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The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5)

Rick Riordan

Start date: October 7, 2014

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Aug 27, 2011 Anna rated it really liked it

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Dec 19, 2014 Kayla rated it it was amazing

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I am so incredibly sad knowing that this is the final book in The Heroes of Olympus series. Not because of how it was executed (I've heard that some people are very disappointed, but I loved how it came out) but because it means I need to say goodbye to Percy and the gang. I'm not quite ready for that yet, after reading this and the previous Percy Jackson series, for years, so I'm going to keep living in denial.

The Blood of Olympus is our big finale, though it made me so mad that the demigod who I am so incredibly sad knowing that this is the final book in The Heroes of Olympus series. Not because of how it was executed (I've heard that some people are very disappointed, but I loved how it came out) but because it means I need to say goodbye to Percy and the gang. I'm not quite ready for that yet, after reading this and the previous Percy Jackson series, for years, so I'm going to keep living in denial.

The Blood of Olympus is our big finale, though it made me so mad that the demigod who started it all, Percy, doesn't get even one chapter from his point of view. Sure, there's plenty of his sass and bad jokes shown from other people's perspectives, but I miss hearing Percy speak for himself. This was one of my only pet peeves with this book.

The other is that it seemed rushed. I don't know if more should have been put into other books to make this one go more smoothly or if there should have been a sixth book just so major events could be given more time in the novel. I felt like gigantic things we've been waiting forever to see and hear about were just casually mentioned and didn't hold as much significance as they should have in the book.

But onto the good things! I loved seeing how much the characters have developed, especially ones like Percy, Annabeth, and Nico, because we can compare them to when they were even younger and more inexperienced. This is the book that really made me like Nico a lot; before I don't think I really understood why everyone was so fascinated by him. When he got to have his own quest off with Reyna and had plenty of chapters to speak for himself, I started to respect and like him a lot more.

And the new characters--I loved them, too. Honestly, most of them are on the same level for me (apart from Leo. I could hear from Leo all day!) but I liked all of them for different reasons. Most of all, I loved seeing some of them grow more confident, some of them be humbled, and others come into powers they'd never even known they could have. They were just so interesting to read about!

I'm going to hold this series in my heart for a very long time and I think I'll be recommending it forever. It's a set of books that any age could enjoy--there's adventure, romance, suspense, action, danger, and death. Basically, anything you could want (or love to hate) about a series, wrapped into one. With plenty of sarcastic commentary along the way. ...more

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Feb 09, 2020 Esther rated it did not like it · review of another edition

THANK GOD I FINALLY FINISHED THIS ATROCITY OF A NOVEL. (view spoiler)

I want to give this 0 stars, really.

I'm going to try to keep this review as short as possible because I really don't want to waste any more time on this book than I already did.

Dear Rick Riordan,
Why did you go Benioff and Weiss on me and killed the characters I loved? (And I mean that in the worst way possible, not in the "oh, no! He died!" but in the ...more

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