Didn't see anyone mention it till now, but when they're at Brooklyn at Rachel's house, Rachel mentions a "large mansion with lots of weird going ons" which only she could see. What weird mansion do we know that is covered by mist and is located in Brooklyn? Brooklyn house, from Kane Chronicles
I just finished "The Tower of Nero" and just ended up here while browsing around. Honestly, I started reading more after quarantine and picked up Percy Jackson series as a "new hobby". I read all these 15 books from the Camp Half-Blood series this year and knowing now (yes, I haven't heard/read this piece of info before) that this is the last one with the entire group makes this much heavier!! I really loved the series as a whole (PJO, HoO and ToA) and for sure I will miss all the excellent characters that Rick Riordan created Anyway, awesome review!
**SPOILER WARNING** Am I the only person who found the ending a bit heart breaking because Apollo didn’t actually seem happy? He seems like he would’ve been happier to be mortal and that just made me sad. Like everyone got a happy ending but him.
I disagree. Yes there was some melancholy but... Spoilers He was still content with where he is and he actually chose to be there for people and to be a better god.
@@imperfect_dan7519 exactly Spoilers: Being able to live as a human taught him the emotions of human and feeling guilty over how cruel and careless he was as a God that might have hurt others and being a human, he experienced those same emotions bringing a change to him. It's like a Character Redemption.
@@imperfect_dan7519 SPOILERS I'm happy to agree to disagree cause it's all about how people interpret stuff themselves, but I think his conversation with Lu showed his sadness at not being mortal too. He has learnt to be a better god, but now all his friends are mortal and he is cut off from them. I know he visited them but from previous books we know they're not allowed to do that often, it was more like a farewell tour.
@@Kaytais Spoilers Well I think he may visit more often than most because of the whole "the sun will always rise" line. Gods cant interfere with mortal affairs yes but that's usually a big deal with quests and shit like that. Ig I just interpret it as maybe he will be around always just not as much as when he was Lester
SPOILERS Same!! He seemed so melancholic being back in the same place as all of those gods who didn't really understand what he went through and how he changed. It's like there's a new barrier between Apollo and the rest of the gods, even his sister. Even with all those moments between characters and Apollo calling the readers his friends, the ending felt _lonely_ . So, so lonely. And in the beginning of the book he talks about being afraid of going back to that toxic environment and forgetting everything he learned and regressing into pre-trials Apollo. There are also many scenes throughout the series that feel like they're foreshadowing him choosing to stay mortal. A great example would be in The Dark Prophecy, in the scene where he's talking to Jo after having those Commodus flashbacks and she says something and Apollo says: are you saying I should stay in this abomination and he gestures to his Lester form. And Jo replies that she's not telling him to make any decisions, and that only he knows what to do or something. And I swear to god, that scene felt so much like foreshadowing. And that was only one scene, and I'm pretty sure there were more. To me at least, it felt like Rick was setting everything up for Apollo to stay mortal, but in the final book got scared of messing too much with greek mythology and gave up on the idea. That's what I took away from the ending
SPOILER WARNING I GUESS. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. I saw this ending from a mile away. It wasn't really unexpected. The moment Apollo pushed the arrow in his chest in book 3, this ending was solidified. The only thing that was left to think about, was how they'd get there. And the journey was just as epic as it was setup. I do not see any better way for the story to have unfolded. or to conclude my childhood with.
Just finished the book last week and I enjoyed it a lot and would have given it more 10 stars unfortunately goodreads has only until 5 stars. I unexpectedly cried talking to my Mom about how this is the last book in the PJO universe during an online chat lol.
Apollo/Lester really, truly grew on me. in the first book i enjoyed his personality and attitude, that also was present in the second book. it was an interesting take on a character and i had some good laughs. but man, after book 3 it all changed. we got to see some real growth, see him care about humans and his friends, our friends, and he just became better and better as the series went on. i was incredibly emotional in the end. it felt… perfect? i’d say so. it was sweet and beautiful, and yet it still had a touch of melancholy, because Apollo knows he can’t be with them anymore. with his family, his friends. he has his divine family back, but now i feel like he is apart from them. Apollo is nothing like the other olympians anymore, and he is in a weird lonely place. i want the best for him. spoilers: man, the arrow. i can’t. and also, i wanted to add that i wanted to see Jason one more time. just one more. i was so sad that we didn’t get to see him, but i understood. he’s gone, and that’s it. i want to cry now.
