Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

46 reviews

aceofsphades_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

Annabeth and Percy finally kiss!!!

 
Interesting, intriguing, a perfect ending to an amazing series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, and Child death

Minor: Abandonment

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

ethen_rey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, War, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, War, Death, and Grief

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

When I was younger I remember I used to reread this book over and over again and with good reason. Literally just one epic battle after the other. An epic ending to a life-changing book series. Goddamn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Grief

Minor: Abandonment

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

michieldecock_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Abandonment and Suicide

Minor: Grief

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

sofipitch's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is such a good "final battle" book. I remember being very disappointed by "Blood of Olympus" back when it came out and I still stand by it being disappointing but with this being what it would have been compared to it had huge shoes to fill.
I also remember being like 8 and being SO excited (as a big fan of this series) when we took a trip to NYC and I don't remember much and my mom said she didn't like it but this book makes me want to go back and point at landmarks in the "Battle of Manhattan" 🥺

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death and Abandonment