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The Tyrant's Tomb (Trials of Apollo 4) by Rick Riordan

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Start with a zombie attack while transporting a fallen comrade home, using tattoos to decipher bits of prophecy, metal greyhounds (robot dogs seem a little out of place but it does kind of work), a bookstore cat, trying to figure out how to counter a massive attack/invasion on Camp Jupiter, and facing off against formerly dead (?) emperor of Rome (the nastier ones), and conclude with some of Lester’s godliness starting to come back in time for what hopefully is the final face off against […]

Gods, Goddesses, Mortals, Action!

The Red Pyramid book one of The Kane Chronicles by Orpheus Collar

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Rick Riordan is a popular author. I have not had the pleasure of reading his novels, but I have meet him once and have read two of his books adapted for the graphic novel format. The Red Pyramid book one of The Kane Chronicles was adapted by Orpheus Collar. And while it is a good story (we are following Egyptian mythology this time), it is also a slow story in places. It took me several days to finish it, as I was only able to […]

Adapting to Graphic Novel puts a new spin on things

The Lost Hero: Graphic Novel by Rick Riordan

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I had a big spell where trying to concentrate on reading anything more challenging than push or pull the door recently. I took a break from reading and got myself sorted out a little and finally finished The Lost Hero: The Graphic Novel. Adapted from the novel by Rick Riordan, Robert Venditti’s story is the “other side” of the Greek/Roman mythology of his famous series Percy Jackson. Knowing that series can help. Even having read the original novel could help. But there are still a […]

Percy Jackson and the Thief of Lightning

The Lighning Thief by Rick Riordan

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I put off reading these books all this time because I always assumed they were just another one of those series of books capitalizing on the astounding success of Harry Potter. Having read it, I think that may be unfair, but not wholly unfounded. I didn’t think this book was particularly good, but numerous sequels, a failed movie franchise, and viable name recognition for it’s author are all a result of a driving need for something to fill the void of a Harry Potter franchise […]

More Consequences for Apollo

Tyrant's Tomb by Rick Riordan

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I admit, I haven’t been paying that much attention to how long this series is intended to be so I thought this might be the conclusion given that the novel was about an upcoming attack on the Roman camp but halfway through Riordan mentioned a few other foes that hadn’t been entirely defeated yet, so there is more to come after this one.  As much as I like Riordan, I am also kind of ready for this one to wrap up but let’s be honest, […]

Okay, I think I’m really done with Riordan after this series is over. I’m serious this time.

The Tyrant's Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, #4) by Rick Riordan

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And we’re back down to being pretty mediocre. It was much, much better in the second half, but I just really think this entire premise is both tired and flawed. In fact, that’s mostly what I want to talk about in this review, the overall series premise and style, but I do want to talk a little about this actual installment first. So, this is the fourth and penultimate book in this series. Apollo and Meg have arrived at the Roman camp, and it turns […]



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