Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

12 reviews

elliott_the_clementine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Animal death and Child abuse

fin_s_t's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, War, Violence, Bullying, Child death, Murder, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Ableism, Blood, Physical abuse, and Sexism

ollieez's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia

wiktoria_bojda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, War, Abandonment, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse

noahsingh's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Abandonment, Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Blood, Suicide, Child abuse, Death, and Ableism

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

The battle of the labyrinth remains my favourite but this is a close second. You can really see how Percy develops as a person and everyone around him is impacted for the better. This book is so well written and even though I was rereading it so I knew the plot twists, a few still caught me by surprise. Incredibly enjoyable read. I can't wait to start the next series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Child abuse, War, Blood, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

johannarose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, War, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Death, Violence, and Ableism

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Violence, Grief, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Racism

Tornado

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring sad 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? Yes

5.0

While I loved this book, I still think Battle of the Labyrinth is my favorite. About 50% of this is focused on the war in Manhattan, and while I understand why it had to be written that way, it did get to be a little monotonous. 

But I really appreciate that Percy made the conscious decision to call the gods out for their bullshit and that we finally got Percabeth.

Also, interesting observation: after having read Song of Achilles a few weeks ago, I absolutely loved the parallels Rick Riordan had made between the Battle of Troy and the Battle of Manhattan. Spoilers for Song of Achilles below: 

A hero's honor is disrespected over a feud, and they refuse to go to battle even when absolutely necessary. A dear "friend" of the hero disguises themselves in the hero's armor, only to fall after facing a foe only the hero can defeat. The hero defeats the foe to avenge their friend's death, and then drags the foe's body behind their chariot while demanding to fight the leader of the enemy's army.

Now, is the hero I'm speaking of Clarisse or Achilles? The friend, Silena or Patroclus? The foe, the drakon or Hector? And the leader of the opposing army, Kronos or Paris?
All that to say, I believe that Clarisse and Silena were secretly dating behind Beckendorf and Chris Rodriguez's backs, or at least in love with each other. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, and Genocide

Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Car accident

valereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical content, and Suicide