Reviews

The House of Hades by Rick Riordan

lebelinconnu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• 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

4.5

forloveoflit_'s review

4.0

So good but I don't know why I just wasn't as pulled into this one or The Mark of Athena like I was The Lost Hero, it just wasn't new maybe but I did enjoy it a lot

phoebe_the_titan_of_prophecy's review

4.0

love it but it makes me stressed.

kmoore98's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Bob says hello

mapleice's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

moony888's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

brendan_clay's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

laura_corsi's review

5.0

Great read! Lots of fun!

gomhearts's review

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• 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

one of the best books of the series so far! i forgot how intense the scene was where nico and jason are fighting cupid. again, not a huge fan of rick's writing of teenage girls (not everything is about beauty, boys, and romance) - especially when talking about nico's queerness - but overall plot was fun. :)

samtherat17's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• 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

To be honest, this book isn't very different from the other Heroes of Olympus books. I mean, I enjoyed all of them (at least till this point), but I felt like none of them had that extra "something" which could have made them 5 star reads. Well, The House of Hades had that special something. I think the major reason why I liked this one more than the others was because there was just so much more emotional development for all the characters. I mean, it's a bit crazy how Rick fit this much character work into a single book, but you know what? He pulled it off pretty well. Minor spoilers here for the previous book, but a certain event at the end of it leaves Percy and Annabeth isolated from the rest of the seven; and I just love how Rick handled their relationship throughout the book. One of my favourite couples in fiction for sure.