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A review by isabellarobinson7
The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan
5.0
Rating: 5 stars
It's 1:30 in the morning and I have just finished the last book of the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles. *cue confused whimpering noises* I have been with these books for almost 10 years, and caught up with the books around the time The Heroes of Olympus was still being released (I can remember reading a copy of The House of Hades from the library that was practically brand new). I am now waaaaay too old to be reading these books, (and from a purely intellectual standpoint, they don't challenge me in anyway, as in they're not complex like Jordan or Tolkien) but man, nothing can stop me coming back to them.
I was in the book store (no social distancing here, whoop whoop!) on the very first day of its release with my CHB jersey and shirt on like the nerd I am, and my efforts did not go to waste. With The Tower of Nero, Uncle Rick once again hit it out of the park. In those final few chapters, I took a break, looked into space and wondered exactly how he was going to pull off this ending. The stakes were through the roof, and I could see no possible way of Rick sticking this landing. Why I ever doubted him, I am still not sure. He pulled this element in so unexpectedly, but so brilliantly, to wrap up the story, I was utterly floored. All the cameos were incredible (and some heart breaking, one in particular).
All in all, I feel satisfied with this book being the conclusion to a saga that has been a constant for me in times of change. A high bar though it was, it has been met. So long, Camp Half-Blood.
(Of course this doesn't mean I won't read them all again. I am obviously going to, the addict I am. In fact, I don't seem to have any books urgently on my TBR currently...)
It's 1:30 in the morning and I have just finished the last book of the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles. *cue confused whimpering noises* I have been with these books for almost 10 years, and caught up with the books around the time The Heroes of Olympus was still being released (I can remember reading a copy of The House of Hades from the library that was practically brand new). I am now waaaaay too old to be reading these books, (and from a purely intellectual standpoint, they don't challenge me in anyway, as in they're not complex like Jordan or Tolkien) but man, nothing can stop me coming back to them.
I was in the book store (no social distancing here, whoop whoop!) on the very first day of its release with my CHB jersey and shirt on like the nerd I am, and my efforts did not go to waste. With The Tower of Nero, Uncle Rick once again hit it out of the park. In those final few chapters, I took a break, looked into space and wondered exactly how he was going to pull off this ending. The stakes were through the roof, and I could see no possible way of Rick sticking this landing. Why I ever doubted him, I am still not sure. He pulled this element in so unexpectedly, but so brilliantly, to wrap up the story, I was utterly floored. All the cameos were incredible (and some heart breaking, one in particular).
All in all, I feel satisfied with this book being the conclusion to a saga that has been a constant for me in times of change. A high bar though it was, it has been met. So long, Camp Half-Blood.
(Of course this doesn't mean I won't read them all again. I am obviously going to, the addict I am. In fact, I don't seem to have any books urgently on my TBR currently...)