The Ship of the Dead

There's one thing I don't like about Rick Riordan's mythology-based books, and that is how he keeps on retelling and repeating mythology stories with his characters. It makes them look... dumb, kind of, because it's already happened before. I understand why he does it, mind you, but how is that effective in the overall story—although I'm not his target audience, am I? So who cares, really, and let's get to the review.

The Ship of the Dead was hella fun, as always. At the very beginning, I could not... remember things, though? from the previous book? Really, Magnus mentioned stuff and I was like, “has that really happened? was it like that?” So I guess I'm getting old, but soon we picked up speed, and everything was great. My favorite character for life, Alex Fierro, shined through in this one, and I was mostly happy with how their relationship with Magnus was developed, including a bonus kiss while Alex was presenting themselves "as a boy". Magnus and Loki's flyting was better than anything I could've imagined, and I might have teared up a little at that. This here is a great departure for a nice, fun series that will be missed.