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Los héroes del Olimpo: El hijo de Neptuno

Rick Riordan

4.16 AVERAGE

ddescamps's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Eh, not my favorite, not my least favorite, I do love Leo though <3

h0ll1e_m4ys13's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny 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

tallulahreads_stuff's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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: Complicated

rue_baldry's review against another edition

4.0

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I was a little wary of reading a sequel-series to Percy Jackson, not sure where Riordan could take the Camp Half Blood world which was new. But he rises to the challenge and meets it. Percy is missing in this first book and we get to know three new, interesting, complex characters who get new adventures. I really didn't ever feel like the author was recycling his ideas. The structure is different, the narration is third person and moves between characters carefully. Well worth reading, but after the Percy Jackson books or it won't make sense.

hannareadsabook's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cas_fallen's review against another edition

4.0

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4.8

ems123789's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rreza's review against another edition

4.5

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I actually don't know why people don't rock with this book, I really liked it. Maybe the original Percy Jackson series was leagues ahead of this and I don't remember them at all so I can't compare it with that, but maybe that's a good thing, maybe that allowed me to enjoy this more. It reminded me why franchises are so likable. There's always that sense of familiarity, that frequent feeling of "oh yeah, I remember these guys, good times", even though I can't recall a single thing that happened to Percy after Lightning Thief. 

I really like the new trio of Jason, Piper, and Leo. They're all charming in their own way; Leo is highkey the main hero of the whole story, Jason got that mysterious leader aura to him, and Piper is a child of Aphrodite, you know she's tough just based off that. Loved seeing Annabeth and Thalia again too. The new characters were pretty fire too. Khione, Hera (idk if she's new tbh), Festus, maybe not Gleeson though. Really excited to see where the rest of HoO goes though. I feel like this book only gave me a small taste of what could be and I'm slobbering for more. Percy in the next book, perchance? 

riveresque's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

judesknives's review against another edition

4.0

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4.5

although this book does have a special place in my heart (introducing me to pjo) it just wasn't as good as i remembered, most likely because i remember all the plot twists.