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Aug 04, 2018 Mary ♥ rated it it was amazing

5/5 stars

You can't choose your parentage. But you can choose your legacy

Ι don't know what I am supposed to do here. The books of Rick Riordan are all time favorites of mine, as they can comfort someone in their darkest days, create smiles and tears and a million emotions and make a person fall in love with mythology and with the great, diverse and utterly adorable characters of each story. For this reason, I am not going to specifically talk about BoO but about Rick in general :D

Here are a few 5/5 stars

You can't choose your parentage. But you can choose your legacy

Ι don't know what I am supposed to do here. The books of Rick Riordan are all time favorites of mine, as they can comfort someone in their darkest days, create smiles and tears and a million emotions and make a person fall in love with mythology and with the great, diverse and utterly adorable characters of each story. For this reason, I am not going to specifically talk about BoO but about Rick in general :D

Here are a few reasons to read his novels, if you haven't yet:

1) Mythology, whether Greek, Roman, Norse or Egyptian, with magic, and gods, and demigods, and monsters and all kinds of cool plot twists you can imagine

2) Diversity. Characters of color, LGBTQ+ characters, disabled characters, mentally ill characters, characters of different body shapes, characters of different religions and all sorts of other groups, in every single story. And let's not forget that these characters are not defined by their diverse characteristics but are fully fleshed out and multidimensional

3) Funny situations. Rick Riordan has his unique way to make a person fall down laughing while in the middle of a battle scene in the book, and I totally bow to his writing style, that makes him a perfect middle grade author

4) Meaningful friendships and relationships. Want to ship people? Go! Want to smile at beautiful platonic bonds and family ties? Go! Want depth in character intercourse and characters with strong connections with their environments? This is the place for you!

5) Epic descriptions of battles, that can bring a person to the edge of their seat and make their heart want to leap out of their chest

6) Nice writing, easy to follow, quick and intense where it needs to be, but not overdramatic, as we are talking about middle grade stories.

And these are only a few of the reasons for which so many people worldwide read and love Rick Riordan's stories ♥ I will never stop recommending them, so if you want to read adventurous middle grade with mythology and its own unique complexity, go and start with Rick Riordan ♥ (or Cornelia Funke, she's great as well :D)

Until my next review, see you soon ♥ Stay safe and keep reading ♥
~Mary ...more

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Jan 06, 2014 notyourfriend rated it really liked it

Yes, this took me 2 years to read. I kept getting bored or distracted. I don't blame the book though. I just think maybe I've grown out of it now. PJO was great. HoO was never as great, but it was still really good. My taste changed though and I tried new things and new things in my life happened. It changed the way I enjoyed reading altogether, let alone with this book. That's why I'm going to give it 4 stars. As sad as it is, I don't believe I'll be continuing on with Rock Riordan's books. The ...more

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Nov 27, 2013 ~Reading Rambler~ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, i-got-em, partner-reading, bday-present-ideas

this isn't really a review but I thought I would just put it out theres ...

I absolutely loved this book! (view spoiler)

The ending got me really emotional. (Why did it ever have to end!?)

Let me just say, once you read it, you want to reread it, and reread it, over and over again.

Rick Riordans book left me in tears, but also left me really excited for

The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1) by Rick Riordan

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Mar 19, 2014 Margo rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-i-want-to-read-most, books-i-read-in-october

9/1/23 reread
I physically can’t give a PJO book less than 5 stars but my two main problems with this is that there’s not enough Percy, and the Gaea showdown was like really short 😂 of course though, as I said below, this series feels like home. I don’t know why I insist on rereading them because they make me DEPRESSED EVERY TIME, but I just love them too much. <3

REREAD 7/14/20
There’s like an actual literal gaping whole in my heart. This is a Rick Riordan book and by default is 5 stars, but oh ...more

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