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lunarblazes's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
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
3.5
a thrilling conclusion to the hoo series! some bits of the ending don't feel completely satisfying, and i have some issues with how the prophecy plays out, but it's fun and cool. the best parts of this book are truly nico and reyna's journey together, though jason and piper finally shaping themselves into interesting and confident characters is never unwelcome. i'm personally more of a fan of the frank, hazel, annabeth, and percy side of the seven, which means i wasn't going to enjoy this one as much, but it's still quite good!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, War, Child death, Addiction, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcoholism
Minor: Emotional abuse, Outing, Homophobia, and Physical abuse
homophobia is internalized; the outing takes place in a prior bookthe_embodiment_of_chaos's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, War, Violence, and Grief
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Animal death, Death of parent, and Death
Minor: Outing and Pregnancy
trintrin's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
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
For the most part, I loved this book. Especially getting to read from Nico and Reyna's POVs. Also this is the first time I've ever laughed out loud at some joke in a book (the Nike one), so points for that.
A spoilery rant on the few parts I didn't like:
My biggest complaint is that it's supposed to be "bigger than the Titan War" and yet nobody dies?? Well, none of the main seven anyways. Miss Mother Earth wakes up for like 5 seconds and goes back to sleep when she hears a lullaby. It just felt really underwhelming. I'm not a big fan of the resurrection trope and it was used here -- which I wouldn't have minded if Leo and Calypso had any actual chemistry but noooo insta love. They should've stayed friends imo. Leo could've still sworn on the Styx and rescued her without them being in a relationship. And then in the upcoming months when they explore the world outside Ogygia together, trying to find their way back to CHB, and they develop feelings for each other, then maybe that would've been much more believable.
The final battle with Gaea should've been all seven together, it's "seven half-bloods shall answer the call", not three. And why did it happen to be Jason, Piper, and Leo, who are also my least favourite characters out of the seven? Frank and Hazel were pretty much useless after the Son of Neptune and I hate that because they're such cool characters. But why was Annabeth left out of this? I get that Percy needs to learn to step back and let others be at the front line but come on-
The inclusion of Percy and Annabeth's POVs would've saved this book for me but alas. I really wanted to know how those two were keeping up after Tartarus.
I admit I was a bit sceptical about Solangelo in this one but spoilers for Trials of Apollo series: since they end up being so cute in ToA and also become one of my otps, I don't mind it.
This series had potential, especially with how House of Hades became one of my all time faves, but it feels like potential was more or less wasted solely because of the climax. The character dynamics weren't as great as PJO either. Overall, I felt a little bummed after reading five huge books to witness an ending that made be go "...that's it?" But hey, I'm a big sucker for anything Rick puts out so I loved it. Except the ending.
A spoilery rant on the few parts I didn't like:
My biggest complaint is that it's supposed to be "bigger than the Titan War" and yet nobody dies?? Well, none of the main seven anyways. Miss Mother Earth wakes up for like 5 seconds and goes back to sleep when she hears a lullaby. It just felt really underwhelming. I'm not a big fan of the resurrection trope and it was used here -- which I wouldn't have minded if Leo and Calypso had any actual chemistry but noooo insta love. They should've stayed friends imo. Leo could've still sworn on the Styx and rescued her without them being in a relationship. And then in the upcoming months when they explore the world outside Ogygia together, trying to find their way back to CHB, and they develop feelings for each other, then maybe that would've been much more believable.
The final battle with Gaea should've been all seven together, it's "seven half-bloods shall answer the call", not three. And why did it happen to be Jason, Piper, and Leo, who are also my least favourite characters out of the seven? Frank and Hazel were pretty much useless after the Son of Neptune and I hate that because they're such cool characters. But why was Annabeth left out of this? I get that Percy needs to learn to step back and let others be at the front line but come on-
The inclusion of Percy and Annabeth's POVs would've saved this book for me but alas. I really wanted to know how those two were keeping up after Tartarus.
I admit I was a bit sceptical about Solangelo in this one but spoilers for Trials of Apollo series: since they end up being so cute in ToA and also become one of my otps, I don't mind it.
This series had potential, especially with how House of Hades became one of my all time faves, but it feels like potential was more or less wasted solely because of the climax. The character dynamics weren't as great as PJO either. Overall, I felt a little bummed after reading five huge books to witness an ending that made be go "...that's it?" But hey, I'm a big sucker for anything Rick puts out so I loved it. Except the ending.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Child death, Animal death, War, Death, and Suicide
Moderate: Homophobia and Outing
jstarshine16's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent
Minor: Outing and Homophobia
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