To be honest TOA is actually my favorite of ricks pjo(ish) series I loved Lester’s character development and how we got some of the hoo characters in it and the plot twists because I am a big fan of plot twists and SPOILER WARNING Jason and Piper breaking up Jason dying yk Piper found who she rlly was and also I loved the line in the 5th “the sun always comes back”
SPOILER WARNING I really want to see a book with Will and Nico, and their quest they are going to go on.... at least it sounds like a book will be written fallowing them two
I just watched Rick's review about the book on ''Politics and Prose'' (You should watch it too).... I love how never forgot about the original Percy Jackson series and even started making a DisneyPlus series that i would love to watch when it comes out. He's just an awesome guy that loves his fans more than everything. He even started learning Irish mythology only to (potentially) make a new book series. I grew up with his books and i will miss them forever...
@@thatmushroomboy5207 Even if I don’t yet own books 2 or 3 of trials of Apollo. I do have the whole trials of Apollo series on audiobooks and I have listened to them up to the book 3. And I just received both the tyrants tomb and the tower of Nero.
Sometimes I wish that authors would go overboard into the mundane like in Sophie’s World. After that book ended, the author just carried on and we got to see a lot of “unnecessary ” detail post main story. That style of writing is too rare. Having said that, I don’t want this series to end. I’m too attached to the characters to just let go. This is why I hate (love) reading. Too many strong emotions. I want to see the collage life before and after of Percy and Annebeth. I want to see what becomes of Piper. I want to see details of Jason’s existence in Elysium. I want to see how Frank and Hazel get on. Will she introduce Frank to Hades? And what about some more detailed development of Leo and Calypso’s relationship? Does she recover all her powers and become immortal again? And then there’s Meg. That last line she said to Apollo before he went off to battle Python, “Just come back to me”….. There must be more to that. I think she was falling in love with Lester/Apollo. There must be more there…. I wish I could implore Rick to continue the series.
Spoilers! Idk if it was just me but I found the ‘death’ of the Arrow of Dodoma so sad; the way he just gave up everything for Apollo, he had chastised him the entire journey, but he showed his true bravery at the end, and saddest of all was how moved Apollo was by the arrow’s ‘death’, he was so sad that he had lost one of his earliest companions, and it showed him how much people had done for him. And when he finally got his immortality back, he was sad because he knew that he could never have another taste of a mortal life, which he realised that he had loved, and eventually his friends would pass away, but he would remain forever... The clarity and sadness that he feels at the end is so moving for me
I can’t believe that they made Annabeth go to the same college as Percy because Annabeth is so smart and imho she probably could have gone to an Ivy League university. I think that is what I don’t like about Percy and Annabeth. Because if they are really endgame they could handle going to different universities and it would have been more realistic.
@@StillWaitingForMySatyr that’s awesome because yes Annabeth deserves to go to top 10 school. Percy is awesome also but Annabeth and Piper are my role models.
@@logann-mackenziefroste563 she has 2 learning disabilities and hasnt had a proper school education since she was 7 and the US public schools are terrible with kids with disabilities, she wouldn’t get into an ivy league, shes smart but not a genius she knows facts about very specific things only in history and literature. there are more subjects in school than history and literature like maths, sciences, etc.
@@liviamcintyre3189 I admire Annabeth and after learning what happens to her I am even more impressed with her character. As book characters go she is awesome!
the way rachel used her blue plastic hairbrush again✌🏻
YESSSS! Her killer weapon come through. Hahaha
Didn't see anyone mention it till now, but when they're at Brooklyn at Rachel's house, Rachel mentions a "large mansion with lots of weird going ons" which only she could see.
What weird mansion do we know that is covered by mist and is located in Brooklyn?
Brooklyn house, from Kane Chronicles
And she even mentions that she saw a penguin. And if I remember correctly there was a magician named Felix who loves summoning penguins
I just finished "The Tower of Nero" and just ended up here while browsing around. Honestly, I started reading more after quarantine and picked up Percy Jackson series as a "new hobby". I read all these 15 books from the Camp Half-Blood series this year and knowing now (yes, I haven't heard/read this piece of info before) that this is the last one with the entire group makes this much heavier!! I really loved the series as a whole (PJO, HoO and ToA) and for sure I will miss all the excellent characters that Rick Riordan created
Anyway, awesome review!
