Reviews - The Throne of Fire

2.74k reviews for:

The Throne of Fire

Rick Riordan

4.03 AVERAGE

rosegoldteacher's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

skamibayashi's review against another edition

4.0

Exciting and fun!

vila_susicka's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional 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: No

cannoli1116's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny fast-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

tkivinen's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

julespendragon's review against another edition

3.0

Actual rating: 3.25

The Throne of Fire is the second installment of the Kane Chronicles series.

“Sometimes, it takes us a while to appreciate something new, something that might change us for the better.”

Rick Riordan.. that guy has an amazing way of making characters come to life. Like the first book in the series — The Red Pyramid — the chapters alternate between two different points of view: Sadie’s and Carter’s. They both have such different and vibrant personalities — it’s like you can literally feel them jumping off the page and speaking to you in real life.

As a huge mythology/Egypt buff, I enjoyed this book a lot — just like the first one. Naturally, I can’t help but compare these books to Rick Riordan’s other series, Percy Jackson & the Olympians. I still like Percy Jackson more than The Kane Chronicles, but The Throne of Fire is certainly a great read. It’s packed with adventure, kids saving the world, Egyptian mythology, and magic!

Although I must say, I’m not fond of Sadie’s boy obsession and how she struggled between one of her trainees and one of the Egyptian Gods (not saying who to avoid spoilers). She’d be describing how she’s in grave peril and then suddenly go into long descriptions about how handsome some guy is. I pictured Sadie as this independent snarky thirteen-year-old girl and having this side of her appear threw me off a little bit.

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The Red Pyramid (★★★★ 1/2)