty stupid jokes in there that makes it hard to get through. i also think the names of their monsters tend to be much more complicated than the og series and it makes it hard to keep straight. i did find some of the backstories pretty interesting and there were definitely some charming moments in the book. overall, the book didn’t make a super large impression on me and i probably won’t be thinking about it in the future. i bought the whole series already though so i will be continuing :) 
3/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Body shaming, and War

ash_pj21's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Death, Self harm, Physical abuse, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and War

icedlemonade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Murder, and Death

Minor: Child abuse

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

4.25

i didn't like this one as much as the first, but i've definitely developed an appreciation for how apollo/lester is developing. i love seeing characters grow!

i love him and meg's sibling relationship SO much !! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent

redroseses's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Gore, and Child abuse

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Animal death, War, Violence, Confinement, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

I just can’t. I didn’t enjoy book one, I’m not enjoying book two. I don’t care what’s happening in the story and don’t care to continue even just to see what happens. I also dread picking this book up, sigh when I see how many pages I have left, and can’t seem to remember what I’ve read.

11/21 reread review:
I only picked this back up because Rick announced a book About Nico but it picks up at the end of this series so obviously I have to finish the series so I can read the long awaited Nico book. Now I’m still at this moment in time have a physical copy but I grabbed it from the library is an audiobook to help me speed through it. I finished it in two days, and really didn’t like it all that much… ugh. It feels so weird for me disliking a wreck book so much let alone a wreck series but I’m just not Vibing with the series is at all which is also kind of ironic/almost funny because I just bought his daughters of the deep book that just came out I bought it on pre-order but I’ve told myself I can’t pick that one up until I finish this series soooooo here we go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, War, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer and Child death