Reviews tagging 'Outing'

The Sun and the Star by Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro

55 reviews

eetishmeh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I'm gonna give it to you straight (even though we all know how not-straight this book is) (sorry): This book did not meet my expectations. 
Don't get me wrong; I love Nico and I've been dying to read this for YEARS. Unfortunately, the plot was clunky and there were scenes that should've been cut. There were also some mistakes towards the end which really should've been weeded out by a round of editing. These all made the book feel like an unpolished draft instead of a final version. Also, is it just me or do they pass out a lot? They're gonna give Jason a run for his money! 

Okay, now I've gotten that out of the way, I gotta give some praise to the book. I loved it mostly because IP works on me and Nico has been one of my favourites since The Titan's Curse, but that doesn't mean I don't love other things about it too. I liked Gorgyra, though I don't really know how to feel about how her segments were structured. And also, having this book be written by an author who isn't Riordan truly shows how different writing styles can be. It made me reflect a lot on my own writing (especially since Oshiro's voice reminds me of my own lol!)

All right, that's all from me. Bob says goodbye~ ⭐☀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, and Outing

Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Please research the content warnings for this book if you are worried you may be affected by them, as my list may not be entirely comprehensive due to it being constructed from memory.

smurphiavelli's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Outing

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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I had a wonderful time reading this book. Nico and Will were adorable. I liked their relationship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Outing

jamie003's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Eating disorder and Outing

vaguelyredhead's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Outing

fuqing_god's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Death of parent, Outing, and War

melaschnie's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Medical content, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia, Outing, and War

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

One word to describe the whole book is CUTE. Which is funny considering this is a Nico Di Angelo story, but his relationship with Will is just so cute, they’re my babies, I want to protect them from everything and I loved them from the very first pages 🥺💛 

This book is basically Nico’s quest to go to Tartarus and save “the one who calls his name” and Will knew it was going to dangerous for him to go too because he’s a son of a Apollo and needs the sun, but that would not stop him and he goes along. I loved seeing both of them protecting each other, their strength, their determination, their loyalty, their love 🤧 

I know sometimes their dialogue and nicknames could seem cheesy, but to me it was just so cute and sweet and funny. They’ve been together for a year and I was so happy that we got to read some stories between them at the beginning of their relationship (the moment they knew they liked each other, how one asked the other on a date, their first kiss). There were moments where I could’ve cried of how cuteness and how happy and proud I am of them 😭❤️ 

As always, even the smallest appearance of Percy and Annabeth makes me happy, and is so cheesy and funny that their only advice for them on Tartarus was that they would be okay because they had each other lmao but it’s true! That’s how Percabeth survived after all. 

This is so coming of age, so cute, being proud of who you are and loving who you want, coming out... I feel like this book can be SO important for so many kids out there who want and need someone to feel related and safe. And this book is perfect for that. 

I’m going to miss Nico and Will so much, this is easily a 4.5 ⭐ for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Outing

There is just one big spoiler of something that happens in The Trials of Apollo, just so you know:

- Grief: Nico is still grieving for his mom and his sister Bianca. But most recently

he’s also grieving for Jason’s death.

- Death / Death of parent: It is mentioned how those he loved have died.

- Violence / Blood / Injury: They were in the Underworld and Tartarus, so they had to fight and were injured in the process.

- Outing: Nico tells the story of what Cupid did to him in Heroes of Olympus.

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I really loved the themes of the book - about trauma, accepting your darker elements, letting people in, grief, etc. but dear god the plot was so long and boring. I know we all want to know about Nico and will's relationship, they are very cute, but this was too long for this, it should have been a much shorter novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia and Outing

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The beginning was really slow and i just don't like humor derived from mispronouncing things and brand names. I also thought the character arcs were pretty obvious. 
Nonetheless, I was very invested toward the end and liked Will and Nico's relationship very much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Grief

Moderate: Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Police brutality, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing