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The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

13 reviews

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.5

Every time I read The Mark of Athena it destroys me. Be forewarned that this book remains tonally and totally consistent with the prior books in the Heroes of Olympus and Percy Jackson series while deftly delving into wildly dark topics. A very important book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Racism

Moderate: Death

noahsingh's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Racism, Ableism, and Confinement

Moderate: War, Slavery, Bullying, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Islamophobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Cannibalism

kait_sg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

kathrynleereads'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? It's complicated

4.25

No matter how many times I read this book, it always guts me. 

The Mark of Athena, the third installment in Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus series, finally brings together the demigods from the first two books, reuniting Percy and Jason with their old lives.

Percy and Annabeth's long-awaited reunion did not disappoint, but Jason's chance to catch up with old friends was cut tragically short. 

Despite the fact that she wasn't in much of the story, I really grew to like Reyna. She's a smart and brave leader but also isn't above admitting her own weaknesses. 

When facing rejection from both Percy and Jason, she takes it with her head held high and doesn't let her feelings impede her relationship with either of them. 

It was so refreshing to have Annabeth as a main character again. I missed her after the Last Olympian. Just as Juno/Hera promised, Annabeth was tested beyond belief in the Mark of Athena.

I'm not going to lie, I hated reading about Arachne and her hordes of spiders. I was cringing for a solid 4 chapters, just waiting for Annabeth to be free of spiders.

Percy was as marvelous as ever, although I didn't love his little mini-rivalry with Jason.

They seemed to have figured it out by the end of the book, but I think it was a little out of character for either of them to be outwardly flustered by the others' power.

Similarly, Jason's main roles in the Mark of Athena seemed to be making things awkward when he and Percy were in a room (or field) together, and making things awkward whenever he was with Piper and the topic of Reyna was brought up. 

Piper, however, was fabulous. She grew a lot throughout this book, constantly growing stronger not in power, but just as herself.

It took her most of the Lost Hero to become comfortable with the idea of being Aphrodite's daughter, but now she's learned how to turn that into strength. 

Leo was also his amazing self. Often being the comic relief, it would have been easy for Leo to be swept aside in terms of growth compared to the other characters, but because of his connection to Hazel through Sammy, that wasn't the case at all. 

Learning about Sammy and getting to dive deeper into Hazel's past was also great. While she was definitely a force to be reckoned with, I have a feeling that her real time to shine is still coming.

Which brings us to Frank. Reading the first two books, Frank was my least favorite of the featured six demigods.

The burst of confidence he got after the battle in the Field of Mars has completely changed my opinion of him. 

It seems like he's finally coming into his element and, like Piper, learning that his godly parent doesn't define who he is.

And finally, Coach Hedge. I was surprised when I read that the Coach was accompanying the seven on the Argo II as their companion, but now I'm so glad that he is. 

Coach Hedge provides the perfect balance of comic relief and (often misguided) parental presence that most of the demigods sorely lack. 

I'm really excited to see where The House of Hades takes these young demigods!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Confinement, War, Grief, Animal cruelty, Death, Animal death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Sexism, and Violence

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, War, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Violence, Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Racism, Sexism, and Torture

Minor: Slavery

hales_1243's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Vomit, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Suicide

finnft4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

This one was a BANGER
 
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: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Kidnapping, Body horror, and Cursing

Minor: Sexism

Bro where do I start. Interesting characters and plotlines. I found it to be pretty slow at first (inevitable for the number of pages) but it certainly picked up. I found all three of the final quests to be crazy; especially Annabeth's. That girl is a badass. Leo is amazing, as always, and I like Percy's humor. I'm indifferent about the others. But the ending was just fucking insane. Absolutely one of the best Riordan books, period. I'm hyped for the next book; I think it has the potential to surpass The Last Olympian. We'll see

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexism, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: War, Infidelity, and Slavery

Author uses stereotypes, homelessness, Civil war, segregation, captivity, broken bones,

limiwh'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal cruelty, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Blood

friendly_neighborhood_grandma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

4.5

This is very dark and omg rick riordan is an alien how did he come up with this. Its incredible. Waw. The ending aaaa. This dude is so talented.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Kidnapping, War, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Acephobia/Arophobia, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Torture, Violence, Animal death, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body horror and Sexism