Trials of Apollo, The Book Five: Tower of Nero, The-Trials of Apollo, The Book Five

**No spoilers were harmed in themaking of this review**"To be human is to move forward, to adapt, to believe in your ability to make things better. That is the only way to make the pain and sacrifice mean something."Hey guys...I just finished The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo, #5) by Rick Riordan. it is the last official book in he percy jackson series, the greek and roman. I believe there will be no more 3 or 5 book series with these guys. But perhaps a novella? I did...I did not expect to be so sad! Well actually I did not quite know how I expected to feel. But I did not expect to ball my eyes out when I read the ending. Gods...it was such a beautiful ending. Honestly I cannot think of any other way it could of ended. Well I probably could have, but it would have risked the integrity of the story. I think Riordan did a fabulous job of what he had created and what he had to work with. I think there definitiely could be novellas to follow particular characters, and there were a few things within this book that made me question particular stories Riordan could craft at a later date. But...all good things have to end. And sometimes they truly do need an ending. Our favorite characters have suffered so much and for so long...they finally deserve some peace. Well, as much peace offered to them within their demigod and monster filled world. Okay, im kinda getting meta, so back to the story at hand, at first I was slightly confused in the beginning how things were progressing. To be honest...I was slightly detatched reading this novel, but I think that was just me and my mindset, and it had nothing to do with the story. (but it does make me wonder if its time for me to grow on and end this chapter of my life as well, who knows). But I did enjoy the new character that Riordan introduced us to, Lu, a Celtic warrior. It makes me wonder if he is going to dive into Celtic mythology next. I really found her character intriguing and her dynmaic with Meg and Apollo. Meg....oh meg....our precious meg was just a frightened and unsure sapling when we first met her. ANd now...**Sniffles** She is a beautifully grown tree. SHe is strong and fierce and passionate and fiery and brave. SHe is so brave. SHe truly defeated the Beast and she is a queen in her own way. There were some other familiar faces within this book, like WIll and Nico. Gods I love them so much. Nico is my poor tortured soul and WIll is my ray of sunshine. THey are just the cutest. I really enjoyed the way they fit into the storyline and realllllly hope there is a novella about them. Of course at the end of the book it showed all other characters we have met over the percy jackson universe and it was...beautiful. Percy <3. MY love, my first bookfriend, how far you have come. You went from vaporizing your pre algebra teacher to...**Sniffles** gods, my seaweed brain. You will forever live on in my heart. And Wise GIrl. Gods...and the praetors, and reyna and....GODS. EVERYONE. I loved everyone and everything in this book, which included the classic Riordan humor and amazing crafting of myths and story and this book held heart and wisdom and sacrifice and action and bravery and courage...and it was all narrated by Apollo. Gods...Apollo. When we first met him he was a a selfish self serving arrogant god who had only one goal in mind, to become a god again, no matter what he had to do or who had to use to get his way. **cries** he has come so far...so far. He has gone through pain, and trauma, and sacrifce, and was truly...human. He truly realized the error of his ways and he opened his mind to new ways of thinking and to be humble, and cherishing and willing to put his friends first, and not himself. He was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to save his friends. NOw that is a hero. He was willing to right all his wrongs. I have never seen such a transformative character development as much as Apollo's. It was truly an honor to join him on his journey. And maybe we will see him and the others once again? After all, the sun always comes back. OKay...I think that is enough rambling, and I doubt this was very helpful but those were just my thoughts and feelings, and if you want your own opinion, read the series. Till next time. Bye.

It’s fitting that this series about demigods ends with the story about a semi-god. Apollo’s character is rich, peculiar, amusing and sincere. His story also fills the unpleasant gap in these series about the uncaring godly parents to all the demigods. It also soothes some of the tragedy of earlier books for Meg and Jason in particular.Rick Riordan’s books are always good. Well written, funny, creative and entertaining; this is just as good. But even then, the troglodytes surprise. When the trogs appear, so too appears the best of the author’s talent and Apollo’s character.The world is as well developed as ever, avoiding stereotypes. The Tower of Nero is pretty awesome.I know this review is redundant. As if any fan of Riordan and his brilliant demigods series wouldn’t read this final book. But just in case you are having doubts, this conclusion doesn’t disappoint. I’m so glad Riordan doesn’t lose his puff by the end as so many good authors do with a long running series.I only waited so long to read this because of the cost that I usually avoid for paperless kindle books. This kindle book is the same price as for paper without the book smell, feel, bookshelf display joy or easy ability to loan; more’s the pity.So this review is late and consequently even more redundant when no-one will see it, buried behind the thousands. I still feel the need to heap praise, all the same.These Riordan series are rare in that they somehow appeal to any age above and probably many below 10. I wish more adult books were written with such flair, creativity and humour.Without seeking to ape others and using its own inspiration from ADHD and mythology, this series is America’s Harry Potter. Even Terry Pratchett fans would not be displeased. It’s sad to see this end.Another five stars for a highly recommended action fantasy series and its triumphant, if bitter-sweet, conclusion.

This is one of the best books I've ever read. I was in stitches laughing at times & then crying tears at other times. Rick Riordan's writing of The Trials of Apollo was genius. At 65 years old, I'm telling you there's no age limit to this reading. So very happy to have read these books.

I loved this book!! I'm a little sad that Apollo becomes a god. I cannot wait to see where Rick Riordan takes Nico and Will's quest. My top priority however is this: Did anyone else catch the parts about Kane Chronicles and Magnus Chase? If you didn't, lemme lay it out for you. The mansion Rachel saw in Brooklyn was the headquarters for the 21 Nome. The penguin who was sighted on the balcony was one of Felix's penguins. The meeting Chiron was occupied by with a cat and a severed head. The cat is Bast, guardian of Sadie and Carter Kane. The severed head is Mimir, Hearthstone and Blitzen's former employer. Chiron speaks of one problem which concerns three different pantheons. I have been racking my brains and I cannot think of a single villan who could overlap multiple mythologies besides Setne, who is imprisoned inside of a snow globe. I am not sure if the problem will have the old protagonists or if Riordan will introduce old ones. Personally, I'm hoping for the old ones. I am not entirely sure whether Rick will introduce Nico's quest or the collective problem of the three mythologies. I am ridiculously excited and in a few years, when the book has beedn published, you can all read this post and I will comment 'I told you so!' :D ;)I loved Apollo's descent into mortality. He grew to be more human and we were there to watch his journey. I loved how the characters were described by Apollo, especially Nico and I loved Piper's new relationship. I was a bit disappointed that not all predictions came true, such as Grover's prediction that they would see each other before Apollo regained his immortality. As far as I can tell, they didn't see each other again for the rest of the series. Overall it was a great story and I loved it!!

chegou direitinho, super bem embalado, nenhum amassadinho nem nada. além de chegar no tempo previsto (3 dias)

Una edición de colección muy especial, solo hay 1000 y viene numerado!

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It's Rick Riordan, so I excepted to love it, and I certainly have loved the rest of the books in the series. It was everything I hoped from it and I'm sad to see the series end, but excited to see what Rick will do next!

Honestly I was getting a little tired of this series, and it had seemed in books 3 and 4 like perhaps the author was too. So I was not entirely looking forward to this one (ordered, like all of Rick Riordan's other books over the past 8 yrs, to read aloud to my two sons, now ages 13 and 16). But I was very pleasantly surprised at how fresh it felt, how well it flowed, and how satisfyingly (to me, anyhow) he wraps things up (sorta) at the end. There are some really "right" touches in here, leaving you with a very positive and satisfied feeling. Impressed that he managed to pull things together so well (after writing so many books which are all fairly similar, he still does a bang-up job).