Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

13 reviews

sammymilfort's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

3.0

The last 100 pages was so engaging! I loved how it focused more on other character relationships. 

HOWEVER, 

this series just had a reprint and you are telling me no one could edit out the micro-aggressions and ableist language and lines

ALSO WHY ARE THE CONFEDERATES IN THIS. BOOK WHAT WAS RICK ON

There is no reason to still have the r word in a book, especially with so many people reading the series, since the show has premiered

I love where this series is going but I’m very disappointed with how it portrays disability so far and acknowledge the problematic aspects, which is why I am reading through the library 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

leoblueish's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal cruelty and Incest

sxndaze'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Bullying

Minor: Animal cruelty

fe_aye's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

The second adventure of the Demigod campers. The Sea of Monsters is a dangerous place, but these are dangerous times. With the camp under attack the group had no choice but to make an odyssey to find The Golden Fleece. 

I love this series and it only gets better as it goes along. Percy now knows the basics and it’s time to travel further. I love his relationship with Tyson and how it develops, I love the interactions between him and Annabeth. This books is an underrated adventure and the second step of Krono’s war against Olympus. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Violence, Abandonment, and Animal cruelty

madisonbell_'s review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

joey_paige's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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

Moderate: Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Bullying

Minor: Animal cruelty

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Gore, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Murder, Cannibalism, Body shaming, Classism, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, and Body horror

dorleness's review

adventurous challenging funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, and Blood

trintrin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense 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

5.0

While it is true that this is my least favourite of the series, I still love it very very much. And my recent reread just completely proves that point. I didn't expect it to enjoy as much as I did so here's a list of the things that I liked:

- Percabeth bonding moments
- Different side to Clarisse 
- Hamster!Percy
- WeddingDress!Grover
- Percy and Clarisse bonding moments
- Tyson 🥺 
- Establishing the extent of Luke's evilness
- Thalia Grace is in the scene yo
- Percy discovering that he's a human GPS now
- Nobody!
- Percy vs. Luke face-off 
- Tantalus getting what he deserved (no burgers)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Blood

thecourtofreading's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

"if there's one thing i've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, and Ableism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child abuse

Minor: Cannibalism