11.2k reviews for:

The Mark of Athena

Rick Riordan

4.42 AVERAGE

teri_dost's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted 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

booksndjunksarajayy's review against another edition

4.0

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4.5 for me! Loved how we got see more from the characters and the story was very fast paced. Can't wait to start the next one.

** re read this to remember what happened and enjoyed it just as much. I am dropping the rating to 4 stars because the pacing wasn’t as much fun the second time around.

kat1here's review against another edition

3.5

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Honestly...
I don't think this book's the best one from the series (not even as the 2nd one), but I have to admit it has a lot of iconic moments:

Percy + Annabeth's reunion & falling into Tartarus (XD),
Annabteh finally getting the attention she deserves, Nico’s comeback, etc.

• A little out of context but... I don't get the Jason hate.
• RATING: ★★★½

xantrix's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring relaxing 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: Complicated

arundhati_p's review against another edition

5.0

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I finish a 600pg long book in a day and what do I get as a reward?? PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CLIFFHANGER OF THIS SERIES?? My brain is fried and with last bit of energy left in me, I am itching to dive into the next book right now. Thank you Rick Riordan for spoiling my sleep tonight. I will be haunted by this cliffhanger

fxnja_04's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

vaddisonreads's review against another edition

3.5

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⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

alinajr's review against another edition

5.0

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thank the lord i got three of my favorite povs in this book

cried right at the beginning, this was so good

ccarn's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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I was actually kind of disappointed with this book... I thought this was going to be a huge Annabeth book where we really got to see her powers on display--but not really? It's actually kinda largely forgettable. OR I wanted her to get messy and illogical for once because of Percy being gone? Or get taken over by ghosts and really do some damage as the leader? Nothing. Like it was a high stakes thing that didn't grip me like he usually does until... the spider's web! That was good. I think that because her powers aren't as visible (and the other character's are pretty creative problem solvers as well), she needed a bit more to highlight what makes her particularly special.

That said... the ENDING! This man should write a romance novel because I am so invested! As if they haven't been through enough?? Extra .25 stars. Almost added a full half star. lol

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purplegrape's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Not sure what to say. I half remembered (barely) some of the plot points. I guess because it's Percy Jackson I feel like there are no stakes since I'm confident everyone will make it out alive(ish). Was still entertaining. I enjoyed seeing them work together for once. Mr. B had a nice voice even though he was annoying.