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Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan

2 reviews

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book taught me about quite a few Greek Heroes I had no idea about and gave me more information on one I thought I knew well. (Turns out I didn't know anything about Hercules. Or that Kratos from the God of War games was clearly partially inspired by his story.)

The biggest takeaway was: don't be a Greek Hero.

This was more tragic than the Greek Gods by about 1000x.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Child death

Minor: Cannibalism

kathrynleereads's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

Honestly, I didn't anticipate enjoying Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes as much as I did. Having Percy's added humor as he told each hero's story was fantastic. 

Reading this after reading both Percy Jackson and the Heroes of Olympus, I found it really interesting as I recognized random different names and stories. 

A great companion book to both of Rick Riordan's Greek mythology series!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic friendship, War, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Excrement, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Bullying, Genocide, Grief, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse