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The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, #1)

Rick Riordan

Start date: July 13, 2022

Finish date: August 13, 2022

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Jun 26, 2020 Lauren Stoolfire rated it it was amazing

Shelves: humor, young-adult, fantasy, adventure, urban-fantasy, lgbt

Rick Riordan is one of my favorite authors. He's a real gem and so is The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo #1). It's so much fun to read from Apollo's perspective in this. His narration and thought process is hilarious to see. The combination of godly-speak meets teen-speak really worked for me. Those haiku at the beginning of each chapter are priceless. Plus, his voice stands out very well from all of the human characters we usually follow in Riordan's novels. It's great to see some of the l ...more

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May 30, 2018 ☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣ marked it as to-read

Shelves: 2018-gr-choice

Uhhh, I'm no fan of RR but this is freaking hilarious!
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“The the glow become brighter: a holographic golden sickle with a few sheaves of wheat, rotating just above Meg McCaffrey.
A boy in the crowd gasped. 'She's a communist!'
A girl who'd been sitting at Cabin Four's table gave him a disgusted sneer. 'No, Damien, that's my mom's symbol.” (c)
Lovely! ...more

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Sep 20, 2020 Laura ☾ rated it liked it

Somehow this wasn't quite as good as the previous books in this setting - it seemed very rushed, and somehow Apollo as a character wasn't as intriguing

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Apr 30, 2018 Suzanne rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, ya

3.5 stars. I liked Apollos total self centered dialogue, and all of the pop-culture references.

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Sep 02, 2021 Ashley W rated it really liked it

Shelves: 0part-of-a-series, 301-400-pages, universe-riordan-verse

Not sure why, but I enjoyed this more the second time around.
Looking at previous notes, I thought that there was too much focus on Apollo and not enough action. I'm not surprised. I always liked action. But now I understand more that it was all to boost the difference in Apollo from the beginning to the end. So much development for his character. But he still has his humor and I appreciate that.
I never mentioned how excited I am that Calypso is going to be joining his quest. Leo is kind of meh ...more

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Jun 29, 2017 Alex rated it really liked it

Shelves: made-me-cry, great-expectations

''THOU SHALT NOT.''

I had a feeling it was a bit messy story-wise. So many things happened and my mind was all over the place, trying to understand. I was expecting a plot more original (?) that what we already had before.

This being said, I still liked it a lot. Leo is back so for me it is enough to be interested in the story. I am curious to see where the plot is going so I will definitely read the next volume and the next and next.

There were some new characters I really liked - > Peaches and ...more

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