Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

3 reviews

xapoptosisx's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

I love Greek mythology I love this series. Anyway this book hit alot harder than the others probably my favourite so far and I'm just excited to read the last book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Minor: Blood, War, and Body horror

finnft4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.25

Most gripping one yet

RANKING
[1] PJO: The Last Olympian
[2] HoO: The House of Hades
[3] HoO: The Mark of Athena
[4] PJO: The Lightning Thief
[5] PJO: The Titan's Curse
[6] HoO: The Son of Neptune
[7] PJO: The Battle of the Labyrinth
[8] HoO: The Lost Hero
[9] PJO: The Sea of Monsters
[10] HoO: The Blood of Olympus 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and War

Moderate: Death, Grief, Suicide, and Body horror

This is definitely the most gripping one yet. I don't think there are any parts where I was especially bored. I really like seeing how the characters are developing. Nico was great; he's one of the most interesting characters, period. Kronos inhabiting Luke's body is SO dark, even though I did sort of call it, I was NOT expecting the series to actually go that route. The final book is shaping up to be really good!

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I'll start by saying that at this point in my series reread, I'm definitely not rating the quality of these books alone, just how much I'm enjoying rereading them! And for me, I think this may have been my favorite reread so far. I forgot about Rachel Elizabeth Dare, and I really like her character! And I already knew I loved Nico, but <3.

You can definitely tell this series is ~written by a man~ though with how much emphasis is put on the jealous, catty disagreement between Annabeth and Rachel. Like, they're both great characters! It would be so much more interesting if they became friends! Also, I'm tagging this as "ableism" because I just... something feels off with the disability rep. Mostly how coded Tyson is through I/DD and how many ableist insults sneak in. This is a good example of a book that did some disability rep pretty well, full of heroes with ADHD who benefit from it, and most of its other cross/multiple disability rep not that well.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, and Violence