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stindex's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Violence, Ableism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Death, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Body horror, and Abandonment
crieraylas's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Torture, Ableism, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Murder, Violence, Grief, War, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Death of parent, and Physical abuse
Minor: Sexism, Toxic friendship, Child death, Incest, Infidelity, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Addiction
rafacolog's review against another edition
- 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? No
5.0
Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Bullying, Child abuse, Violence, Body horror, Blood, and Death
Minor: Domestic abuse and War
sammymilfort's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, and Body horror
Moderate: Torture, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Gore
Minor: Domestic abuse and Death of parent
raisinbrann's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Body horror, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, War, Infidelity, Murder, and Gaslighting
Minor: Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, and Torture
annaofjesup's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Death, Body horror, Car accident, and Death of parent
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Abandonment, Murder, Toxic relationship, War, Bullying, and Domestic abuse
finnft4's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Before I actually get into the book, I'll put a disclaimer here: my view of Percy Jackson was definitely tainted by the bad movies. I had watched both of them (but barely paid attention for the second one since I didn't like the first one) before reading the book and unfortunately couldn't shake the association of the two. As such, I already knew most of the plot points and twists. As the series goes on, I hope this aspect becomes completely negligible. The badness of the movies shouldn't be hurting how much better the books are.
I'll first briefly go over the stuff I didn't like (not a lot of stuff tbh).
Now onto the stuff I liked.
I really LOVED the action scenes in this book, too. They were crazy. The fight scenes were perfectly tense; Riordan really nailed the visual imagery.
I had such a fun time reading this. Looking forward to getting to the rest of the series!
Edit: I used to rank this one pretty low, but it's since grown on me. After thinking on it more, I've only just realized how good it was. It has so many stand-out scenes, and the quest doesn't feel unnecessarily long, menial, and formulaic (like in some other books). It's simple, and it effectively builds the world while investing the reader. A great start.
RANKING
[1] PJO: The Last Olympian
[2] HoO: The House of Hades
[3] HoO: The Mark of Athena
[4] PJO: The Lightning Thief
[5] PJO: The Titan's Curse
[6] HoO: The Son of Neptune
[7] PJO: The Battle of the Labyrinth
[8] HoO: The Lost Hero
[9] PJO: The Sea of Monsters
[10] HoO: The Blood of Olympus
Graphic: Car accident, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Body shaming, Body horror, and Bullying
Minor: Child abuse, Colonisation, War, Death of parent, and Sexism