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rikuson1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
-★★★✬☆- (3.25/5.00)
My Grading Score = 65% (C+)
The Sea of Monsters was a decent read. Although my engagement of the first book was stronger, this one did feel like it went by faster. Tyson was a decent new character. He and Percy's relationship over the book was decent enough by the end, and I doubt it's the last time we'll see him. I do prefer the trio of the last book over this one, though. Clarisse also seems to have a bit more to her and the reveal at the end, although not a heavy hitting as the reveal at the end of book 1 was also decent enough for me to want to continue.
Verdict
As you can tell by the number of times I've used the word decent above, that's because there's no other word I can think of to describe this entry. I didn't resonate with it as hard as I did the first book, but I that's probably because everything was new to me and that charm was fresh, this one just felt like more of the same but I don't think I can say this book was bad because it didn't have is own charm because it somewhat did, it's just not as resonating to me as the first one is all and it seems most people feel that way about this entry anyway. Nonetheless, it was good enough for what I felt it was trying it execute.
I Liked It
Minor: Body shaming, Abandonment, and Xenophobia
capri6's review
- 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
Graphic: Violence
Minor: Child abuse, Body shaming, and Abandonment
katievallin's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, and Violence
Minor: Animal death, Cannibalism, Kidnapping, Grief, and Abandonment
noahsingh's review
Graphic: Confinement and Ableism
Moderate: Abandonment, Transphobia, Body shaming, Animal death, Bullying, Violence, and Kidnapping
soph22's review against another edition
- 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
Minor: Ableism, Abandonment, Bullying, Body shaming, and Child death
readingwithkaitlyn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism, Bullying, Fatphobia, Death, Racism, Animal death, and Domestic abuse
R slur, homelessness, confederate soldiers,orchidlilly's review against another edition
- 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
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
sassqcat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, and Body shaming
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
shreyabhatt's review
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, and Racism
valereads's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Ableism, Violence, and Bullying
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Ableism
Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, and Violence