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Das brennende Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

41 reviews

jerrysaywhaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense 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

I think this book had more emotion, which the second book was lacking. I actually cared about what was happening and boy did it ruin me! I still seem to like everyone more than I do the main two characters of this series, but Meg grew on me in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Child death, and Murder

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

adventurous 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Violence

thaliareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was actually my first read-through of this book, despite reading the second one two or three times already. These books are just getting more and more intense and complicated as details from all the series are at play together. 

This book was excellent. It was sad, but also handled so well. While I wish this part of the series didn't exist, it does. To be honest this isn't something I expected which makes it hit all the harder but also really highlights the severity in a way that otherwise just couldn't be captured.  I just hope that Apollo makes the most of their position in the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Blood, Grief, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Dementia

While this is written in a way that is appropriate and approachable for a YA audience, I'd recommend this for the more mature of the YA audience.

wayward_sister's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This series gets better from book to book. I feel like this is the most mature one so far and

and at times it turns unexpectedly gutwrenchingly sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Death, Body horror, and Child death

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

First of all, what the hell Rick Riordan?? Pulling a stunt like that in the middle of a series nonetheless. I knew it was coming because there's a spoiler in the summary for [book:The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure|63028719] (thanks for that, by the way), but I didn't realize it was going to come so soon in the series. 

Anyway, this might be the best in the series so far because while the stakes were risen in the first two books, I feel like they're pretty high by the end of this one. Things keep piling up and it will eventually be up to Apollo to set everything right. There's also some great character development there, as we've seen him evolve throughout all of the books thus far. Some great emotional development, actually. Thoroughly enjoying that and Apollo's narration still.

We'll see how the next two books go, I guess!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Violence

Minor: Body shaming

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Torture, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Confinement, and Gaslighting

marenm's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, and Violence

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

it's the middle of the night and i can't stop crying ... onto book 4?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Vomit, Gore, Torture, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Child abuse and War

Minor: Abandonment

brekker_by_brekker's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad 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

4.75

i’m sobbing so hard rn jfc that HURT

JASON😭😭😭😭😭

‘this, i thought, was being human. standing on the tarmac, watching mortals load the body of a friend and hero into the cargo hold, knowing he would never be coming back. saying goodbye to a grieving woman who had done everything to help us, and knowing you could never repay her, never compensate her for all that she’d lost.’ BRO

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Grief

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

This for me was a huge changing point in the series, as this is the book where it all actually gets real. Like damn, this is SERIOUS.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Body shaming