Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

9 reviews

katievallin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexism, and Child death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

creationwing's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, and Child death

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Abandonment, Cursing, and Gaslighting

skudiklier's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I loved this series as a kid and I'm finally rereading it as an adult for the first time. It's definitely got a couple things that haven't aged well (this book definitely had some annoying sexism/faux feminism, and all the books in the series so far have had some (minor?) fatphobia and ableism), but all things considered it's not too bad. In my opinion this book holds up and I would still recommend it to anyone interested in the series, with the caveat that it's aimed at middle school kids. I'm really enjoying my rereads and getting familiar with these characters again, especially since I forgot so much of the plot specifics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism and Ableism

daniellekat's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

Not a fan of this one. The action (especially the end battle) was good but the characters were unlikeable. I definitely missed Annabeth and Tyson; Zoe and Thalia were so underdeveloped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexism

nellienelson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death

Minor: Sexism

finnft4's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Best one yet!! I'm super excited about the rest of this series; I love it a lot

RANKING
[1] PJO: The Last Olympian
[2] HoO: The House of Hades
[3] HoO: The Mark of Athena
[4] PJO: The Lightning Thief
[5] PJO: The Titan's Curse
[6] HoO: The Son of Neptune
[7] PJO: The Battle of the Labyrinth
[8] HoO: The Lost Hero
[9] PJO: The Sea of Monsters
[10] HoO: The Blood of Olympus 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence and Sexism

This is definitely the most intense entry of the series so far. There's been fighting in the other two books, of course, but no permanent casualties. It did surprise me that two of the main characters were killed off - though I did sort of guess it would happen, since they were also introduced in this book. I barely knew Bianca or Zoe, but their deaths definitely got to me; Zoe's a bit more than Bianca's. But Nico's reaction to finding out was just heartbreaking. At this point, I feel like I'm definitely getting into the meat of the story, which is exciting. More major characters are being introduced, and everything feels so much more high-stakes now. As far as minor things go, I like the incorporation of "fatal flaws" into the concept, since they were always a huge player in classic mythology (plus Percy finding out what his is). It's a neat detail. Great series so far!

booksanna's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.75

As good as all the other books in the series. Percy and Annabeth is so cute. The plot twists are great and engaging. I love Percy’s dry humor, it’s so enticing. All chapters  even the side charters were so well written and human, with real insecurities and personality. Some things that I really liked where

The improvement of the heroes relationship with their parents. But I kinda wanted more Annabeth and Percy moments. I also was kinda sad they didn’t include the day Thalia came back, like como on I wanted to know the backstory. Also, Bessie is the best

Super entertaining and keeps you on your toes, great plot. I actually predicted some things because of my background knowledge of Greeks mythology. It was super refreshing and rewarding to know about a story before it’s revealed yet. I was so proud of myself lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and War

spookysierra's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Abandonment, and Kidnapping

bexi's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious 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: Kidnapping and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Child death, and Death

Minor: Sexism