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The Son of Neptune

Rick Riordan

4.31 AVERAGE

kitten_nugget's review

4.5
adventurous fast-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
adventurous emotional 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: No

I was feeling a bit unsure after I didn't love the Lost Hero, but this was so so good and I'm really hopeful now.

The Roman setting was really fun, and there were aspects of it that I liked more than Camp Half-blood. I know I know. It was cool to see a more developed city, where demigods can live as adults. That's not really something we've seen before. Also the military structure of the camp was cool, and I felt like the ideas behind it were well developed.

I also found the pacing of this book a lot better. Perhaps some of that was because I was used to the third person narration, but even so, I felt like the story progressed well and I was more engaged than I had been before.

Hazel and Frank are so sweet and I just want them to be safe but I'm worried that they won't be, and that not all of the seven will survive. But I love all of the seven and so this may actually kill me.

Also I hate Octavian. Can someone please kick him for me?
adventurous 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

Reread June 2020
Rating 4/5

PERCY! Ah I love him in this story and having him explore Camp Jupiter is so much fun!
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First read Sept 2017
Rating 4/5

Nothing as been as great as that first PJ book, but I loved the parallel between this one and book one.
Excited to see how the series ends
adventurous challenging slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad 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

I love this book and have already started the next book. It is like a continuation of the Percy Jackson series. ( sort of.....) I would reccommend it to Percy Jackson lovers.
adventurous fast-paced
adventurous