A review by trin
The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan

3.0

I don't envy Riordan the task of ending this series, which also sort of wraps up all of his series (at least for the time being). That's a lot to put on one book! As such, the pacing feels off: there's a long windup, then a terrific, action-packed middle, then a sort of "huh. okay" of a climax, followed by a lengthy epilogue reminiscent of David Tennant's last episode of Doctor Who where he goes and says goodbye to everyone he's ever met and you're kind of like, "How has he not regenerated yet?"

But that middle run is highly enjoyable, a great blend of emotion/character/action. And I do love Apollo. I think I just realized toward the end that what I really wanted to be reading was fanfic of this book, something that could really go deep into Apollo's mental and body dysmorphia, pretty much, after his time spent as a human. I'll take 60K of that plus him making out with some hot dudes to go, please.