Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

29 reviews

gayghostprince's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Murder, Death, and Car accident

Moderate: War, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Infidelity

onalark's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty and Gun violence

its_kievan's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

3.5

I forgot just how fun these books are omg

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Gun violence, Child death, and Death

lunep's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

I can't be unbiased when it comes to Percy Jackson, sorry. I decided to re-read TLT to have it fresh before the show release, but then I packed all my books in boxes in November due to Real Life Things and forgot to keep it out, so I couldn't get it out until January 🥲
There were so many things I didn't remember, it was kinda like reading it for the first time. I love Percy, Annabeth and Grover sm, my silly little kids.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Bullying, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Child death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, War, Misogyny, Infidelity, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Ableism

despoena's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

The book is very interesting because the plot is inspired from the Ancient Greek myths but it is  presented in a modern version that makes it very fresh.But the book has some flaws the world-building in this book doesn't exist. The author doesn't spend any time building his world so that the reader can be attached to it. The book has a very fast pace and sometimes some events are not mentioned in detail. He could have  cut down in adventures and spend more time in world building and in details.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Minor: Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Gun violence

jenny_librarian's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

REREAD: January 2022

It's still a good book! I hadn't read it in almost 10 years, but I had just as much fun as I did the first time around. I also realized just how different the movie (which I like, no matter what everyone else says) is to the book. I'm looking forward to what they'll do with the show.

What I didn't anticipate is how ableist it is. That part of the book did not age well and I cringed a few times at the choices of word (the c-word to describe someone without the use of their legs appeared a lot...) but it was the only major setback.

I'm hyped to reread Sea of Monsters soon!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence

nxclx's review

Not me reading Percy Jackson again lmao

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Self harm

anenbydragon's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

valereads'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: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Gun violence, Grief, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, Car accident, Bullying, Animal cruelty, and Ableism