The same role could have been sisters with one having a daughter and the other a niece. Emmie and Jo are lesbian parents to a crucial character. That\’s not necessary and again overkill. Further, every significant new character in this book was either bisexual or homosexual. There are more subtle ways to do the same thing without making it seem like Apollo is attracted to every male he sees. We don\’t need every time Apollo sees an attractive male for him to comment on their attractiveness. I am also gay, so I have no qualms with a gay character but Apollo\’s commentary on cute attractive males in complete overkill. It proved to be a major positive for his character and the series. I think one of the biggest minuses for this book was the overemphasis of gay/lesbian characters.Now, I loved when Nico DiAngelo came out as gay in The House of Hades. This particular format proved to be flat, static and boring. There was no goal that we could travel with our heroes.
We spend the entire book in and around Indianapolis. By that I mean that we did not have the typical quest that is so common in Riordan\’s works. My first negative is that the story was very static. Now we get to the negatives, which are unfortunately prevalent. As a history buff I love seeing this new take on the series.
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Unlike previous series that Riordan has written, the antagonist is not a typical god, but former Roman Emperors. Further, I love the villains in this series. He even introduced some African mythology in a potential hint for a new series, but that is also a negative so more on \”Jimmy\” a little later. I wish Riordan would have spent a little bit more time on these. Another good part is the introduction of new mythologies, such as the Crete and Minoan gods who predated the Greek societies. Hopefully this growth will stick and salvage the final book in this trilogy.
The downside of that is that his growth takes basically until the end of the third act, so we get very little of the new and improved Apollo. It takes some very tragic occurrences for him to get there, but Apollo finally grows. Finally, Apollo began to show some growth and began to recognize the value of humanity beyond just amusements for gods. The fact that he did not grow is my biggest annoyance about the first book in the series, The Hidden Oracle. He started out as the spoiled god of the sun which defined his character in the first of these books. First, I really enjoyed Apollo\’s growth. I will try to pick out some strengths, then address the most glaring weaknesses and end with a few more strengths. The jokes were simple and lacked the cleverness that defines Riordan\’s typical work. There was a little bit of humor, but it was not the humor we typically get from Riordan. The heart and humor which defined Percy Jackson, the Kane Chronicles, Heroes of Olympus, and at least the first tome of Magnus Chase. Riordan for whatever reason is officially in a slump of epic proportions, arguably dating back to the first Trials of Apollo book. I\’ve been reading all of Riordan\’s mythology series\’ since the beginning with Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief but this one fell flat to me.
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