Reviews tagging 'War'

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

118 reviews

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Once again, this is not my first read of this series or this book by far, and I love it every time! My favorite part of this book is just how little Percy now cares about respecting the common rules/etiquette for respecting the gods. I think this was a great conclusion to a great series, and it was impressive how everything finally came together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

While I do feel this book is perfectly appropriate for a middle grade/ya audience, this book does get into a more devastating war environment where there are frequent casualties and injuries.

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Death and Child death

Minor: Death of parent and Blood

brekker_by_brekker's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

icedlemonade's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Suicide, Abandonment, Gore, Death, Violence, and Child death

kimduindam's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Love this! Can't wait to read more about Percy Jackson! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

moonyleo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Child death and Injury/Injury detail

amschelly153's review

adventurous informative mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Really enjoyed this series! Would recommend to anyone who enjoys green mythology and young adult fiction!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, and War

bookmark3brodi's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Abandonment, Death, Murder, and War

mesta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

loved this series so much omg <33 + percabeth <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment

finnft4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

INCREDIBLE.

RANKING
[1] PJO: The Last Olympian
[2] HoO: The House of Hades
[3] HoO: The Mark of Athena
[4] PJO: The Lightning Thief
[5] PJO: The Titan's Curse
[6] HoO: The Son of Neptune
[7] PJO: The Battle of the Labyrinth
[8] HoO: The Lost Hero
[9] PJO: The Sea of Monsters
[10] HoO: The Blood of Olympus 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Self harm

I'm not exaggerating in the slightest when I saw that this was AMAZING. It was somehow even better than what I was expecting. So much happened that it's difficult to recount it all, but not a single moment was boring. This was so GRIPPING. There was the right amount of death - and it was emotional. The climax was absolutely phenomenal and is absolutely one of my favorite scenes out of anything - ever. I had to put the book down after at some points, but especially after realizing how Luke was going to defeat Kronos. When Percy gave him the knife, and he began to aim it at his arm - HOLY SHIT. INSANE. Wow, Luke was a crazy character. I'm still not sure how I feel about him. I will admit that I do find Percy and Annabeth to be a bit boring at times (though I definitely still like them), but Luke Castellan was an absolutely thrilling antagonist. Great character. I loved the sickly combination of a sympathetic "villain" with one who is completely evil and irredeemable. It was a nice addition. I'd say that out of all the characters, Luke and Nico were probably my favorite ones to follow just because of how intriguing and different they are. Hades was also great in this book. Grover's still definitely one of my favorites, though. An absolutely fantastic read; great series overall.