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As fans know, Riordan can weave a lot of threads together, and here he concludes the "Heroes" series. In a way, anyway. Others have railed against the small roles that Percy and Annabeth play, which is understandable as they're the most interesting characters of any that Riordan has created. Everyone else, whether the author wants to acknowledge it or not, is second fiddle/supporting player material - and I mean that across ALL his series, not just the Olympians-related books.

Not his best book, but a good read.


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The Blood of Olympus The Heroes of Olympus Rick Riordan 9781423146735 Books Reviews

Contains some spoilers....

I don't understand what happened..
Maybe Percy finally got the author in completely annoying mode because after the peaking tension and epic drama in 'House of Hades'..with all he had been through and everything...he almost didn't get any role in this final book.
He was reduced to some unimportant sidekick, a joker, kidding around.
He almost didn't get mention since the final battle start...
It's sad.

After all of his mighty power in his own series...I felt it's kind of cruel treat.
Can you believe that Jason could fight in the sea better than Percy (without proper reason?!) ?!

What with the prophecy [You will face a sacrifice that you may not be able to make, and it will cost you the world.]?
It was just completely forgotten...really..nothing....

I love all characters and I understand that this series is supposed to be shared for other main demigods too, but if you read from the start, all the building matters all the prophecies...Percy was treated way off track in this book. It made bad balance of the story.

And Bob...
How could the author didn't even mention about Bob!!?? (and small Bob and Damasen!)
After all he had done for Percy and Annabeth in Tartarus and helped to succeed the impossible task.
I don't know what's wrong with me, but even after nearly a month after I finished House of Hades, I still cry (and quite a lot!) every time I thought about Bob, Small Bob and Damasen...especially Bob and his sweet word "Say hello to the Star for me". (Agh...I cried again now)

One thing that kept me glue to the book is Nico's perspectives.
I was glad to be able to read and know more about him.
I also wonder how one phrase could make my eyes full of tears.
"Hey, I’ll get Percy to swim in the River Styx! He’ll love me for that!"

oh my......
It's so adorable,so naive, and so (setsunai) at the same time.
I'm very sad to be saying goodbye to a good series and to some characters I met 6 years ago. I'm also very sad I'm giving it three stars. It was an ok book, not nearly as good as the others. I was definitely expecting more out of it. It had a very entertaining plot, but it felt so rushed like Riordan just wanted to get it over with. The characters that Riordan chose to give POVs were Nico, Reyna, Jason, Piper, and Leo. I loved learning more about Nico. In my opinion, he was one of the most interesting characters in book. Leo is still determined to find Ogygia again, but I was disappointed that it wasn't spoken about more. Jason and Piper were ok characters, not really unlikeable or likeable. I don't think they had enough time to develop. Reyna's story was rather boring. We do learn about her past, but I think that could've easily been found out through one of the other characters POVs. She didn't really deserve her own POV.

SPOILER ALERT!!!

Now lets get on to the things that made one of my favorite authors get three stars for this book. I was so sad and disappointed that Percy or Annabeth didn't get their own POV. Percy was the one that basically started it all! In this book, he seemed to be put into the background along with Annabeth. I strongly believed that Percy should've had his own POV in probably the last long book he would ever appear in. In the book, we also heard a lot about Percy's big flaw, but we never ended up seeing it in action.

This is less important, but I still would've like to see more of Grover, Tyson, and of course how can you forget about Mrs. O'Leary. I would've even been happy with more Clarisse and Thalia.

Last of all, I was a bit disappointed in the ending. The ending was rushed which made it seem like all the buildup about Gaea and the giants rising was wasted. They do rise, but then they're defeated right away. In the beginning of the book, Rick Riordan warned me that there would be a cliffhanger, but I didn't think that it would be one I pondered for days after. I really wished he'd tied up all loose ends because all of Leo's friends basically think Leo is dead when he isn't. I can't help but wonder if they ever find out if Leo is still alive.

It was still a good book, and worth reading. Those were just my problems with it. I would for sure recommend it to others. I am super happy that Rick Riordan is writing another series, and can't wait until it comes out.
I was kind of waiting to judge each book until I finished the whole series to see how it would all come together, so this review pretty much reflects my feelings toward the series as a whole instead of JUST this book. Overall, I liked the series and I'm sure I'll read it many more times in the upcoming years. However, the series felt like a big political statement to me. Obviously inclusion and empowerment and all that are great, but he packs SOOOO much into this one series that it seems like he was forced to make a big point at once instead of stretching different points across multiple series. Girl power plays a big role in these, along with a main character coming out as gay, and a big mix of cultures/races/ethnicities working together. (The main characters are Native American, Chinese, Hispanic, Black, and White.) I just think it would have served his writing better to pick one social statement per series, that way he could develop them more instead of glossing over multiple at once.

More specific to this book, I was really bummed that Percy's role was so small. I get that the point was to have him step back and highlight other characters, but it felt like he had a huge role and then basically disappeared this book. It would have been nice to have him slip to the background more gradually, or disappear in the middle of the series and then come back with some dramatic finish this book.
As fans know, Riordan can weave a lot of threads together, and here he concludes the "Heroes" series. In a way, anyway. Others have railed against the small roles that Percy and Annabeth play, which is understandable as they're the most interesting characters of any that Riordan has created. Everyone else, whether the author wants to acknowledge it or not, is second fiddle/supporting player material - and I mean that across ALL his series, not just the Olympians-related books.

Not his best book, but a good read.