Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan

65 reviews

steffi_23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

I cried I love them all so much 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Moderate: Body horror and Violence

brink03'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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

autistic_dragon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Grief

luckykosmos's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

I wasn't as big of a fan of the Trials of Apollo, until Tyrant's Tomb, which then became my favorite in the entire series. This, I'm happy to say, follows in Tyrant's Tomb's steps - strong emotional connections between characters, particularly seeing the growth of those we've known and loved in the past. The final confrontation with Nero was handled carefully. However, certain scenes that were built up to be pivotal felt slightly rushed, and fell flat. Rating up because of the strong characterizations, but not a full 5* for the occasional pacing missteps. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Violence

qwerter's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence

juttaleupe's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Mental illness

astereads's review

adventurous 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

4.0

 Entah salah siapa, tapi butuh waktu lama untuk mulai membaca buku terakhir dari series The Trials of Apollo ini, dan lebih lama lagi buat bisa konsentrasi masuk ke dalam ceritanya.

Awalnya aku baca dalam bahasa aslinya, sampai sekitar 30% aku memutuskan untuk beli ebook terjemahannya karena susah banget buat konsentrasi. Pinjam audiobook bukan solusi karena antrinya lama lagi, keburu menguap niat bacanya.

Kalau boleh membandingkan, aku lebih suka ending PJO dan HOO, walaupun ingatan cuma samar-samar tapi kayaknya lebih GIMANAAA GITU. Dari ingatanku yang kurang bisa diandalkan sih, rasa-rasanya aku gabisa berhenti baca ya, beda sama ini. Tapi yang spesial dan aku suka dari buku ini adalah cerita tentang abusive parents dan gimana Meg akhirnya bisa membebaskan diri dari Nero (juga Apollo dari Zeus, tapi yang ini kurang berkesan wkwkwk).

"Tidak mudah untuk melawan atau meninggalkan seorang tiran, apalagi ketika kita sepenuhnya bergantung pada yang bersangkutan."

Aku juga suka sih gimana Apollo melakukan refleksi diri sepanjang cerita, gimana dia (kelihatannya) sangat menghargai waktunya ketika jadi manusia. Dari makhluk yang bisa ngapain aja sampai jadi makhluk yang menggantung hidupnya sama orang lain. Tapi disitu esensinya menjadi manusia, kan? Kalau kata Chiron:

"Kita semua bertanggung jawab untuk menyelamatkan satu sama lain, bukan begitu?"

Yaa udah sekian, mungkin habis ini aku juga perlu refleksi diri, merenungi tujuan hidup dan mensyukuri apa yang sudah aku punya sambil mengusahakan yang bisa diusahakan wkwk. Terima kasih Meg dan Apollo atas pelajarannya! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

herk's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, and Blood

ohkmurr's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

3.75

I feel similarly about this book as I did with The Last Olympian—it was a fine book, but it was all battle or prepping for battle. But I do appreciate seeing Lester/Apollo's full character development. 

I also like the little change Rick does where he has the other characters refer to our sun god as Lester instead of Apollo, to show the main character's growth and humanity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

bbqseaweed's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse