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Das brennende Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

36 reviews

building_a_bookdom's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
  • 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

4.0

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saucy_bookdragon's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny fast-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

4.5

 
I read this and The Dark Prophecy both in one day in an obsessive haze where all I wanted to do was keep reading these books here are my thoughts on this one:

-shoutout to Piper during this fine Lesbian Visibility Week whether or not she's ready to admit she's a lesbian
-I'm glad her and Jason broke up I never cared for them as a couple, they were quite LITERALLY forced
-RIP Jason Grace, you had so many bricks to be smacked with ahead of you
-no but seriously why did y'all cry over that??? why did y'all suddenly start caring about Jason???? I say this as someone who was never on the Jason hate train I'm just confused????
-bout damn TIME Grover got some respect
-speaking of I'm never forgiving the PJO fandom for making Jason Percy's bestie when that was Grover, for everyone who did that this book is jUsTiCe
-I will ALWAYS appreciate a talking horse
-Leo asking "where's Jason?" did kind of break me
-I question how responsibly written Apollo is to sometimes make fun of and put down his body, I get that he hates being human but also the traits he's putting down are traits a lot of people struggle with ESPECIALLY in regards to weight


So far this series has been Apollo facing the consequences of his actions by being poor little meow meowfied. The Burning Maze continues the trend of book 3 in Riordan series being ELITE.

TWs: threatened suicide for self sacrificial reasons, death,  some self deprecating jokes related to the protagonist being 'pudgy' 
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livelaughomo's review against another edition

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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

i will never recover❤️
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finnft4's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted
  • 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

4.25

BRO. ALRIGHT. ToA has officially redeemed itself.

Non-spoiler stuff first lmao. This is the first book where I actually like Apollo and Meg as characters and am not consistently annoyed by their appearances. I'm really liking Apollo's arc; it no longer feels like a half-baked Kuzco. The lines where Apollo starts to doubt his entire identity as a god while he's being reduced to basically nothing are... man, they're good. It doesn't feel as rushed anymore, and it feels honest. Meg's whole arc with Nero and shit is also very good. Piper and Jason, who I didn't like in the past, are... better now. Not great, but this book gave them a bit more depth, which I appreciated. Grover continues to be one of my favorite characters. This is the first ToA book where I actually cared about the characters and what happened to them.

And there are STAKES NOW - one of the bigger improvements between this one and the other two books (which still had stakes but weren't very investing). This book was so fucking intense. Almost at House of Hades level with the amount of pain going on. I'm still in a bit of shock.

SO MANY GOOD LINES TOO. I'M SHAKING.

Spoilers below. 

Alright, to be honest, I was already spoiled on Jason's death before reading this book. And I was mostly indifferent to the news. Oh wow, this character that I don't care that much about dies? I'm... so sad. But I'm surprised by how much it got to me. The death itself was more "OH SHIT" than anything, but the characters' reactions and the time processing afterward were heart-wrenching. The way Jason went out though was kind of stupid. Like, my guy survived getting impaled in Blood of Olympus, and this is how he dies? Sheesh... No complaints other than my guy was nerfed.
 

I'm actually looking forward to the next book (previously I saw the ToA books as obstacles in between MCGA lmfao)

CURRENT RANKING
[1] PJO: The Last Olympian
[2] HoO: The House of Hades
[3] HoO: The Mark of Athena
[4] MCGA: The Sword of Summer
[5] PJO: The Lightning Thief
[6] ToA: The Burning Maze
[7] PJO: The Titan's Curse
[8] MCGA: The Hammer of Thor
[9] HoO: The Son of Neptune
[10] PJO: The Battle of the Labyrinth
[11] HoO: The Lost Hero
[12] PJO: The Sea of Monsters
[13] ToA: The Dark Prophecy
[14] HoO: The Blood of Olympus
[15] ToA: The Hidden Oracle 
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coyotes_tiptoe's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny reflective sad 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

5.0

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pertinent_sonder's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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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rakkaussipsi's review against another edition

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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

3.0

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nai_ddepressantreader's review against another edition

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adventurous funny sad fast-paced
  • 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

4.0

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kbairbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

3.5

3rd book down! Glad to be over halfway through this series. Im about to start Daughter of the Deep and im excited to get out of Apollo’s head. There was a surprising amount of death in this book. I feel like it isn’t normal if Ricks work to have so much of it in his books but this was very grief stricken. The warrior driads were cool, I loved seeing Grover again, the Coach Hedge fight scene was funny and the whole Jason thing felt… unreal. No way.
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hayleyvem's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

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