RiordanverseReadalong

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#RiordanverseReadalong July book is The Throne of Fire, the next book in the Kane Chronicles

How did everyone find The Red Pyramid?

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The Throne of Fire | Rick Riordan

#RiordanverseReadalong July book is The Throne of Fire, the next book in the Kane Chronicles

How did everyone find The Red Pyramid?

I enjoyed it. The magic was very different and I liked how the gods were portrayed.

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Roary47 Ooo I‘ll read along. I have this series and never read it. 😅 I‘ll catch up to the second book so I can discuss. 😍 3d

PuddleJumper @Roary47 Brilliant, I've added you to the list. The book club on Storygraph is here if you why you join, I've already got the buddy reads set up for the books https://app.thestorygraph.com/book_clubs/158fd0c1-ae91-45ee-b40c-6ab2f39d101f

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Heroes of Olympus: The Son of Neptune | Rick Riordan

#RiordanverseReadalong has finished the Heroes of Olympus series

Here is the book club's rating of all of the books. Do you agree? Disagree?

Son of Neptune was definitely my favourite

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The Blood of Olympus: The Heroes of Olympus | Rick Riordan

so-so

This entire series was boring. I don't think I was ever going to love it because I'm a Latinist. Riordan's interpretation of Rome and Roman religion annoyed me.

Even ignoring that element, there were too many characters and POVs. It really slowed the book down and I honestly didn't care about many of the characters.

Also, not sure if it's my ace showing but damn did I not care about the teen romances.

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The Red Pyramid | Rick Riordan

so-so

Like a lot of Riordan's books, this was very formulaic, repetitive, and too long. It was an underwhelming book for me.

I liked the magic, the different take on divinity and divine children, and the world building.
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PuddleJumper Sadie and Carter were boring main characters. There was set up for tension, interfamilial drama and resentment and it goes nowhere.

The two start with very distinct voices which become muddled as the book goes on. Near the end I couldn't tell whose POV it was unless I checked.
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PuddleJumper Similarly, Horus and Isis didn't sound different to the main characters. It would have been nice if they were distinct, maybe used different language or just didn't sound like modern teenagers.

This could have been 200 pages shorter and it would have been better.
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PuddleJumper Also that is the ugliest cover 1w

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The Red Pyramid | Rick Riordan

repost for @PuddleJumper:

June is the start of the Kane Chronicles for #RiordanverseReadalong

New characters, new mythology, and hopefully new fun!

We are starting with The Red Pyramid

This is open to anyone that wants to join, there is a book club on Storgraph linked in the comments

PuddleJumper Thanks! 1mo

GingerAntics I had this book once, but I never started reading it. I did love everything with Percy Jackson in it, though. 1mo

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The Red Pyramid | Rick Riordan

June is the start of the Kane Chronicles for #RiordanverseReadalong

New characters, new mythology, and hopefully new fun!

We are starting with The Red Pyramid

This is open to anyone that wants to join, there is a book club on Storgraph linked in the comments

@LitsyEvents @mom2bugnbee

PuddleJumper Book club: https://app.thestorygraph.com/book_clubs/158fd0c1-ae91-45ee-b40c-6ab2f39d101f

I've got the last book in the Heroes of Olympus series to read. I'm hoping to get to that soon, I may skip it and go straight to this one as I've not really enjoyed that series 1mo

mom2bugnbee I might like the Kane Chronicles even more than the Percy series! Looking forward to re-reading these! 1mo

PuddleJumper @mom2bugnbee I've never read them so I'm excited! 1mo

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The House of Hades | Rick Riordan

so-so

The second half of this was much better. There are just too many characters and too much going on and yet it's still so slow. I skim read.

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The House of Hades | Rick Riordan

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April's book for #RiordanverseReadalong is House of Hades!

It is the penultimate book of the Heroes of Olympus series

See original post at https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2851663

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The House of Hades | Rick Riordan