Reviews tagging 'War'

The Tyrant's Tomb by Rick Riordan

24 reviews

brekker_by_brekker's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

“if i’m going to burn, i might as well burn bright. this is for jason.” OUCH ??????? IM ??????? SOBBING ?!??!!?!!!??????? read percy jackson they said it’ll be fun they said okay yeah then why am i crying this hard

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: War

Minor: Animal cruelty

icedlemonade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Bullying and Injury/Injury detail

The ending to this book was perfect!!!!

anjasshelf's review against another edition

adventurous sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Car accident, Blood, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

building_a_bookdom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Bullying, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, War, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Cursing, Child abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, War, Physical abuse, and Vomit

livelaughomo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Grief

Minor: Kidnapping

finnft4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad 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

 Pretty good. Great cast of characters, great setting, and pretty good stakes. It was just a good balance of everything, and I never felt like it was dragging too much. The side characters were great. 

I liked the idea this book covered, with Apollo facing those he's wrong in his past (Apollo, jesus christ). 

Yeah, this one was good. I don't have any strong opinions about it; just solid all around. I would say that Burning Maze had higher peaks, but also lower lows. This one was more consistently good. 

Frank's fake-out death felt a little weird to me. But eh. I liked the "choosing destiny" bit, though.

If I had a nickel for every time a Percy Jackson character sacrificed themselves by voluntarily engulfing in flame, making everyone grieve, yet inexplicably surviving afterward, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

 

CURRENT RANKING
[1] PJO: The Last Olympian
[2] HoO: The House of Hades
[3] HoO: The Mark of Athena
[4] MCGA: The Sword of Summer
[5] PJO: The Lightning Thief
[6] ToA: The Tyrant's Tomb
[7] MCGA: The Ship of the Dead
[8] ToA: The Burning Maze
[9] PJO: The Titan's Curse
[10] MCGA: The Hammer of Thor
[11] HoO: The Son of Neptune
[12] PJO: The Battle of the Labyrinth
[13] HoO: The Lost Hero
[14] PJO: The Sea of Monsters
[15] ToA: The Dark Prophecy
[16] HoO: The Blood of Olympus

[17] ToA: The Hidden Oracle 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Fire/Fire injury, Chronic illness, and Murder

Moderate: Death

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, War, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty

pelledorso's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, War, Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

Minor: Torture

skyllarduncan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.25

An exciting, fun, and funny ride in typical Riordan fashion. I loved getting to dive back into this series and world and meet these characters again. Would definitely recommend as a fun, fast paced read (especially if you're feeling nostalgic for your old favorite characters).

Didn't really like the Reyna and Apollo relationship bits, bit I am happy with the way it turned out. I am left wondering how Frank survived the Greek fire, even after he overcame his fate. Still a great read though, and I loved getting to see familiar faces again!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, War, Death, and Grief

kbairbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

I liked this one! (Spoiler review) Franks unexpected suicide turned he’s alive! And free of the stick! Was a cool twist that I really liked! Seeing Hazel turned into a praetor was happy, the death of two of the three emperors was great, and Reyna joining the hunters seemed very fitting for her character. I also liked that we were reunited with peaches! Now let’s finish this shit up. Kick Nero’s ass return Apollo to his godhood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide attempt, War, and Vomit