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The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

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theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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

4.5

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rinku's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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

4.0

The Last Olympian is the last book of the original arc of the Percy Jackson series. In this aspect, this book delivers a satisfying conclusion to the story of Percy and his friends while showing at the same time how much the characters have grown.

What I enjoyed about this novel was that we didn’t have one final fight at the end but instead, the final fight against Kronos to save Olympus spans almost the whole book with different waves of enemies that our heroes have to fight. This already starts at the beginning where Percy has to fight Kronos for the first time, showing us how high the stakes are right at the beginning. All fighting scenes are quite epic, and there’s a threatening atmosphere throughout this novel, mainly caused by the good old time pressure that’s prevalent in every book of the series. We also get more backstories for some characters; Luke is especially in the focus here and his backstory was just so sad.

The finale itself was good but not much more, mainly because

the thing with Annabeth being able to get through to Luke and him killing himself for the greater good was a bit cliché. Luke honestly deserved better, it’s so sad how there was no other way out for him. Still, the ending was bittersweet, and I enjoy that Percy wants to change something about the status quo aka forcing the gods to accept every single child of them and making place for the lower gods in Camp Half-Blood

I’ve said it in every of my reviews, but I love all the characters so much and it’s amazing to see how much they developed. Characters that especially stood out to me this time because I like them so much are Nico, Thalia, and Clarisse. Percy’s amazing as always and his feelings are portrayed so well here. The love triangle introduced in the previous book still annoyed me, just like some miscommunications happening. I also don’t know what to think about

Rachel becoming the new oracle, I have the feeling that with that, she’s just tossed aside like Thalia kinda was when she joined the huntresses

All in all, The Last Olympian was my favorite book of the Percy Jackson series and a satisfying conclusion to this story arc. I got quite attached to the characters and hopefully, I will read The Hero of Olympus one day so that I can see how their story continues.

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adventurous medium-paced

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

2.75

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adventurous funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

While I loved this book, I still think Battle of the Labyrinth is my favorite. About 50% of this is focused on the war in Manhattan, and while I understand why it had to be written that way, it did get to be a little monotonous.

But I really appreciate that Percy made the conscious decision to call the gods out for their bullshit and that we finally got Percabeth.

Also, interesting observation: after having read Song of Achilles a few weeks ago, I absolutely loved the parallels Rick Riordan had made between the Battle of Troy and the Battle of Manhattan. Spoilers for Song of Achilles below:

A hero's honor is disrespected over a feud, and they refuse to go to battle even when absolutely necessary. A dear "friend" of the hero disguises themselves in the hero's armor, only to fall after facing a foe only the hero can defeat. The hero defeats the foe to avenge their friend's death, and then drags the foe's body behind their chariot while demanding to fight the leader of the enemy's army.

Now, is the hero I'm speaking of Clarisse or Achilles? The friend, Silena or Patroclus? The foe, the drakon or Hector? And the leader of the opposing army, Kronos or Paris?
All that to say, I believe that Clarisse and Silena were secretly dating behind Beckendorf and Chris Rodriguez's backs, or at least in love with each other. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

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