Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan

6 reviews

monniebiloney's review against another edition

adventurous funny sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Significantly better then the first book, I feel like Apollo has his personality sorted out. 
I enjoyed this, but I do still feel weird reading it, as the emotional whiplash isn't exactly to my taste.
The fip flop between comidic one liners and depressing situations was...ok

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infidelity, Slavery, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Vomit, Animal death, Body shaming, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

caskraft's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful informative 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, and Slavery

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

wayward_sister's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

Even better than part one. It gets much darker than I would have expected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Child abuse, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Vomit

madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Classism, Child abuse, Murder, Medical content, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing

lastcomment314's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.25

After what I thought was a bit of a rocky start to the series in the first installment, I think the characters really come into their own here. Apollo is still Apollo, but he's more endearing now, and is learning to think about others besides himself, even if some things about him never change. The supporting cast is also larger, and features a few more familiar faces from Riordan's previous books, which never hurts for a long-time reader like me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Animal death, and Child abuse

skylar_river's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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 death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts