Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Tyrant's Tomb by Rick Riordan

10 reviews

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Car accident, Body horror, Animal cruelty, War, Medical content, Grief, Confinement, and Death

Minor: Vomit, Torture, Murder, Infidelity, Death of parent, Suicide, Child death, Body shaming, Animal death, Addiction, and Alcohol

jerrysaywhaaa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

This was such an action-packed book that I’m surprised it wasn’t the final chapter of the series. Are they going to up the stakes in the next one? I hope so. Being from the San Francisco Bay Area though, I felt myself very distracted with this book taking place in the bay and making sure Rick was accurate in his descriptions. Which I would say he did good not great with it. This book also had one of my biggest pet peeves though: someone surviving a heroic sacrifice, I think it cheapens the moment and makes it mean less. Also Meg felt different in this book; I don’t think I’m starting to like her, but I also don’t think I hate her anymore. I think this series has really strong character development for a lot of the characters, even the minor characters but especially the main characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Murder

anjasshelf's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Car accident, Blood, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

building_a_bookdom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, War, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Cursing, Child abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Physical abuse, and Vomit

finnft4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

 Pretty good. Great cast of characters, great setting, and pretty good stakes. It was just a good balance of everything, and I never felt like it was dragging too much. The side characters were great. 

I liked the idea this book covered, with Apollo facing those he's wrong in his past (Apollo, jesus christ). 

Yeah, this one was good. I don't have any strong opinions about it; just solid all around. I would say that Burning Maze had higher peaks, but also lower lows. This one was more consistently good. 

Frank's fake-out death felt a little weird to me. But eh. I liked the "choosing destiny" bit, though.

If I had a nickel for every time a Percy Jackson character sacrificed themselves by voluntarily engulfing in flame, making everyone grieve, yet inexplicably surviving afterward, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

 

CURRENT RANKING
[1] PJO: The Last Olympian
[2] HoO: The House of Hades
[3] HoO: The Mark of Athena
[4] MCGA: The Sword of Summer
[5] PJO: The Lightning Thief
[6] ToA: The Tyrant's Tomb
[7] MCGA: The Ship of the Dead
[8] ToA: The Burning Maze
[9] PJO: The Titan's Curse
[10] MCGA: The Hammer of Thor
[11] HoO: The Son of Neptune
[12] PJO: The Battle of the Labyrinth
[13] HoO: The Lost Hero
[14] PJO: The Sea of Monsters
[15] ToA: The Dark Prophecy
[16] HoO: The Blood of Olympus

[17] ToA: The Hidden Oracle 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Fire/Fire injury, Chronic illness, and Murder

Moderate: Death

alyxinthestars's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Minor: Grief, Car accident, and Murder

evie_lumby's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

This was great, I absolutely loved it. Full of smart twists and turns. I love Apollooo

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Child abuse

pelledorso's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, War, Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

Minor: Torture

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

I liked this one! (Spoiler review) Franks unexpected suicide turned he’s alive! And free of the stick! Was a cool twist that I really liked! Seeing Hazel turned into a praetor was happy, the death of two of the three emperors was great, and Reyna joining the hunters seemed very fitting for her character. I also liked that we were reunited with peaches! Now let’s finish this shit up. Kick Nero’s ass return Apollo to his godhood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide attempt, War, and Vomit

hayleyvem's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Grief, Murder, and Suicide attempt