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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
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:
Complicated
Read it so quick love cater and Sadie and lowkey obsessed
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
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:
No
Original rating was 3 stars, re-read made it two. The humor was still good, narrators had distinct voices, mythos touches were good too. However, events that I was supposed to care about like fell majorly flat and I wasn't invested in it. This was a problem because such a huge chunk of the book and major events in the plot were centered around it. Thus, middle book syndrome was present here.
Spoiler
Carter's quest to find Zia
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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:
Complicated
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
informative
mysterious
tense
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:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I continue to love the worldbuilding of all the places Egyptian relics have been moved or copied throughout the world. If I had the money, I would LOVE to do a trip to hit everything in the Kane Chronicles in America and around the world.
This is a fun world-spanning adventure. The tension is diffused often, keeping the "scary" down to middle-grade levels (in fact, it could be much higher without a problem) - for example the "ticking" clock keeps fast forwarding, stopping, and going backward. A thriller ticking clock should be clear and as you go through a book, tightening from days to hours to seconds. This book begs this mechanism from the first moment of the countdown to the end of the world, but never really delivers on it.
Other than that, great character, great adventures, great battles, creative magic use, worldbuilding galore. Perfect in every way.
Checked out through the local library.
This is a fun world-spanning adventure. The tension is diffused often, keeping the "scary" down to middle-grade levels (in fact, it could be much higher without a problem) - for example the "ticking" clock keeps fast forwarding, stopping, and going backward. A thriller ticking clock should be clear and as you go through a book, tightening from days to hours to seconds. This book begs this mechanism from the first moment of the countdown to the end of the world, but never really delivers on it.
Other than that, great character, great adventures, great battles, creative magic use, worldbuilding galore. Perfect in every way.
Checked out through the local library.
As always, Rick Riordan is amazing at handling all these mythologicals beliefs and helping the reader learn so much about ancient civilizations such as Egypt. I thought Sadie really took control on this one, all her situations, her becoming so mature for such a young complicated age, I mean saving the world while going through puberty is a true hero in my eyes. I think he should work more with Carter who does have very noble intentions, but still has a lot to grow. The last few chapters were honestly a bit vague, very unlike the author but no doubt that this is the middle book which is always the most frustrating because you are so anticipated to learn about the ending. No doubt I will be counting the days for the next and concluding book of this serie.