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The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan

51 reviews

charlottebreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

4.0

CW/TW: Emotional + child abuse, violence, death
Age Rating: 10 - 12 years

- Meg was great
- Nico and Will were so cute together
- Lester/Apollo was such a good main character
- The villains were threatening
- The final fight was pretty good
- Overall, great book :)

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kbairbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.25

(spoiler review) Okay, I think maybe the reason I wasn't liking this series was because Rick did too good of a job making Apollo annoying and self absorbed and ridiculous. I did quite enjoy this book and I liked how it wrapped up and I liked Meg's confident transformation, I liked Lou, I liked that they are trying to rehabilitate Nero's orphans, I liked Apollo's mental, and emotional growth. I also like the additions of Nico and Will and I'm very excited to see their book. It's finally time for Nico to shine. OH, also I like how everything wrapped up really well, all the loose ends tied up in a nice pretty bow, and New York did not explode! Woo

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skylar_river's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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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hayleyvem's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny tense 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

4.0

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trintrin's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing sad tense 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

A line from the book that I absolutely love (very minor, out-of-context spoiler):

"Call on me. I'll be there for you."

I'M NOT OKAY! Beautiful, beautiful book with a beautiful end to a beautiful franchise. Cannot believe my childhood is over :")

I never thought I would see the day I cried for the "death" of inanimate, non-living objects but here we are. I cannot stress how much I loved the arrow of dodona and it's snarky shakespearean comments. Got me sobbing. Too soon. I couldn't get myself to finish this book as soon as I would have. I kept going back and rereading the same pages. Really couldn't come to terms that this will the last Riordanverse instalment ~~or at least that what we all thought at that time~~. I love how Lester went back and visited all those places that were a part of his journey. Really filled me with nostalgia. And that BTS throwaway line at the end lmao. The glow-in-the-dark kitkat boyfriend thing is sooo cute I can't wait for the Sun and the Stars to get to witness more of this cuteness.

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steffi_23's review against another edition

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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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sosobee_06's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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 just finished this book and I am sobbing. The Riordanverse has come to an end, which, I have to say, has made me very emotional.
I am more than happy with the ending and am once again amazed by Rick's talent. 5 stars

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autistic_dragon's review against another edition

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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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luckykosmos's review against another edition

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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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qwerter's review against another edition

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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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