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A review by martssmt
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
i liked this book but i can also complain about several things.
percabeth's story was so cool but I felt like they were losing protagonism. during this series percy and annabeth had been less and less important as the books followed by and I didn't liked that. I also felt like, in Mark of Athena, all the characters relationships between each other were complexly evolving and this book followed this pattern EXCEPT with the rest of the group and percabeth. I mean, I felt that, as they were in the tartarus, when they came back like they were out of the friendship equation.
moving into better things....NICO. that's it. i LOVE nico (even though I didn't enjoy his way of acting around percy. I know his situation and feelings are hard to manage but I think that nico and percy would be the ultimate friendship). furthermore, I could really see how trully powerful percy is. that really amused me even though I already knew that he was very powerful. moreover, I really enjoyed the other 5's tests, if I can call it like that. I really liked the dynamic that everyone could prove themselves and their purpose there. I had to admit that I didn't see the purpose of piper, Frank and hazel; but those scenes changed my mind. I also loved hedge. HE WAS AMAZING. we couldn't really see him in the previous book (and in Mark of Athena he was pretty annoying), but I really liked him in this book. plus....Grover's cameo??????? I really miss him. well, him and the other PJO characters (clarisse, silena, Grover, tyson, etc) furthermore, I also appreciated Leo's and calypso's story, it was pretty marvelous. nonetheless, I already knew that percy and Jason were two sides of the same coin; however, Frank's POV made me think that Lee and him aren't so different from each other. I will definitely continue this series tho
percabeth's story was so cool but I felt like they were losing protagonism. during this series percy and annabeth had been less and less important as the books followed by and I didn't liked that. I also felt like, in Mark of Athena, all the characters relationships between each other were complexly evolving and this book followed this pattern EXCEPT with the rest of the group and percabeth. I mean, I felt that, as they were in the tartarus, when they came back like they were out of the friendship equation.
moving into better things....NICO. that's it. i LOVE nico (even though I didn't enjoy his way of acting around percy. I know his situation and feelings are hard to manage but I think that nico and percy would be the ultimate friendship). furthermore, I could really see how trully powerful percy is. that really amused me even though I already knew that he was very powerful. moreover, I really enjoyed the other 5's tests, if I can call it like that. I really liked the dynamic that everyone could prove themselves and their purpose there. I had to admit that I didn't see the purpose of piper, Frank and hazel; but those scenes changed my mind. I also loved hedge. HE WAS AMAZING. we couldn't really see him in the previous book (and in Mark of Athena he was pretty annoying), but I really liked him in this book. plus....Grover's cameo??????? I really miss him. well, him and the other PJO characters (clarisse, silena, Grover, tyson, etc) furthermore, I also appreciated Leo's and calypso's story, it was pretty marvelous. nonetheless, I already knew that percy and Jason were two sides of the same coin; however, Frank's POV made me think that Lee and him aren't so different from each other. I will definitely continue this series tho