Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan

17 reviews

bri__'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Gaslighting

hayleyvem's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood and Grief

trintrin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing sad tense 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

5.0

A line from the book that I absolutely love (very minor, out-of-context spoiler):

"Call on me. I'll be there for you."

I'M NOT OKAY! Beautiful, beautiful book with a beautiful end to a beautiful franchise. Cannot believe my childhood is over :")

I never thought I would see the day I cried for the "death" of inanimate, non-living objects but here we are. I cannot stress how much I loved the arrow of dodona and it's snarky shakespearean comments. Got me sobbing. Too soon. I couldn't get myself to finish this book as soon as I would have. I kept going back and rereading the same pages. Really couldn't come to terms that this will the last Riordanverse instalment or at least that what we all thought at that time. I love how Lester went back and visited all those places that were a part of his journey. Really filled me with nostalgia. And that BTS throwaway line at the end lmao. The glow-in-the-dark kitkat boyfriend thing is sooo cute I can't wait for the Sun and the Stars to get to witness more of this cuteness.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Vomit, and Grief

Trigger warning for detailed injury with a very tiny not-so-spoiler

Chapter 20 contains a graphic description of violence near the end. There is a warning at the beginning of the chapter. Do take it seriously.

icannotweave's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Medical content

herk's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, and Blood

leannj's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

• 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture

sepiaparrish's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

i liked it bc percy and annabeth and nico and will and rachel and reyna and leo and hazel were in it. i didn't like it bc rick riordan is infuriating and incapable of taking his own writing seriously and also bad at endings. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, and Torture

the child abuse is meg's relationship with nero, and we also meet other kids "adopted" by him and treated similarly. it is a main theme of the book so look out, apollo also reflects on how his relationships with the other gods could be considered abusive. the violence is riordan-typical but there's a scene where apollo "dies" and also there's a scene when a character gets her hands chopped off to teach her a lesson, which is the most graphic scene in the book i would say. i added ableism because some of what riordan says in reference to this character after the event could possibly be read that way? but i'm not sure. torture and panic attacks are mentioned very briefly, slavery is seen in the way nero runs parts of his empire and it is refered to as slavery multiple times, nico's ptsd is discussed a few times, body shaming is apollo commenting on his acne and body fat in a negative tone, homophobia is briefly mentioned at one point, and animal death is a type of monster that is killed multiple times that is a cow. also riordan-typical handling his minorities rather poorly, though i think he did better in this one than in certain other books.