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(1) Apollo mentions (or jokes) that Romans play Fortiusnitius, which I assume is Fortnite latinized.
- I thought demigods and electronics don't mix? or is that just phones?
- Is Fortnite still popular? Could be another quickly-dated Riordan pop-culture reference.
(2) Romance here seems a bit iffy.
- Frank's Hazel's boss.
- Lavinia has a crush on a dryad.
- Apollo is millennia older than his teen love interest.
— Sep 13, 2023 02:25AM
(1) Apollo mentions (or jokes) that Romans play Fortiusnitius, which I assume is Fortnite latinized.
- I thought demigods and electronics don't mix? or is that just phones?
- Is Fortnite still popular? Could be another quickly-dated Riordan pop-culture reference.
(2) Romance here seems a bit iffy.
- Frank's Hazel's boss.
- Lavinia has a crush on a dryad.
- Apollo is millennia older than his teen love interest.
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(1) I understand elections are literally popularity contests, but this is ridiculous!
(2) Reyna says she was a servant on Calypso's island. This is a typo, she was a servant on Circe's island.
- I kind of want to see a roommate sitcom with those two now.
(3) The only major character we haven't seen yet is Annabeth. Given the next book is takes place in New York, there's a decent chance she makes an appearance.
— Sep 17, 2023 06:30AM
(1) I understand elections are literally popularity contests, but this is ridiculous!
(2) Reyna says she was a servant on Calypso's island. This is a typo, she was a servant on Circe's island.
- I kind of want to see a roommate sitcom with those two now.
(3) The only major character we haven't seen yet is Annabeth. Given the next book is takes place in New York, there's a decent chance she makes an appearance.
Jayson
is on page 400 of 439
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(1) So, that was hands-down the best battle scene Riordan's ever written, but I'll reserve final judgement until the next book.
- It's a lot less messy and chaotic than usual. It's a series of smaller, more personal fights, not the usual running around button-mashing.
(2) As good as the battle was, the miracle at the end really diminished it.
- Not the miracle itself, but that no one could properly explain it.
— Sep 17, 2023 03:15AM
(1) So, that was hands-down the best battle scene Riordan's ever written, but I'll reserve final judgement until the next book.
- It's a lot less messy and chaotic than usual. It's a series of smaller, more personal fights, not the usual running around button-mashing.
(2) As good as the battle was, the miracle at the end really diminished it.
- Not the miracle itself, but that no one could properly explain it.
Jayson
is on page 348 of 439
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(1) Apollo crash lands in the parking lot of a Target.
- A joke, I assume, being the god of archery.
(2) "A whole g of weight seemed to lift from his shoulders."
- I assume "g" is g-force, but gram wouldn't surprise me. Riordan loves using metric for non-Americans.
(3) We get a challenge of 2-on-1 then 2-on-2 single combat.
- Which like "long-sleeve tee" is another Riordan oxymoron. Single combat means 1-on-1!
— Sep 16, 2023 03:00AM
(1) Apollo crash lands in the parking lot of a Target.
- A joke, I assume, being the god of archery.
(2) "A whole g of weight seemed to lift from his shoulders."
- I assume "g" is g-force, but gram wouldn't surprise me. Riordan loves using metric for non-Americans.
(3) We get a challenge of 2-on-1 then 2-on-2 single combat.
- Which like "long-sleeve tee" is another Riordan oxymoron. Single combat means 1-on-1!
Jayson
is on page 295 of 439
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(1) "[Reyna's] long-sleeve tee was quickly turning into a short-sleeve tee."
- That's redundant. "Short-sleeve tee"? in other words, a tee.
(2) I understand a big part of the series is the ritual humiliation of Apollo, but it's getting ridiculous and repetitive.
- The Harpocrates chapters were all about running him down as an awful person.
- And right on the heels of his utterly humiliating romantic rejection.
— Sep 15, 2023 01:35AM
(1) "[Reyna's] long-sleeve tee was quickly turning into a short-sleeve tee."
- That's redundant. "Short-sleeve tee"? in other words, a tee.
(2) I understand a big part of the series is the ritual humiliation of Apollo, but it's getting ridiculous and repetitive.
- The Harpocrates chapters were all about running him down as an awful person.
- And right on the heels of his utterly humiliating romantic rejection.
Jayson
is on page 250 of 439
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(1) "[Reyna] wore blue running shoes and skinny jeans, a long-sleeved copper tee, and a maroon sweater wrap."
- First of all, I have no clue what a sweater wrap is.
- Secondly, isn't long-sleeved tee an oxymoron? aren't t-shirts defined by having short-sleeves?
(2) Apollo asks Reyna if she's romantically involved with Thalia.
- Possibly he's hopeful, since if she's only into girls he'd be rid of a big problem.
— Sep 14, 2023 04:45AM
(1) "[Reyna] wore blue running shoes and skinny jeans, a long-sleeved copper tee, and a maroon sweater wrap."
- First of all, I have no clue what a sweater wrap is.
- Secondly, isn't long-sleeved tee an oxymoron? aren't t-shirts defined by having short-sleeves?
