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ali_k0'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, and Death of parent
Minor: Outing
magdalena0325'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
5.0
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Outing
gondorgirl'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
5.0
Minor: Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
astravars'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
5.0
"I want the best for him, and he seems to disappear into his darkness, like he’s hiding in a place where he doesn’t want my light."
"Then why not offer him your darkness?"
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Grief, and Outing
fanboyriot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
He glared at Will. “Really? You’ve never seen the video for ‘Montero’? We’ll address that hole in your education later.” - (chapter 29, page 285)
Graphic: Mental illness and Grief
Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death of parent, Outing, Abandonment, and War
clstrifes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Minor: Death, Torture, Death of parent, Outing, and Abandonment
There is mentions of death of a parent and death of a sibling which is sad, also a mention of Nico being outed and also mentions of torture and that both characters get to go through the river of the torment. Abandonment issues is usually from Nico as well due to past trauma that wasn’t fully healed.trintrin'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
5.0
Solangelo making you feel like you're third-wheeling them for 466 pages? Sign me up, please.
The lovey-dovey stuff apart, I love how much this book focuses on both Nico and Will (they're teenagers, mind you) struggling to find who they are while dealing with their trauma. Sure, I love their cute romantic moments,
So did the writing and the general plot deserve five stars? Maybe not, but what can I say, I'm biased towards Nico and he more than deserves it. He finally healed, got some long-awaited closure with his family, has an amazing boyfriend,
TL;DR this is the cutest book I've ever read. It's quite cheesy, sure, but to quote Nico:
'Lay it on me, Will. I'm your grilled cheese'
He stepped over a thorny rock, then squinted at Nico. 'I think your metaphor needs work', he said.
Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Blood, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder
livelaughomo'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
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Violence, and Death of parent
Minor: Homophobia and Outing
piperrhoads'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
4.5
Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Outing
ghulsona's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
This entire book read like a middle schooler writing fic, mostly in some of the characterization and humor choices (see: that bit with Mr. D eating popcorn in the beginning when they were about to head out, what was that?!?). We don't reach the advertised main plot point until about the ~3/4 mark of the book, the pacing and stakes were just ridiculous. Also, the mythological beings that the duo encountered were weirdly . . . way nicer than they usually were in prev installations of this series? Like, they weren't as challenging or as difficult to pass as they've been in the other books, which I thought was so weird. Also, this is more a problem with everything written past the original PJO series, but I don't think Rick has a firm grasp on these characters' characterizations anymore. For example, I don't think Percy and Annabeth would have just let Nico and Will go to Tartarus that easily, LOL. They would not have said that shit about forgetting Bob either. And finally, I know the themes of sexuality and trauma being covered are important, especially for kids, and I get what they were trying to do, but there’s literally no nuance or subtlety at all. Everything is so heavyhanded.
Scream, sorry for being so negative, but yeah, I really did not think this book was good . . . okay, here are some things that I did enjoy: I liked how Nico and Will's relationship was handled, and I loved the glimpses we saw of Nico's mamma because she's someone I've been dying to know more about!!! I also really loved that glimpse of Piper and her girlfriend, Shel, at the end, and I love Nico connecting with her about their grief over Jason, but I do wish that conversation had flowed a little better. Um, what else . . . Small Bob was cute . . . yeah IDK.
Sigh I hope at least the intended audience is having fun with this somehow.
Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Outing