Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan

13 reviews

_ren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death, Confinement, Murder, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Trafficking, Torture, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Vomit, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, and Alcohol

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

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was a re-read for me. I really loved seeing Leo again and seeing his relationship with Calypso grow and develop. I also love the parallels between Apollo and Calypso learning to deal with their newfound mortality. Overall this was a really interesting continuation of the series, and I love how complicated the prophecies are getting. Especially since Apollo is the god of prophecy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Grief, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

While this was more on the sad side towards the end, it was still YA appropriate in my opinion.

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

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Child death, and Child abuse

littleflowerfairy's review

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Grief, Confinement, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Toxic relationship is in reference to a familial relationship. Also, in case there's anyone else out there that also gets freaked out by foreign objects going into someone's facial orifices,

there is a scene toward the end of the book where spectral bees are flying into Meg's nose, mouth, ears and tear ducts. Then a bit later in the chapter, they go into Apollo, and he says he can feel them ricocheting around his respiratory system. Meg's description is only one sentence, while Apollo's is few more lines.

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

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

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

hales_1243's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Murder, and Terminal illness

Minor: Gun violence