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The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan

11 reviews

theintrovertsbooks'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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Animal death, Gore, War, Violence, Gun violence, Body horror, Abandonment, Infidelity, Grief, Slavery, Islamophobia, Blood, Vomit, Torture, Xenophobia, Emotional abuse, Death, Cursing, Child death, and Alcohol

icedlemonade's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring tense 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Death of parent

Moderate: Islamophobia, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Ableism

Minor: Gore and 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

4.5

This might be my favorite of the series! I definitely think there's a hint in there at the end that this series could continue, and I totally think that's something Riordan would do. Plus, getting to see characters cross series is always fun. I don't know why I didn't make the Chase connection before starting this series, but I totally get it now.

Riordan has a knack for writing great groups of characters, and in such an entertaining way. His books easily hook you in, and they are quite expansive now. And I can officially say I am caught up on all of his books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Transphobia, and Ableism

Minor: Islamophobia, Animal death, and Suicide

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

3.0

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This book is probably my favorite in the series. Sam and Alex are still my favorite characters. T.J. Is also pretty cool. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Slavery, and Transphobia

Minor: Suicide, Animal death, and Islamophobia

wiktoria_bojda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Ableism, Violence, War, and Gore

Moderate: Islamophobia, Child abuse, and Transphobia

Minor: Suicide

sophie42's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Islamophobia, and Transphobia

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, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Transphobia, and Slavery

Minor: Suicide, Animal death, and Islamophobia

kendal_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Transphobia, Violence, and Gore

finnft4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective

4.25

 What a trilogy! I really enjoyed this series

As far as finales go, it's pretty strong. Honestly, the fact that's the final battle is rather underwhelming doesn't bother me too much, since this was a trilogy (unlike with Heroes of Olympus). I love this cast of characters so much. Aside from the pretty bad portrayal of the Norse gods, I can't think of a single character that I really disliked. And the ones that were weaker at first (Halfborn, Mallory, and T.J.) got a lot more depth in this book, so no complaints.

Loki is still my favorite Riordanverse villain, but I think the way he got defeated is very stupid. Not a book-ruiner, but the fact that he got trapped in a walnut shell after being told he had no friends made me laugh.

Magnus and Alex are my favorite Riordanverse pairing. No contest. I'll admit that I'm not even that crazy about Solangelo (maybe they get better in Nero, who knows?). On a similar note, Blitzen and Hearthstone are driving me insane. I feel like this is one of the few times when I feel like a non-canon really should be canon, and I'm in actual distress that it's not. They're still great (queer-) platonically, but Jesus Christ. I feel like they'd be canonized immediately if they were heterosexual. Anyway. Regardless, their bond is one of the strongest points of the trilogy (evident by how the thing I remember most vividly from Hammer of Thor is the scene where Hearthstone is hugging the freshly-melted Blitzen - this brainrot is evidently what I get from making fun of shippers lmfao). Like what the fuck? They're better than the majority of the canon ships in the series and extremely romantically-/queer-coded. Riordan, why would you do this to the fanbase???

I wish this series was longer (and it DEFINITELY could've been), but I feel satisfied with the way the series ended. As it stands, it's my second favorite series, right behind the original pentalogy

CURRENT RANKING
[1] PJO: The Last Olympian
[2] HoO: The House of Hades
[3] HoO: The Mark of Athena
[4] MCGA: The Sword of Summer
[5] PJO: The Lightning Thief
[6] MCGA: The Ship of the Dead
[7] ToA: The Burning Maze
[8] PJO: The Titan's Curse
[9] MCGA: The Hammer of Thor
[10] HoO: The Son of Neptune
[11] PJO: The Battle of the Labyrinth
[12] HoO: The Lost Hero
[13] PJO: The Sea of Monsters
[14] ToA: The Dark Prophecy
[15] HoO: The Blood of Olympus

[16] ToA: The Hidden Oracle 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Racism, Transphobia, Abandonment, Body horror, and Slavery

Minor: Racial slurs

eegekay's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Slavery