**SPOILER WARNING**
Am I the only person who found the ending a bit heart breaking because Apollo didn’t actually seem happy? He seems like he would’ve been happier to be mortal and that just made me sad. Like everyone got a happy ending but him.
I disagree. Yes there was some melancholy but...
Spoilers
He was still content with where he is and he actually chose to be there for people and to be a better god.
@@imperfect_dan7519 exactly
Spoilers:
Being able to live as a human taught him the emotions of human and feeling guilty over how cruel and careless he was as a God that might have hurt others and being a human, he experienced those same emotions bringing a change to him. It's like a Character Redemption.
@@imperfect_dan7519 SPOILERS
I'm happy to agree to disagree cause it's all about how people interpret stuff themselves, but I think his conversation with Lu showed his sadness at not being mortal too. He has learnt to be a better god, but now all his friends are mortal and he is cut off from them. I know he visited them but from previous books we know they're not allowed to do that often, it was more like a farewell tour.
@@Kaytais Spoilers
Well I think he may visit more often than most because of the whole "the sun will always rise" line. Gods cant interfere with mortal affairs yes but that's usually a big deal with quests and shit like that. Ig I just interpret it as maybe he will be around always just not as much as when he was Lester
SPOILERS
Same!! He seemed so melancholic being back in the same place as all of those gods who didn't really understand what he went through and how he changed. It's like there's a new barrier between Apollo and the rest of the gods, even his sister. Even with all those moments between characters and Apollo calling the readers his friends, the ending felt _lonely_ . So, so lonely.
And in the beginning of the book he talks about being afraid of going back to that toxic environment and forgetting everything he learned and regressing into pre-trials Apollo.
There are also many scenes throughout the series that feel like they're foreshadowing him choosing to stay mortal. A great example would be in The Dark Prophecy, in the scene where he's talking to Jo after having those Commodus flashbacks and she says something and Apollo says: are you saying I should stay in this abomination and he gestures to his Lester form. And Jo replies that she's not telling him to make any decisions, and that only he knows what to do or something. And I swear to god, that scene felt so much like foreshadowing. And that was only one scene, and I'm pretty sure there were more.
To me at least, it felt like Rick was setting everything up for Apollo to stay mortal, but in the final book got scared of messing too much with greek mythology and gave up on the idea. That's what I took away from the ending
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I saw this ending from a mile away. It wasn't really unexpected. The moment Apollo pushed the arrow in his chest in book 3, this ending was solidified. The only thing that was left to think about, was how they'd get there.
And the journey was just as epic as it was setup. I do not see any better way for the story to have unfolded. or to conclude my childhood with.
Just finished the book last week and I enjoyed it a lot and would have given it more 10 stars unfortunately goodreads has only until 5 stars. I unexpectedly cried talking to my Mom about how this is the last book in the PJO universe during an online chat lol.
Apollo/Lester really, truly grew on me. in the first book i enjoyed his personality and attitude, that also was present in the second book. it was an interesting take on a character and i had some good laughs.
but man, after book 3 it all changed. we got to see some real growth, see him care about humans and his friends, our friends, and he just became better and better as the series went on.
i was incredibly emotional in the end. it felt… perfect? i’d say so. it was sweet and beautiful, and yet it still had a touch of melancholy, because Apollo knows he can’t be with them anymore. with his family, his friends. he has his divine family back, but now i feel like he is apart from them. Apollo is nothing like the other olympians anymore, and he is in a weird lonely place.
i want the best for him.
spoilers:
man, the arrow. i can’t.
and also, i wanted to add that i wanted to see Jason one more time. just one more.
i was so sad that we didn’t get to see him, but i understood. he’s gone, and that’s it.
i want to cry now.
i was not ready to read this but i'm glad we got this.
also i'm happy about the solangelo content cuz i'm absolute solangelo trash
To be honest TOA is actually my favorite of ricks pjo(ish) series I loved Lester’s character development and how we got some of the hoo characters in it and the plot twists because I am a big fan of plot twists and SPOILER WARNING
Jason and Piper breaking up Jason dying yk Piper found who she rlly was and also I loved the line in the 5th “the sun always comes back”
SPOILER WARNING
I really want to see a book with Will and Nico, and their quest they are going to go on.... at least it sounds like a book will be written fallowing them two
I agree
To save damasen and bob right? At least that was where i assumed Rick was pointing.
