Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

24 reviews

miasweeney00's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.25

A heartwarming and fitting end to the series. Having first read the series as a young child, I wasn't sure how it would hold up, but I'm happy to say that it, as well as the final book, is a strong middle-grade fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Mental illness and Death

Minor: Abandonment and War

readingwithkaitlyn's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Violence, Grief, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Racism

Tornado

foxo_cube's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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

4.75

Yeeeeah! Good ending!!

I found the big battle in The Battle of the Labyrinth a bit disappointing, but that wasn't an issue at all in this book. The majority of it is the war between the Titans and Olympus and it goes hard.

There were a load of good character arcs in this.

I'll admit, the Clarisse red herring got me - it seemed obvious that she'd be the spy. Narratively speaking, I'm glad I was tricked, but Silena?! I really wouldn't have expected it, but it made her reaction to Beckendorf's death so much more devastating. Luke clawing back control from Kronos over his body to kill himself was built up to nicely and I did feel some sympathy towards him. Some of his characterisation felt a bit too "he's evil because he is" and he really gained some humanity to me with the backstory we saw.

It was adorable seeing Percy and Annabeth finally admit to themselves (and each other!) that they loved each other. I'm so happy for them.

Kind of sad, kind of relieved that Bessie had no important plot points revolving around him. I'd have hated to see him hurt, and at least we got a cameo from him, I suppose.

Overall, I think this series has a lovely overall message of accepting and loving people for their quirks - the demigods are all weirdos amongst mortals, and overall, it's stressed that people should learn to appreciate everyone regardless of if they're odd, or seemingly don't bring anything of importance, or whatever, because unity matters far more and everyone has a part to play.

Speaking of, I'm so proud of Nico and how far he's come since we first met him, and glad that Hades is allowed back in Olympus!

There are other Percy Jackson series, and I'll definitely be reading them. This has been a really fun series to get through!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Blood

Minor: Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Fatphobia

orchidlilly'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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, War, Gore, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Child death, Violence, Bullying, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abandonment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism, Fatphobia, Ableism, Gun violence, Mental illness, Death of parent, Sexism, and Pregnancy

midnacine's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, and Genocide

Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Car accident

trinidad_gondi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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: Death

Moderate: Abandonment and Mental illness

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

evieolive's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

Great action in this one! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Death, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Suicide, and Body shaming

bealmg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

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

4.0

"Well, sure good to be together again. Arguing. Almost dying. Abject terror. Oh, look. It's our floor."

A great ending to this series! It was slower in pace compared to the others, but I devoured this book quickly. The tone was much darker than in the other books (although the previous one hinted at this), yet there was still a lot of sense of humour and tender moments between the characters. There were plenty of plot twists which I didn't expect (and I literally gasped out loud when I read them). I got emotional towards the end, which I also didn't expect! I really enjoyed the ending, although I really didn't expect it - I think it was very fitting and an interesting twist on the Chosen One trope.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

thecourtofreading's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide and Grief

Minor: Mental illness, Bullying, and Body horror

jstarshine16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Mental illness