(2) Apollo asks Reyna if she's romantically involved with Thalia.
- Possibly he's hopeful, since if she's only into girls he'd be rid of a big problem.
Jayson
is on page 154 of 439
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(1) Cumaean Sibyl: "Nothing good ever happens to your lovers! I just wanted to be your Sibyl, and now you’ve made things weird!”
- Apollo totally got friendzoned.
(2) Of all the possible romantic pairings for Reyna, the one teased here is something I never expected.
- Though, I did fully expect Reyna to have a romance subplot since being love-cursed is a thread from "The Heroes of Olympus" hitherto unresolved.
— Sep 10, 2023 03:55AM
(1) Cumaean Sibyl: "Nothing good ever happens to your lovers! I just wanted to be your Sibyl, and now you’ve made things weird!”
- Apollo totally got friendzoned.
(2) Of all the possible romantic pairings for Reyna, the one teased here is something I never expected.
- Though, I did fully expect Reyna to have a romance subplot since being love-cursed is a thread from "The Heroes of Olympus" hitherto unresolved.
Jayson
is on page 103 of 439
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(1) "Oh, the dreams. Dear reader, if you are tired of hearing about my awful prophetic nightmares, I don’t blame you."
- Hopefully this is Riordan being self-aware, because I roll my eyes, sigh and shake my head whenever there's a dream sequence.
- Riordan writes way too many dreams! It's lazy storytelling! Rather than find a creative way to have characters learn information, they literally see them in dreams!
— Sep 09, 2023 03:30PM
(1) "Oh, the dreams. Dear reader, if you are tired of hearing about my awful prophetic nightmares, I don’t blame you."
- Hopefully this is Riordan being self-aware, because I roll my eyes, sigh and shake my head whenever there's a dream sequence.
- Riordan writes way too many dreams! It's lazy storytelling! Rather than find a creative way to have characters learn information, they literally see them in dreams!
Jayson
is on page 49 of 439
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(1) This book picks up exactly where the last book ended. I can't remember this ever happening before.
- PJO, if I'm not mistaken, always had a school year go by in between.
- The latter HoO books may have continued directly, but I don't think two books shared a common scene.
(2) The amount of times Apollo's had to recount his journey, no wonder he decided to sing it.
- Probably easier to remember with a tune.
— Sep 09, 2023 12:50AM
(1) This book picks up exactly where the last book ended. I can't remember this ever happening before.
- PJO, if I'm not mistaken, always had a school year go by in between.
- The latter HoO books may have continued directly, but I don't think two books shared a common scene.
(2) The amount of times Apollo's had to recount his journey, no wonder he decided to sing it.
- Probably easier to remember with a tune.
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(1) The series so far has been trending upward, each book's been better than the last one. So, I'm excited to see what this one has in store.
- Right now, we're down to secondary guest stars. Granted, Frank and Hazel were main characters in "The Son of Neptune," but everyone knows that Percy carried that book. I mean, he's the titular character.
- Of the three stated returns, I'm most looking forward to Reyna.
— Sep 06, 2023 02:50AM
(1) The series so far has been trending upward, each book's been better than the last one. So, I'm excited to see what this one has in store.
- Right now, we're down to secondary guest stars. Granted, Frank and Hazel were main characters in "The Son of Neptune," but everyone knows that Percy carried that book. I mean, he's the titular character.
- Of the three stated returns, I'm most looking forward to Reyna.
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Sep 13, 2023 08:43AM
The least problematic is Frank and Hazel for sure, although none of them bother me too much- I feel like the dryads mature slowly enough (from what I've read) that it's a tad strange but not creepy, and I feel like it's Lester, not Apollo crushing on Reyna so Lester is the same age, if that makes sense...
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Jenny wrote: "The least problematic is Frank and Hazel for sure, although none of them bother me too much- I feel like the dryads mature slowly enough (from what I've read) that it's a tad strange but not creepy..."Frank and Hazel is definitely the least problematic. They were together before he was promoted, and she was technically his superior for a time when he was a probatio.
Interspecies relationships I can understand in a Star Trek sort of way. So, like you say, it's a strange not creepy. Still, the weirdness hits harder because humans are involved this time (with both Meg and Lavinia), and we've not had that sort of pairing so far. It's been Grover and Juniper, Hedge and Millie, Tyson and Ella.
As for Apollo and Reyna, this is basically that Tom Hanks movie Big but in reverse. The relationship there was iffy because the guy was still mentally twelve years old despite being in an adult body. I have a hard time suspending belief that Apollo is mentally a teenager, especially with all the talk of him having whole cabins of kids. Though, at the same time, I have a hard time believing that Reyna is mentally a teenager since she's been a position of authority the whole time we've known her. She written like she's much older. All-in-all, I don't have too much of a problem with it.
Oh I haven't seen Big in forever!
Jenny wrote: "Oh I haven't seen Big in forever!"Me too! It's one of those classic '80s films that flies under the radar until someone or something reminds you. I hadn't thought of it in years until this topic came up :)