I just watched Rick's review about the book on ''Politics and Prose'' (You should watch it too)....
I love how never forgot about the original Percy Jackson series and even started making a DisneyPlus series that i would love to watch when it comes out.
He's just an awesome guy that loves his fans more than everything. He even started learning Irish mythology only to (potentially) make a new book series.
I grew up with his books and i will miss them forever...
It might be over but one can always revisit Camp Halfblood and camp Jupiter anytime! 😊
All good things must end ! But what a journey it’s been 😃
Estelle’s eyes though 😂
She deserves all the hats
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i legit teared up when he stabbed Python with The Arrow of Dodona
Same 😕
I am still on The Tyrant’s Tomb and I am procrastinating finishing that because I know that Tower of Nero is the end.
NO YOU MUST READ THE WHOLE SERIES
@@thatmushroomboy5207 Even if I don’t yet own books 2 or 3 of trials of Apollo. I do have the whole trials of Apollo series on audiobooks and I have listened to them up to the book 3. And I just received both the tyrants tomb and the tower of Nero.
Sometimes I wish that authors would go overboard into the mundane like in Sophie’s World. After that book ended, the author just carried on and we got to see a lot of “unnecessary ” detail post main story. That style of writing is too rare.
Having said that, I don’t want this series to end. I’m too attached to the characters to just let go. This is why I hate (love) reading. Too many strong emotions.
I want to see the collage life before and after of Percy and Annebeth. I want to see what becomes of Piper. I want to see details of Jason’s existence in Elysium. I want to see how Frank and Hazel get on. Will she introduce Frank to Hades? And what about some more detailed development of Leo and Calypso’s relationship? Does she recover all her powers and become immortal again? And then there’s Meg. That last line she said to Apollo before he went off to battle Python, “Just come back to me”….. There must be more to that. I think she was falling in love with Lester/Apollo. There must be more there…. I wish I could implore Rick to continue the series.
Spoilers!
Idk if it was just me but I found the ‘death’ of the Arrow of Dodoma so sad; the way he just gave up everything for Apollo, he had chastised him the entire journey, but he showed his true bravery at the end, and saddest of all was how moved Apollo was by the arrow’s ‘death’, he was so sad that he had lost one of his earliest companions, and it showed him how much people had done for him. And when he finally got his immortality back, he was sad because he knew that he could never have another taste of a mortal life, which he realised that he had loved, and eventually his friends would pass away, but he would remain forever... The clarity and sadness that he feels at the end is so moving for me
Loved it! I liked every detail of the book! Your summary is also excellent!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Do you think you’ll review the Kane chronicles, I would love to see that
I'm still thinking about it (but probably yes)
You really just manifested The Sun and The Star right there XD
Awesome video review!
I have the audiobook. And I debating if I should get the actual book. Would you recommend getting the actual book?
I mean its a beautiful cover!
It is right. I will probably get it’s I just don’t to pay shipping. As I always try to get free shipping even if I have to order more.
So after reading the tower of Nero, which is your favorite toa book?
Burning Maze, or Tyrants Tomb
@@StillWaitingForMySatyr interesting!
This or Tyrants Tomb
I can’t believe that they made Annabeth go to the same college as Percy because Annabeth is so smart and imho she probably could have gone to an Ivy League university. I think that is what I don’t like about Percy and Annabeth. Because if they are really endgame they could handle going to different universities and it would have been more realistic.
UC Berkley is a top school actually, she's duel enrolled at New Rome University
@@StillWaitingForMySatyr that’s awesome because yes Annabeth deserves to go to top 10 school. Percy is awesome also but Annabeth and Piper are my role models.
@@logann-mackenziefroste563 she has 2 learning disabilities and hasnt had a proper school education since she was 7 and the US public schools are terrible with kids with disabilities, she wouldn’t get into an ivy league, shes smart but not a genius she knows facts about very specific things only in history and literature. there are more subjects in school than history and literature like maths, sciences, etc.
@@liviamcintyre3189 I admire Annabeth and after learning what happens to her I am even more impressed with her character. As book characters go she is awesome!
Love your video
I miss Jason :(
7:30 I think it was Styx not Nyx
It is! Sometimes I cant talk
@@StillWaitingForMySatyr Nyx is the goddess of the night or darkness I think so the slip up makes sense XD
Do you know when the book will be translated to other languages? Pls answer
I do not