Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Die Abenteuer des Apollo 4: Die Gruft des Tyrannen by Rick Riordan

20 reviews

livelaughomo'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Grief

Minor: Kidnapping

saucy_bookdragon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective 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

4.5

Giving this five stars not because it's perfect but because it had me feeling things I haven't felt since I first read PJO and HoO here are my thoughts:

-Rick Riordan said while writing this series "no I will not feed Jason stans but I WILL feed the stans of his ex-girlfriends"
-Reyna my girl you were done RIGHT in this book
-the fact that both Reyna and Piper are heavily implied to be queer (and Riordan has said that Reyna is ace and that very much shows in this) and both of them are Jason's exes has SUCH Legend of Korra energy
-Frank's survival did not make sense to me, I get it thematically but it feels like a HUGE cop out
-that said a part of me broke when I thought he'd died
-the entire Harpocrates sequence rewired my brain
-Apollo has become deeply existential and I'm living for his arc and it's making me question what it means to be human
-Lavinia my beloved
-this is one of those middle grade books that is a little too fucked up for kids but has the ability to change the trajectory of their life, which are the best genre of books btw
-the villain is a walking black skeleton with purple evil smoke coming out of him and a zombie army and that's pretty metal
-obsessed with when the fleet blew up and Apollo was all like "it can't just be Lavinia and a few dryads and fauns" and then that is in fact exactly what happened

I also love how queer this series has been! There's several queer characters in each book including Apollo himself who regularly gets to express his feelings about men and women. It all feels very natural and as a queer person who found escapism in Percy Jackson as a teenager, it's nice to see other queer people in this world and to think I'd still fit right into it!

TWs: self sacrifice, death, gore including zombies, grief, animal cruelty

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Medical content, Suicide, Death, and Grief

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

binches's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, Animal cruelty, and Violence

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

skyllarduncan'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

4.25

An exciting, fun, and funny ride in typical Riordan fashion. I loved getting to dive back into this series and world and meet these characters again. Would definitely recommend as a fun, fast paced read (especially if you're feeling nostalgic for your old favorite characters).

Didn't really like the Reyna and Apollo relationship bits, bit I am happy with the way it turned out. I am left wondering how Frank survived the Greek fire, even after he overcame his fate. Still a great read though, and I loved getting to see familiar faces again!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, War, Death, and Grief

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

the_pysselfia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

LESBIAN. THERES LESBIAN. THANK THE GODS

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, War, Violence, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death

Minor: Death of parent and Colonisation

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

skylar_river's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

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