Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

48 reviews

alexandramiller's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? Yes

4.0

Getting rid of the funny chapter titles was your first mistake, Rick

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Medical content, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping

sxndaze's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Death, and Racism

Minor: War

jupternorth's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This book is definitely way too slow for the story it has. It's not as good as PJO but it has potential, too bad the characters aren't really engaging.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Child death, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Mental illness, Abandonment, Racism, Kidnapping, and Torture

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

This was far from my first read through of the Heroes of Olympus series, and I have to say it never lets me down. I always get a kick out of starting the book and going "who's this Jason dude, what happened to Percy?" 

I always get a hoot out of Leo, he's probably one of my favorites of the new crew. However, I always love how Piper grows in learning to accept her godly parent and learning what she can actually do with the skills it provides. 

Overall, a great continuation and expansion on the original series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Violence, Blood, War, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death and Death of parent

Keeping in mind that this book is completely age appropriate for middle grade audiences, regardless of the content warnings.

_ren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Animal death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Confinement, War, Violence, Stalking, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Mental illness, Torture, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, Racism, Dysphoria, and Murder

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Gore, and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Bullying, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, Vomit, Racism, and War

katblack99's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Kidnapping and Violence

nellienelson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

The only reason I didn’t rate it higher was bc I guessed the plot at the end of the book halfway through. But still, honestly, Rick Riordan is such an amazing writer and all his books just grab me and don’t let go until I’ve finished reading it. It was amazing and I can’t wait to start Son Of Neptune. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, War, Kidnapping, Blood, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Xenophobia and Death

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

 While I think this book is a little longer than it needs to be (see the rest of Rick Riordan's books, I'm guessing. Why do they get so long??), you keep reading because you need to know what happened to Percy. And who the heck this Jason person is. The way the entire plot is set up really works to keep you reading and keep you guessing, all the while introducing you to Greek and Roman myths that maybe you didn't know about.

I do remember reading this when it first came out, but I couldn't tell you anything that happened in besides the fact that Percy disappeared and I remembered the things about the Roman camp. I also never actually finished this series, so I am excited to see where it goes next!

Here's to seeing if I can fit all the other books in before the new Percy Jackson book comes out in September.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, and Death

Minor: Abandonment, War, and Racism