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vaguelyredhead's review
- 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
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Mental illness
Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Violence
Minor: Outing
fuqing_god's review
- 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
3.0
Minor: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Mental illness, War, Outing, Child abuse, and Child death
melaschnie's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Grief, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Torture, Death of parent, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: War, Homophobia, and Outing
val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Grief, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent and Death
Minor: Outing
There is just one big spoiler of something that happens in The Trials of Apollo, just so you know:
- Grief: Nico is still grieving for his mom and his sister Bianca. But most recently
- Death / Death of parent: It is mentioned how those he loved have died.
- Violence / Blood / Injury: They were in the Underworld and Tartarus, so they had to fight and were injured in the process.
- Outing: Nico tells the story of what Cupid did to him in Heroes of Olympus.
aseel_reads's review against another edition
- 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
2.0
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Death of parent, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Homophobia and Outing
julesadventurezone's review against another edition
- 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
Nonetheless, I was very invested toward the end and liked Will and Nico's relationship very much.
Graphic: Mental illness and Grief
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Minor: Murder, Outing, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Police brutality
sarahkoreilly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Death
Minor: Outing
ronan900's review
- 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
Moderate: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief
Minor: Medical content, Outing, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Confinement
jojo_fiction_'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Minor: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Abandonment, and Outing
scrubsandbooks's review against another edition
- 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
But, I rounded up half a star from 3.5 to 4 because this book is so important in the general sense. A middle grade book written by a beloved middle grade mythology writer featuring queer teens. Not only do those teens navigate rough patches in their relationship during this harrowing journey into Tartarus (which is NOT easy to do when one of you is the son of Apollo) but they openly feel their feelings. There is no hesitation when it comes to conveying their emotions which might be one of the more healthier depictions of mlm queer teen romance I have ever read in a book.
I know a lot of reviews here say this reads like fanfiction and maybe it does somewhat, but so what?? It doesn't take away from the importance of Nico's journey with his own demons and his relationships with the people around him who he has both loved and lost or love but are still there. There's also a calico cat that can turn into a sabre-toothed tiger, and that itself deserves a few stars.
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Violence, Grief, and Mental illness
Moderate: Blood and Outing