Reviews

The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

bethjordahl's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

This is similar to Percy Jackson, but also very different! I enjoyed the Norse mythology and the characters. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, War, and Violence

astratton1027's review against another edition

adventurous funny sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

grace_senkfor's review against another edition

4.0

i want blitz and hearth together and the inclusivity!!!!
also the percy jackson references… absolute slay
side note: i am ashamed to say this but i find loki so fucking hot (i know he’s evil but there’s just something about him)

kristicakes's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Confinement, and Abandonment

willowmariemanning's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? No

4.5

lermonysnickers's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

fantasynovel's review against another edition

4.0

The Deus ex Machina of Summer was pretty good! Except for the fact that Magnus won every fight by letting go of his amazing talking sword which would then swoop around and kill everyone. Don't worry, though, it's not a total deus ex machina bc whenever Magnus picked it up again, he felt all the exhaustion of what it had done!!! Ugh. That's not a real consequence for magic. It's just boring and led to Magnus passing out a lot and talking to Loki.

This book really wasn't that bad, though. Magnus's powers being peace powers was a nice change. And Samirah al-Abbas was actually amazing. She flies, she shape-shifts, she has a magical hijab, she fights with AXES. Axes are immediately impressive and much cooler than swords that fight for themselves. The "villains" like Gunilla were fleshed out and sympathetic. And it was really fun to see Annabeth outside of Perciville.

There also weren't any major love subplots, although: does anyone else ship Blitz and Hearth? I was getting major vibes from them. Like, MAJOR vibes. And Samirah did have that cute scene with Amir at the food court.

I guess I really missed reading Rick Riordan. Maybe this year I'll go back and read all of his books. That might be fun.

bookwyrm22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny medium-paced

4.0

acosta109's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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? No

4.0

tamoker's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.25