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lukekono 's review for:
The Mark of Athena
by Rick Riordan
3.5
It feels like this series is slowly getting worse... I know the fourth book is fantastic so I'm holding out for that but "The Mark of Athena" was subpar compared the the second book, and especially inadequate compared to the first book.
If you couldn’t tell, this is probably my least favorite book in this series. Now, it started out really great. I loved the merging of the two sides and the conflict that ensued, but after that... I just was not a big fan of the plot in this one. The middle of the book was quite slow and felt like a lot of fluff. The last ~quarter of the book, however, was very good. I loved following Annabeth and her quest, and I wish more of the book was dedicated to that. The ending of the book was actually the best part of the book in my opinion, but for me that doesn't make up for the boredom I felt for over half of it.
The characters were all good except for a certain someone. I don't know why more people don't feel this way, but I am not the biggest fan of Frank. I think he was unnecessarily rude to Leo throughout the book while Hazel was trying to work out her connection with Leo. In return, Leo was never rude or even showed much of an interest in Hazel romantically, Frank was just being a defensive jerk. His fear of Leo's powers is rational but the way he treated Leo is not. Other than that, there was interesting personal character and relationship character developments. I just was not into what Frank was doing in this book, I guess.
I don't think this was that strong of a book, and that seems to be a pretty unpopular opinion, but oh well. I know "House of Hades" improves greatly from this one.
It feels like this series is slowly getting worse... I know the fourth book is fantastic so I'm holding out for that but "The Mark of Athena" was subpar compared the the second book, and especially inadequate compared to the first book.
If you couldn’t tell, this is probably my least favorite book in this series. Now, it started out really great. I loved the merging of the two sides and the conflict that ensued, but after that... I just was not a big fan of the plot in this one. The middle of the book was quite slow and felt like a lot of fluff. The last ~quarter of the book, however, was very good. I loved following Annabeth and her quest, and I wish more of the book was dedicated to that. The ending of the book was actually the best part of the book in my opinion, but for me that doesn't make up for the boredom I felt for over half of it.
The characters were all good except for a certain someone. I don't know why more people don't feel this way, but I am not the biggest fan of Frank. I think he was unnecessarily rude to Leo throughout the book while Hazel was trying to work out her connection with Leo. In return, Leo was never rude or even showed much of an interest in Hazel romantically, Frank was just being a defensive jerk. His fear of Leo's powers is rational but the way he treated Leo is not. Other than that, there was interesting personal character and relationship character developments. I just was not into what Frank was doing in this book, I guess.
I don't think this was that strong of a book, and that seems to be a pretty unpopular opinion, but oh well. I know "House of Hades" improves greatly from this one.