Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan

22 reviews

ecallahan's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Ableism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous 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

A very fun, sweet, and diverse little adventure under the sea! I really liked the blend of fiction with reality and just all the little plot moments. I'm excited to read more in this world. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Bullying, Animal death, Mental illness, Medical content, and Kidnapping

pertinent_sonder's review

adventurous 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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Cancer

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.0

---

Content Warnings

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

Minor: Medical content

saucy_bookdragon's review

adventurous funny informative lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Was this a chosen one narrative or nepobaby propaganda?

One could argue that all of Rick Riordan's protagonists are nepobabies. He mainly writes about children of literal gods after all. But these aren't real nepobabies, no one irl is actually a child of a god and have legit superpowers (I think). Ana on the other hand.

Ana is the descendant of captain Nemo and this makes her really important and special because she can access the submarine and also because she's supposed to be super smart for some reason?

Daughter of the Deep almost legitimately reads like nepobaby propaganda. WHY is Ana so important just because of her ancestry? She isn't especially smarter than any of the other students, she doesn't have literal superpowers, and yet she's treated as such.

Outside of the nepotism of it all, she's just not very interesting. The story is so focused on her, the history of the world, and plot none of the side characters shine through either. This would've benefitted from being a trilogy and stretching out the plot in order to flesh out everything or having fewer characters.

The world building is also boring. I wish that this was actually about Jules Vern, the actual technology he wrote about doesn't become relevant until the second half of the book. The academy is literally just a militant marine studies school for rich kids that blows up immediately.

I found the second half to be a little more interesting because of the sci-fi elements. Rick Riordan writes with a passion for Vern's work and he has already built a career off of making mythology accessible for children and I would love to see him move into other worlds and other topics. Just with more of the actual speculative elements and less nepotism. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, and Murder

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Gun violence, and Blood

Minor: Colonisation, Kidnapping, and Medical content

whoizthis360's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Loved this - it feels like a step more mature than Ricks other books, which I love, while still being accessible to all. Also, canon autistic character and diverse cultural representations? Yes please!!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

camiclarkbooks's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

“Daughter of the Deep” by Rick Riordan is a clever reinterpretation of Jules Verne’s “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” 

There were several points where I wondered if Riordan had landed on this plot since he’d done so much ocean-related research for his “Percy Jackson” series, but it was still a fun book. The diversity of the characters was great and tastefully executed, which Riordan has struggled with in past books. 

I’m interested to see if a sequel is announced soon because the ending definitely leaves room for a second book. “Daughter of the Deep” was a fun read and I’d love to read more books set in the Jules Verne-inspired world. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

madeleine726's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

orchidlilly's review

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? No

4.0

Daughter of the Deep has the same whimsy and snark that we know to expect from Riordan, and it's a delight as always. The plot draws from Jules Verne, of course, without feeling like a total rip or a poor imitation, and it's thoroughly entertaining the whole way through. Ana and her fellow classmates make for a diverse and well represented cast, who manage to act believably 15 without being insufferably out of touch. Riordan's depictions of other cultures and mental illness are respectful and clearly well researched, without feeling like a overly moral preach fest like so many other books do. I'm especially fond of how Ester is written, her character is more than just her autism, she gets to be someone other than the stereotypical autistic genius.
Definitely a good read, for the intended middle grade audience and also adults. I don;t know if this will be another one of Riordan's series as the book functions well as a single standalone, but should it become one I'll be raring to read more.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Medical content

Minor: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Blood, Colonisation, and Confinement