Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

60 reviews

averyrembish's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Violence, and War

Minor: Grief, Car accident, Gun violence, and Medical content

rachel_kay5853's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, War, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Suicide

thecourtofreading's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide and Grief

Minor: Mental illness, Bullying, and Body horror

madflatt's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

jstarshine16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness

rayne_1906's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

2 hours 48 minutes - Definitely the best book in this series, never a dull moment, and the perfect conclusion to the series. It has a perfect blend of action and emotion, something not featured as much before in the series. I love the final scene in Olympus, that scene as always stuck with me from the first time I read this, and I love it just as much now.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Child death

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, and Medical content

lovely_lisa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Medical content, Murder, and Violence

War is a big part of this book.

dottiewankenobi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-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

4.5

This book is the perfect ending to the PJO series.

It's hard to review without spoiling, but I think I can manage.

The low moments are LOW, but the high moments are HIGH. The Percabeth is A+. All the friendships and relationships otherwise shown are perfectly portrayed. The ending is satisfying. The characters are true to themselves and manage to be funny (I say manage because I wouldn't be able to if I went through what they did).

What else can I say? It's a great book.

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After rereading:

Damn you Rick! I cried so many times over this stupid book. Yeah sure it’s a perfect ending to the series and I love the Percabeth but oh my god(s). Rip my heart out why don’t you.

I hated Luke with my whole being for four whole books and then you gotta go and make him the hero and make me like him. I felt so bad for him. I was rooting for him to fight Kronos off and survive even though I knew he couldn't. I CRIED when he died, even though a few books earlier I was laughing when he got hurt!!!!

And all the others that died. I cried every single time. Even for frickin Ethan Nakamura. Jesus, especially Beckendorf and Silena!!!!! They deserved so much better! (When Silena died, I thought 'I can't wait for Luke to die' and then when he did I was a mess. What the heck, Rick.

Percy was so powerful and it was amazing. He didn't seem as innocent and stupid this time around. When he knocked down Hades, I was so pumped! And when he had his own hurricane, awesome! When he sat on Poseidon's throne, it was great.

Speaking of the gods, I think they're assholes as a general principle, but they were awesome. Poseidon was great especially, I loved him like I always do. He's one of the best parents of them all.

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I REREAD AGAIN, I CRIED AGAIN, ALL I CAN SAY IS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Gun violence, and Mental illness

ellanarose's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Suicide, and Violence

betweentheshelves'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? Yes

5.0

Normally, when you come to the end of a series, you get a little build up before you come to the final battle. Not with this one! Most of this book is really just nonstop action, with a few pauses for story development (and character development). You'd think that maybe the action gets a little tiring, but it really doesn't. Riordan paces it in a way that gives the readers a break (just like Percy and his friends get a break). It's really well written in that aspect.

It is the end of a series (but we now know that we're getting another Percy book!), but there's room left for other stories. And man, did Riordan write other stories. I'm glad so many kids like this series so much, and I can't wait to continue on further than I made it the first time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Grief, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment