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The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

4 reviews

jojothefool's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

I really love the concepts for this book series like the switch and the double sides and stuff. Getting everything situated, learning all these new characters and stuff, it just was so long lol. I think the Jason/piper romance is too quick, like make me care about them first before making me ship them, so that stuff is always weird but then again, it wasn’t made for adult queer women, it’s for 13 year olds. Overall very fun, I love these characters a lot which is nice because the PJO characters are some of my faves of all time. 

A nice egg for sure but tbh closer to the end of the egg, almost “party” but I’m gonna remember it better

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Alcoholism

Not necessarily animal death but

a mechanical dragon, thought to have some sentience, essentially dies

noahsingh's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Racial slurs

Moderate: Medical content, Infidelity, Confinement, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia

kathrynleereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-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

4.0

As always, I was a little hesitant going into The Lost Hero, because I don't love the idea of returning to a familiar world with completely new characters. 

However, I should know better now than to ever doubt Rick Riordan. 

Jason, Piper, and Leo are the perfect little bundle of outcasts. Each of them had what they believed to be a huge flaw, but ends up being a huge skill. 

As much as I loved the characters and the story, it did feel like this book was mostly just set up for the rest of the series. Understandable, as that's exactly what it is, but still a little slow to read at parts. 

I can't wait to (re)read the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, War, Grief, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, and Alcoholism

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