Reviews tagging 'War'

The Lost Hero, by Rick Riordan

10 reviews

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Injury/injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, Sexism, Confinement, Grief, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and War

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

5.0

Goddamn the perfect first book in a series. Leaves me constantly enthralled by the mythology and action, and just ready for more. Everything about this book is perfection, the humor, the characters, the mystery, and the hints at even more shenanigans and adventure to come. A gift to humanity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement and Death

Minor: Abandonment, War, Racism, and Bullying

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

5.0

I think I'm really just getting burnt out on middle grade/younger YA writing cuz this book took me a lot longer to read than it would normally. I still enjoyed revisiting the characters, and I'm honestly surprised by how much stuff I'd forgotten from it. Really excited to finally get back to Percy in the next book, but I'll have to spend some time reading some other things before I can really be ready for that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Medical content, Blood, Racism, and War

bagel_z's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: War, Racism, and Kidnapping

jennifermoyas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative lighthearted mysterious sad slow-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

It took me a while to finish this book but it certainly was worth it :)

This book was quite long compared to the previous Percy Jackson books but this book is also multi perspective and follows all three main characters throughout the book. 

I really love all these new characters introduced in this book and loved reading their different perspectives and their struggles. 

I loved the Greek and Roman aspects of the book too, and I can't wait to see what is going to happen when the both sides will meet.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Bullying

Minor: Abandonment, War, Torture, Grief, Death, and Emotional abuse

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense 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: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, War, and Murder

Minor: Injury/injury detail and Vomit

molly_rose's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Bullying, Confinement, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Mental illness, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

averyrembish's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

Minor: Bullying, Car accident, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Racism, Vomit, and War

shaunaxx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Abandonment and War

jenny_librarian's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Reread 2022
I’d forgotten so much about this book 😱 Apart from the main characters, I didn’t remember much from my original read, so it was almost like reading it again for the first time. And I enjoyed it as much this time around!

This new series feels much more YA, compared to the first one, which was a solid MG. It’s like growing up with the characters and I appreciate that. I also love how Rick Riordan managed to weave both mythologies together. Percy Jackson and the Olympians made him famous, but Heroes of Olympus is what solidified him as the writer of mythology-inspired fiction in MG/YA.

My only complaint about this book is that his research clearly lacked about Quebec City. Someone living there and representing Quebec wouldn’t be caught dead in a Canadiens shirt 😂 I get that a Nordique reference would’ve gone over the readers’ head, but it’s that’s like wearing a Yankees shirt in Boston or a Red Socks shirt in New York.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and War