Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan

12 reviews

kristicakes's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Death, Animal death, and Islamophobia

Minor: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

icedlemonade's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death, Child abuse, and Transphobia

Moderate: Death of parent and Islamophobia

Minor: Blood

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

It's always fun when authors take one of their series and connect it to the other. Especially if you'd read the author's other books! This was another fun adventure from Rick Riordan, full of mythology, good friends, and a bunch of gods making the wrong choices. Of course, the stakes have been risen for the next book, so I can't wait to see how Magnus's adventures play out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Ableism, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Islamophobia, and Transphobia

Minor: Torture, Gun violence, and Police brutality

jerrysaywhaaa'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? It's complicated

4.0

I thought the plot of this book was a little silly until I realized it was based off an actual Norse myth about Thor and the giant Thrym. This book also had some amazing characterization: Sam balancing her personal beliefs as a Muslim who is also the daughter of a Norse god; Hearth’s tragic upbringing by ableist parents; and Alex dealing with transphobia in Valhalla. I understand why this book has won a Stonewall Book Award. That being said, I think the titular character fell a little flat for me; it didn’t feel like he affected the plot almost at all and he reminded me of Apollo in The Trials of Apollo series. I also still think this book didn’t need to be connected to Percy Jackson, but we will see what they do with that connection in the last book. This book definitely felt more of a part 1/2 to me and actually kind of ended how I thought the first book was going to end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Transphobia, Police brutality, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Blood, Islamophobia, Child abuse, Child death, Torture, and Racism

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? Yes

3.0

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This book was fine. This still isn't my favorite series. I adore Sam and Alex. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Transphobia, Child death, and Islamophobia

Minor: Gun violence and Torture

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Ableism, and Violence

Moderate: Transphobia and Islamophobia

Minor: Infidelity

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Ableism

Moderate: Transphobia, Islamophobia, Child death, and Racism

Minor: Torture and Gun violence

orchidlilly's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Murder, Death, Body horror, Gore, Ableism, Blood, Child death, Islamophobia, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Minor: War, Police brutality, Racism, and Gun violence

em_davies7019's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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? N/A

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Transphobia, Torture, Violence, Ableism, and Islamophobia

jstarshine16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Murder, Transphobia, and Ableism

Minor: Gun violence, Police brutality, Racism, Stalking, and Torture