Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

52 reviews

annaofjesup's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Abandonment, Murder, Toxic relationship, War, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

xapoptosisx's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

It's a great first book for a series and I'm very excited to continue it. Yes some of the words are a bit outdated but it's easier to read knowing the author is apologetic and actively doing stuff to change it. But it's good had some very funny moments and somehow felt nostalgic even tho I've never read it before.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Car accident, and Death of parent

johannarose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Minor: War, Alcoholism, Blood, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Violence

rorikae's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-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

2022 ReRead: 
This continues to be a wonderful start to a great middle grade series. Riordan creates a strong voice for Percy that mixes humor with heart. These books are always fun to reread because they hold up and build well off of each other. Can't wait to continue the reread of the original series and continue on to the spinoffs.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Grief

my3bb8's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Car accident, Medical content, War, Murder, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Death, and Torture

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Blood, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Ableism, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Infidelity, Violence, and Fatphobia

stinkyrat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Ableism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Physical abuse

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Kidnapping, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Classism, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Death of parent

foxo_cube's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

4.0

This was a really fun read. I was never a big one for YA series growing up, but some friends of mine recently(ish) insisted I just HAD to read the Percy Jackson books, so I bought the series when I was able to.

Even if I didn't have the whole series on my bookshelf, I'd have wanted to get hold of the second book, because I enjoyed this one more than I'd expected to!

The way that Riordan incorporates modern elements into Greek myth and vice versa is really funny and nicely done. The story is told from Percy's perspective and feels convincingly like a confused, slightly angsty 12 year old. His friends, Annabeth and Grover, fulfil the role of Brains and Comic Relief without it being grating. I'm really fond of Grover and his occasional goatiness.

The twists in the story are good and it overall makes for an enjoyable adventure.

The bit at the end with Luke's betrayal and connection with Kronos felt a little tacked-on, but it does give the story much more opening to continue. The bit at the end where Percy's mum uses Medusa's head to dispose of Gabe, however? Impeccable. The Medusa's head seemed like a Chekov's gun that wasn't going to be fired, but it was fired perfectly.

One criticism I think is worth mentioning is that there's a tendency for antagonistic characters to be ugly (and often, but not always, fat). It's a common trope but I'm not a fan of that.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

Minor: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

aceofsphades_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad 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

4.75

Amazing, kept me entertained. Haven’t finished a book that fast in awhile 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Mental illness, Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical content, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny