Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

66 reviews

hales_1243's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Bullying, Racism, Vomit, Animal death, and Body shaming

finnft4's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

4.25

 

Nice! I'm still really enjoying the humor of HoO. The conflict set-up is crazy; it's insane how dark some of the backstories get. I will say that I'm struggling a bit with getting invested, as I don't find any of the new characters being introduced to be that interesting (personality-wise). I liked that Nico was in this book, since he's a very interesting character imo. Leo and Percy are definitely my favorite perspectives. The plot is extremely interesting. But the characters are a bit weak, since a lot of them are super similar (again, personality-wise). Interesting characters is a huge make-or-break for me, so as of now I like the original PJO series more. But we'll see how it goes - for the record, this book has very interesting side characters and some older characters, so I'm not complaining.

(One note: There's so much romance in HoO - I'm struggling to think of a prominent character that doesn't have a romantic interest. Sometimes I definitely appreciate it; but it certainly felt repetitive with this book, having to watch a very similar romance unfold again [

Jason and Piper vs. Frank and Hazel - the age difference with the latter is also ?!!

]. Yeah, this point is extremely nitpicky. But it's just something that generally annoys me.)

I keep hearing great things about the next two books, so I'm excited!

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

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent and War

Minor: Racism

lexnicole's review

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Gore, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty

readingwithkaitlyn's review

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, War, Death, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Slavery

Pearl harbor, Nazis, homelessness, starvation, heart attack.

rtaire's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Racism, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

orchidlilly's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, War, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Death, and Animal death

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Death of parent, Abandonment, Sexism, and Body shaming

mengzhenreads'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Just an absolute joy to read. Honestly the love of my life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Death of parent and Child death

Minor: Racism and Fire/Fire injury

caitcosentino's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.5

Loved this one. 
Really great new characters, especially sweet, sweet Frank Zhang. The Amazons, Reyna, Mars, and Iris were all interesting new additions, too. 
Hazel's powers are such a unique take on Pluto's realm. Some of her blackout scenes were a bit boring, but I understand that they were necessary for moving the plot along. 
I'm so intrigued by the Leo-related cliff hanger at the end! 
I listened to the audiobook, and some of the character voices were inconsistent, which was annoying. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Violence

mldog3's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty

possibly's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Racism and Child death

Minor: Death of parent