Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan

13 reviews

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

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

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