Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan

30 reviews

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

4.0

Apollo is seriously such a fun narrator. In general, I think Riordan is just great at injecting humor into these books, no matter who's narrating the story. But he's really been nailing it in this series so far, balancing the humor with the darker things that are happening in the overall arc of the story. Those memories we get of Meg's towards the end? Oof. Definitely adds to her character development, though!

Since this is the third series set in this Greek/Roman mythology world, I'm enjoying that we're getting to see a bunch of other characters from previous books. It's like a fun little scavenger hunt, seeing who get to see next. I'm always a fan of interconnected books like this anyway, especially since this just keeps building on what we already know.

Can't wait to see what adventures are in store next for Apollo!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment, Death, and Child death

nevermoregothic'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Child death, and Child abuse

littleflowerfairy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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: Animal death, Murder, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Grief, Confinement, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Toxic relationship is in reference to a familial relationship. Also, in case there's anyone else out there that also gets freaked out by foreign objects going into someone's facial orifices,

there is a scene toward the end of the book where spectral bees are flying into Meg's nose, mouth, ears and tear ducts. Then a bit later in the chapter, they go into Apollo, and he says he can feel them ricocheting around his respiratory system. Meg's description is only one sentence, while Apollo's is few more lines.

brekker_by_brekker's review against another edition

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

ash_pj21's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Death, Self harm, Physical abuse, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and War

redroseses's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Gore, and Child abuse

hales_1243's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Murder, and Terminal illness

Minor: Gun violence

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

Rick Riordan mentioned Frank Ocean in a book and my life has been changed forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abandonment and Child death

the_embodiment_of_chaos's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

Minor: Child death

lastcomment314's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious 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

After what I thought was a bit of a rocky start to the series in the first installment, I think the characters really come into their own here. Apollo is still Apollo, but he's more endearing now, and is learning to think about others besides himself, even if some things about him never change. The supporting cast is also larger, and features a few more familiar faces from Riordan's previous books, which never hurts for a long-time reader like me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abandonment, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Animal death, and Child abuse