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The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

5 reviews

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Genocide, Violence, Animal death, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Torture, and War

kathrynleereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I knew before starting The Blood of Olympus that I wasn’t ready for it, and boy was I right. Rick Riordan has an insane talent for twisting ancient myths and fitting them into the modern world in ways that just make sense.

In the Blood of Olympus, the crew of the Argo II, now reunited with Percy and Annabeth, are determined to make their way to Athens, where they hope to overthrow Gaia and the giants. 

As they traipse across the Mediterranean, Percy, Annabeth, Leo, Piper, Jason, Hazel, and Frank encounter both monsters and mortals, and Riordan somehow manages to bend every instance of both to suit the story.

The true underlying theme in the Blood of Olympus is, undoubtedly, found family. It’s shown through Leo, who feels like a seventh wheel. Through Hazel, who sometimes feels like she’s stuck in the wrong time. Through Nico, who is stubbornly determined to not call either camp his home. Through Reyna, who fears she might be outcast by the Romans for breaking their most sacred law.

The best thing that could have come out of the Blood of Olympus, no matter the outcome of the war, is that at the end of the day, the little group of demigods, no matter Greek or Roman, are together.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, War, and Vomit

orchidlilly's review

adventurous emotional reflective sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Gore, Child death, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Medical content

ashleereadsbooks692's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, War, Violence, and Medical content

rayne_1906's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

5.0

4 hours 24 minutes - I cannot even describe how I am feeling after finishing this book. I haven't felt this sort of strange emptiness after finishing a book in a long time. The book started off a similar way to the others in this series, a sequence of discrete events in an overall quest. However, like the previous book, the POVs followed two separate groups of people, which created greater tension. It also introduced two new POVs, both of which I thoroughly enjoyed. I was slightly disappointed that Percy didn't get a POV but I think this may have been a good decision in some ways. If too many characters were given POVs in a single book, the plot would have been harder to follow, and by omitting Percy and Annabeth, it sort of became less of the 'Percy Jackson show' and more of a found family, which is something I always really love. By the middle of this book, I was completely hooked, and I couldn't put it down. When I was approaching the very end, I didn't want it to end at all. I wanted to keep reading and reading, and I felt so attached to all of the characters, it felt really emotional. And that final chapter, and the very end was such an amazing way to finish an action-packed series. I would say this is the best book in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Suicide