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The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan
5.0
adventurous funny reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I love Apollo so much. His voice is hilarious to me. There were so many iconic lines in this book! The one that’s popping to my mind now is from close to the beginning when he thinks something like, “Why’s everyone calling me a loser just because I’m covered in garbage?” If that’s not a king’s attitude, I don’t know what is. I love that he thinks he’s cooler than Percy (he’s not), and I love that his superpower is singing. The self-compliments were also the greatest.

I don’t know what it says about me that I love him so thoroughly in his present state when I’ve heard from a few people that they had to push through his “unlikeability” to get to whenever he “improves” in order to read this series. Apollo???? Improve??? How do you improve upon perfection???

Let me end off with a haiku:

Is there an award
For the World’s Funniest God?
If not, there should be.