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theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Violence, Child death, Mental illness, War, Murder, Death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Grief, Gore, Animal death, Abandonment, Infidelity, and Animal cruelty
_ren's review
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Classism, Confinement, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, and War
Moderate: Bullying, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, and Blood
Minor: Cursing
squinnittowinit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, War, and Racism
Minor: Classism and Forced institutionalization
Fantasy racism/xenophobia, minor problematic statements commonly made at the time of publishingmnerd63's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Blood and Violence
Moderate: Mental illness
readingwithkaitlyn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Murder, Body shaming, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Fatphobia
foxo_cube's review
- 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
4.5
Riordan is a rare author of YA fiction that manages to encapsulate pretty well the awkwardness of being a teenager. That the characters have unhuman powers and encounter monsters frequently doesn't make them less, well, human. The little bits of romantic interest that are coming up as everyone's getting older are frustrated and uncoordinated, and that's certainly how I remember it being around that age.
I've become very fond of Rachel - I hope she comes back in the last book, too. She's so straightforward. I was happy to see Tyson play a big role again, too - and he became friends with Grover! The two best boys getting over their mutual fear of each other made me very happy.
Nico was kind of annoying for a lot of the book, unfortunately. I don't think that's a problem of the writing so much as it was him being a sulky kid, and I can't really blame him for that.
I do wish the titular Battle of the Labyrinth had been a little bit more intense. The smaller fight scenes are typically pretty dynamic, so the big battle felt a little lacklustre.
I mentioned before that I was disappointed that Luke didn't die in The Titan's Curse. Now, though, I am pretty intrigued as to the direction his story is going.
Moderate: Violence, Blood, and War
Minor: Mental illness
evieolive's review
- 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
Moderate: Grief, Death, Mental illness, and Violence
Minor: Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail