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The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo, #5)
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"Wisdom. It comes in handy."
"THAT IS NOT NORMALLY HOW ONE USETH A SWORD."
The six-month mortality of Apollo is at an end. It's time to unfold the final chapter of ToA, and the entire Camp Half-Blood series (at least for now). The Tower of Nero delivered a great ending to ToA than I had expected. It was satisfying, entertaining and most importantly: felt very complete!
"Sing one more word and I will cut out your vocal cords."
"I have determined that our situation sucks."
The journey begins with the duo arriving at west, where everything started in The Hidden Oracle. I really liked how the author arranged encounters (even if they were brief at times) with a lot of old characters from previous books. As setting up the direction of final journey was systematically done over the first four books, this story mainly deals with final challenges. This is something we didn't see with PJO and HoO, where the last books used to be long and contain the last part of the adventure before the big battles, resulting in lengthy plots. This made The Tower of Nero somewhat shorter, but I things it was a good move, as it would've been difficult to add more adventure elements without making them feel repetitive.
"WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH WASHINGTON, DC, one expects to see a few snakes in human clothing."
For me, the story was more amusing than thrilling, and did feel a little predictable at times. But it felt great nonetheless. The entire plot is action packed, with Team Apollo having to overcome one seemingly impossible obstacle after another. And for once, Riordan does take his time with the post climax wrap up, concluding the series beautifully. Even if he did leave a few ways to continue the Camp Half-Blood in the last couple of chapters (especially with Nico), all the loose ends were nicely tied up.
"Doething great, I gotteth him right where I wanteth him."
That ends the Camp Half-Blood series for me, and it's time to come out of Olympus. Looking back, I do wish I had taken a break between each sub-series (PJO - HoO - ToA). Rushing through the entire series is fun, but it also makes one compare amongst them. This ended up making PJO the best out of the three for me. Had I read them separately (which I'm going to do when I re-read this), or as they got released, I would not have made that observation. Oh, and now I can remember all major Olympian Gods (and then some).
"No story ever ends, does it? It just leads into others."
"THAT IS NOT NORMALLY HOW ONE USETH A SWORD."
The six-month mortality of Apollo is at an end. It's time to unfold the final chapter of ToA, and the entire Camp Half-Blood series (at least for now). The Tower of Nero delivered a great ending to ToA than I had expected. It was satisfying, entertaining and most importantly: felt very complete!
"Sing one more word and I will cut out your vocal cords."
"I have determined that our situation sucks."
The journey begins with the duo arriving at west, where everything started in The Hidden Oracle. I really liked how the author arranged encounters (even if they were brief at times) with a lot of old characters from previous books. As setting up the direction of final journey was systematically done over the first four books, this story mainly deals with final challenges. This is something we didn't see with PJO and HoO, where the last books used to be long and contain the last part of the adventure before the big battles, resulting in lengthy plots. This made The Tower of Nero somewhat shorter, but I things it was a good move, as it would've been difficult to add more adventure elements without making them feel repetitive.
"WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH WASHINGTON, DC, one expects to see a few snakes in human clothing."
For me, the story was more amusing than thrilling, and did feel a little predictable at times. But it felt great nonetheless. The entire plot is action packed, with Team Apollo having to overcome one seemingly impossible obstacle after another. And for once, Riordan does take his time with the post climax wrap up, concluding the series beautifully. Even if he did leave a few ways to continue the Camp Half-Blood in the last couple of chapters (especially with Nico), all the loose ends were nicely tied up.
"Doething great, I gotteth him right where I wanteth him."
That ends the Camp Half-Blood series for me, and it's time to come out of Olympus. Looking back, I do wish I had taken a break between each sub-series (PJO - HoO - ToA). Rushing through the entire series is fun, but it also makes one compare amongst them. This ended up making PJO the best out of the three for me. Had I read them separately (which I'm going to do when I re-read this), or as they got released, I would not have made that observation. Oh, and now I can remember all major Olympian Gods (and then some).
"No story ever ends, does it? It just leads into others."
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Feb 28, 2021 01:35PM
Yes looking back PJO is the best series but for me this also tallies up with PJO but I do know what you mean as well. Anyway, I am glad that you read and enjoyed these books as these are very close to my heart :)
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Prabhjot wrote: "Yes looking back PJO is the best series but for me this also tallies up with PJO but I do know what you mean as well. Anyway, I am glad that you read and enjoyed these books as these are very close..."Thank you Prabhjot! 😊 It's great to hear that your loved the series.. With so many characters to love, the series does become dear to one easily like you said. And I do hope Riordan will not the series here.
Entertaining review, Tharindu. I like the comment about snakes in DC. According to legend, St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. It is too bad that he can't do the same thing in DC!
Tharindu wrote: "Prabhjot wrote: "Yes looking back PJO is the best series but for me this also tallies up with PJO but I do know what you mean as well. Anyway, I am glad that you read and enjoyed these books as the..."I hope so too Tharindu but I am also happy to have had a chance to read these :)
Joe wrote: "Entertaining review, Tharindu. I like the comment about snakes in DC. According to legend, St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. It is too bad that he can't do the same thing in DC!"Nowadays, 'snakes' are a bit harder to detect. 😅😅 Riordan's puns do have a lot behind them at times...
