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Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan

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bumblemee's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? No

3.75

This has been a fun read! For people who love anything marine, this is definitely a good choice. I didn't love "20.000 leagues under the sea", but I liked how it was handled in this book, as well as the sci-fi elements. I don't read a lot of sci-fi, but I feel like a lot of the time it's about space related innovation. Meanwhile the oceans of our planet offer a lot of mystery as well, so I think it's cool that this is what this book deals with.

Oh, little thing: Do not read the foreword or introduction if you want to avoid a minor spoiler - it's not thaaaaat big of a deal, but I would've liked to discover that fact while reading instead of in the beginning of the book while reading things that by their name are supposed to be read before starting the story -.-

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vegabela's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-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

3.5

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fanboyriot's review

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adventurous 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

5.0

I would love to see this turned into a movie, the oceanic adventure had a setting that was really nicely detailed. The characters were great—as if I’d expect anything else from Uncle Rick—the diversity he brings to this book is represented so nicely through out it. Not to mention this was the first book by a cis man who normalized periods in fiction let alone young fiction. This book was just so good.

Good Humor
Found Family
Diverse Characters
Angst with a Happy Ending
Submarine with AI Consciousness

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mousmoulo's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

i'm the tiniest bit disappointed in this one. i've read a good half of everything riordan has written by now, and i think what didn't land for me with this one was mostly:

- the humour that worked so well in previous books (especially in pjo and mcga) just isn't here
- in my opinion he writes fantasy better than science fiction
- this is a stand-alone, so the characters, settings etc didn't get nearly enough time to be fully fleshed out

on the other hand, ester harding. that's it. i adored her and she was so well-written:')

very diverse in general, good enough middle grade science fiction—but i'm also glad uncle rick's returning to the riordanverse this year

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devlev7's review

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.5

To be honest this book was…only okay. I had high hopes, being a major Percy Jackson kid. And while Daughter of the Deep does have some of the charm of teenage heroes with mysterious family histories in unexpected fantastical situation, it just fell short for me. It feels like Riordan has tried to take the same formula as The Lightning Thief but based around a much more contained text (Jules Vernes’ 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and sequel instead of Greek mythology) that have him less to work with, on top of it feeling like a sort of more forced and stale version of a story we’ve already heard. Riordan clearly did a lot of research, and that shows in a fun way. However, I think the amount of the book that was spent trying to convince the reader to buy into the stretches between his “sacred text” and the technology he described took away from the heart of the story. The characters, while diverse, felt a bit shallow. I would’ve appreciated more time spent getting to know their relationships than their alt-tech. However, I recognize that I, an adult, may not be the primary target audience for this novel, which isn’t at all to diminish YA, moreso to say I recognize my critiques may not be relevant to the enjoyment of a younger person while reading this book.

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lri_reads's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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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caitcosentino's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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

Very good. Badass female MC. I loved learning about the school.

The first half was excellent, the second half lost steam a bit. Romeo's role was a bit too farfetched for me.

Seems crazy that they just let LI go at the end.

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