Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan

15 reviews

_ren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Child abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent

anna_333's review against another edition

hopeful informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Death, Gaslighting, and Grief

monniebiloney's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

I thubk this was one of the weaker Percy Jackson books, I found Apollo to be a little too much, for lack of a better word. I think if Rick toned him down a bit in the beginning I'd have rated the book higher. 

All in all, this was still quite enjoyable. And Apollo does get less...less as the book goes on. 
I am confused by the word 'BRAZIL' becoming a magic word. Like, could you jmagjne if someone said AMERICA!! When casting magic? Lol [All might from my hero academia I guess]

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, and Gaslighting

bumblemee's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

Highly entertaining! I'm not that deep into Riordans works, but I had enough knowledge about previous books to understand this one in the context of the ongoing events. I liked Apollo as the protagonist, because he is hilariously insufferable a lot of the time. On that note: It makes sense that he is obsessed with his looks, but I didn't really enjoy the unnecessary body shaming commentary that came with it. Besides that it was very fun to be in the thoughts of a god struggling to come to terms with human realities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent and Body shaming

caskraft's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Car accident, Grief, Death of parent, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

wayward_sister's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad 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

4.0

A fast-paced beginning to a new series with a flawed hero who has more depth than it at first appears. I'm not sure what to think about the antagonists yet though. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gaslighting, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Grief

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted 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

Moderate: Gaslighting and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Death of parent

swiftie_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, and Death of parent

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

reread 🤲

apollo is a little annoying but he’s also funny as hell and he would love taylor swift. also WILL + NICO <3 and i forgot how much i love meg

speed run finishing the series before i get my goblin hands on the sun and the star 💫 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Vomit, Physical abuse, Murder, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Torture, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, and Animal death

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Colonisation

all the traditional percy jackson warnings

hales_1243's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring slow-paced

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

4.75

I really enjoyed this book! It was a little more slow paced than the PJO and Heroes of Olympus series, but was still really good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Body horror, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Fatphobia, and Blood

Minor: War and Slavery