Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan

22 reviews

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

i didn't like this one as much as the first, but i've definitely developed an appreciation for how apollo/lester is developing. i love seeing characters grow!

i love him and meg's sibling relationship SO much !! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent

mollymoo1234's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.75

ToA is going well for me so far and I just love Meg and apollos friendship it’s just so weird and amazing 
Enjoy xxx 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Blood

livelaughomo'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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Emotional abuse

Minor: Abandonment

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

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Animal death, War, Violence, Confinement, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

Much better

You see minor improvements of Apollo’s character by the end of the first book but he gets much better in this one. It was nice to see Leo again! I love his humor. This book was exciting and dark and everything in between. I hope this isn’t the last we see of the Waystation.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

Moderate: Excrement, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

actualophelia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Vomit

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment

valeria_gzz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.5

4,5 because there were too many references for me. I don’t like the way Apollo talks but whatever I like these stories. I did love the character development and the way all these backstories made me cry more than any other sad book I’ve read this year (besides heartstopper 4 that one was bad(in the made me cry too much sense)). I LOVE that Meg summoned

Grover

since he was one of my favorite characters in the PJO series! 

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Content Warnings

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