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The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

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elcanaldevenecia's review against another edition

4.0

This was just totally heartbreaking for me, because I'm used to start a Rick Riordan's book and devour it! And this book caused me a lot of trouble. The first few pages were super cool and I got hooked but then I continued reading and I lost interest. Then I tried to hear it on and audiobook and it satisfied me. Then I continue reading it and I got into a slump. But from the half of the book forward, I got completely excited and I finally devoured it.
And amazing story, I just don't know what happened. Maybe it was that I changed dramatically the genre. Or that it was a long time ago since I read the Percy Jackson's series. Whatever. The only thing that I regret it's not giving it the 5 stars it deserves but I can't lie to myself, I should have read it a long time ago. Still I'm in love with it.
JasonxPiper #Love

audreyglj's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Peak has begun

abracadabra159's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

5.0

ihugparrish's review against another edition

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4.0

⊹ first read, ⭐⭐⭐
⊹ second read, ⭐⭐⭐⭐

reader4evr's review against another edition

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3.0

I really enjoyed listening to this on audio, easy to understand all of the way some of the names were pronounced. I liked how this book was a kind of continuing of the Lightning Thief series.

There were only a couple things that I didn't like about this book.
1. It was WAY too long. Ii felt that the story could have maybe be cut in 1/3. I know the kids that liked the Percy Jackson series will probably still read this no matter the size it of it, it was just too long for me.
2. There were WAY too many different stories going on. At times, it was hard to keep track of because I got confused with names.
3. The story line kind of reminded me of the Lightning Thief with the different quests that they had to conquer and the people that they would meet. It was like quest, meet someone, quest, meet someone etc etc

I probably won't read on in the series but I will be interested in hearing from students that have read it.

jodiebth's review against another edition

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adventurous funny medium-paced

4.0

ignoring that it took me almost three months to finish this (i hate reading slumps) i actually had a great time with this!!
i figured out the whole roman/greek thing very early on, which was kinda annoying bcs it made me impatient to get to the conclusion. sometimes the characters were just unnecessarily obtruse, but it is a children's book, so i can forgive that.
i do think it should've been at least a hundred pages shorter - it is only slightly more mature than the percy jackson series, but it's way longer than any book in the first series, which kinda feels weird