Reviews tagging 'War'

Percy Jackson racconta gli dei greci by Rick Riordan, Laura Grassi

9 reviews

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Phew, you can tell from the content warnings how wild the Greek Gods are. As someone who has read the Bibliotheca, this was definitely a much more entertaining and digestible way to read about the twelve (major) Gods of Greek Myth. And obviously since it is written to be family friendly, that a lot of it was watered down. 

I don't love how biased Percy is towards his father since there were several instances where what he was describing was his dad raping women, but called it 'cuddling' and hardly had anything bad to say. However, he did do that with Zeus as well which is odd since he pretty much hates the guy. (obviously, Percy is fictional and I am talking about Riordan here). 

Overall, I enjoyed this a lot and will be continuing into the Greek Heroes as told by Percy Jackson.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Body horror, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Child death, Child abuse, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Misogyny and Homophobia

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, War, Infidelity, Rape, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

imamazin's review against another edition

dark funny informative medium-paced

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

5.0

The book is kind of dark, but funny.  However, this is the basic history of Greek gods and titans, so there is not much that could change. Even though there are topics inappropriate for the target audience, the narrator, Percy Jackson,  makes the stories as appropriate as possible.  Overall, this is a fantastic read, and I recommend it to all.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Torture, War, Gore, Death of parent, Rape, Violence, Pregnancy, and Cannibalism

icedlemonade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: War, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Blood, Rape, Infidelity, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Murder, Kidnapping, and Incest

Minor: Alcohol, Stalking, and Ableism

mgj19's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

I found this really interesting and informative! It was one of the weirdest books I’ve ever read and I loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Bullying, and Murder

Moderate: Incest, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, and Violence

Minor: War, Rape, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

thatbookbitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Pedophilia, Stalking, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Death, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, War, Misogyny, Child abuse, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Incest, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Torture, Addiction, Death of parent, Vomit, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Toxic friendship, and Suicide attempt

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Torture, War, Confinement, Death of parent, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Gore, Stalking, Death, Pregnancy, Slavery, and Violence

millyfox's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Sexual assault, Stalking, Child abuse, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexism, Toxic relationship, War, and Rape

the_embodiment_of_chaos's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Violence, and Incest

Moderate: Rape, Blood, Sexual assault, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Kidnapping