Reviews

The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan

readinchic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Another great read and a great book to finish the series and tie everything together. I’m a little sad to see what I know of this world ending but it’s been great to read and the themes hit hard.

cbalaban's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted 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

5.0

oldcrow1111's review against another edition

5.0

I am 100% ready for an Avengers style Rick Riordan book next. I feel like we have been set up for the Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and Norse demigods to come together to solve the problem Chiron mentioned! This didn’t feel like the end.

vianeyisabella's review against another edition

5.0

okay me and apollo are friends

icespider's review against another edition

5.0

This was an absolutely beautiful book. I read most of it in one sitting, which is something I honestly haven’t been able to do in a while. I was absolutely captivated by this. I have a theory about books; the more highly emotional reactions it gets out of you, the better a book it is. The Tower of Nero got me to laugh, cry, squeal, and toss my copy (gently!) across the room.

I’d say this definitely ranks among my top favorite books, and its my favorite out of any of Riordan’s books. This book just, for lack of a better phrase, hit different. It’s an amazing book.

_lily74's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

5.0

clarejc's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

demievrything's review against another edition

4.0

Ein wirklich tolles und gelungenes Finale der Reihe um Apollo und seine Verwünschung als sterblicher auf der Erde zu wandeln. Es bleibt natürlich gleich spannend und wir treffen auch hier wieder auf einige tolle Charaktere. Auch Apollos Entwicklung kommt hier ebenfalls zu einem würdigem und stimmigen Ende. Die letzten Szenen dienen dazu alle Handlungsstränge noch einmal zu schließen bzw. die Möglichkeiten auf Fortsetzungen auszubauen.
Die Reihe lohnt sich auf jeden Fall für Percy Jackson Fans! Für mich hat sie sich wie ein einziger, großer Epilog angefühlt, weil wir so viele tolle Charaktere und Orte wieder sehen.

trin's review against another edition

3.0

I don't envy Riordan the task of ending this series, which also sort of wraps up all of his series (at least for the time being). That's a lot to put on one book! As such, the pacing feels off: there's a long windup, then a terrific, action-packed middle, then a sort of "huh. okay" of a climax, followed by a lengthy epilogue reminiscent of David Tennant's last episode of Doctor Who where he goes and says goodbye to everyone he's ever met and you're kind of like, "How has he not regenerated yet?"

But that middle run is highly enjoyable, a great blend of emotion/character/action. And I do love Apollo. I think I just realized toward the end that what I really wanted to be reading was fanfic of this book, something that could really go deep into Apollo's mental and body dysmorphia, pretty much, after his time spent as a human. I'll take 60K of that plus him making out with some hot dudes to go, please.

kaikaleda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

4.25