Name: The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, Book 1)
Rating: 4.086463223787168 (639 reviews)
ISBN: 9781484732748

Rick Riordan

How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favor. But Apollo has many enemies-gods, monsters, and mortals who would love to see the former Olympian permanently destroyed. Apollo needs help, and he can think of only one place to go . . . an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood.

The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, Book 1)

Johanam Abdalla

Because of the reviews I thought it would be so much better. now I don't know if I have outgrown this type of books or what

i loved learning about things that happened in the other series plus solangalo and leo coming back

Stella

Kat 

Apollo and Meg bro☹️

Apollo and his children too😭😭

Pjo Apollo is such a mood istg

Christine

I read this at 3 in the morning and for some reason I found it absolutely hysterical. I don't even want to question myself

Christine Kraus

I really enjoyed the pacing of this book and the way that Rick handled the characters' emotions and development. It contains his trademark humor and wit, yet also introduces more of Apollo's background and some stories we've never heard before. He also did a marvelous job of managing to tie together the events of both the series preceding this one in the Percy Jackson world, which really impressed me. I also found the haikus at the beginning of each chapter quite humorous.

I wasn’t feeling this book in the beginning but I ended up liking it a lot. Love nico and will. 

Leah Diaz 

apollo finding his home in camp half blood 😭😭 i loved this book i loved all characters 

julia

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! Apollo's character development was so good. Things that made me really happy: (view spoiler)[ 1. Percy Jackson is going to have a little sister!!! 2. Solangelo!! 3. Apollo and his children 4. LEO's RETURN!!! 

  Also I love how we are told about things that occurred back in PJO and never found out, how this group was behind Luke Castellan's rebellion and orchestrated Gaia's war.  (hide spoiler)]

nina 

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! Apollo's character development was so good. Things that made me really happy: (view spoiler)[ 1. Percy Jackson is going to have a little sister!!! 2. Solangelo!! 3. Apollo and his children 4. LEO's RETURN!!! 

  Also I love how we are told about things that occurred back in PJO and never found out, how this group was behind Luke Castellan's rebellion and orchestrated Gaia's war.  (hide spoiler)]

Ally

this was refreshing to read. there were fresh sentences and funny moments (aka the rick classic). would've been better if I actually remembered the percy jackson series

3.5/5 hubiera sido 5 si yo no hubiera leido nico first but that’s on me. anyway apollo es so silly

alexandra

oof the only good things about this book was nico and will, percy, and (SPOILER!!!!!) leo (OKAY END SPOILER).

i couldn’t stand apollo as a character and physically couldn’t bring myself to read the book after a few chapters. i put it off for a few years, and with each new release i’m like, “but it’s rick riordan & i love the pjo world!!!” so i decided to force myself to read it with the audiobook. 

conclusion: i still can’t stand apollo. i’m a character-driven reader and if i don’t like the mc, it’s reaaaally hard for me to enjoy the book. the other lead, meg, was better but not the pjo-hoo material i was expecting. the plot wasn’t enough to cover apollo’s annoying-ness, or maybe it was simply the way he was narrated. although apollo does change and get BETTER through time, he’s still ://// ugh. 

the best parts were definitely when old characters came back :’)). not sure if i’ll continue this series. i’m conflicted bc i love nearly EVERYONE ELSE except apollo, but this is the trials of apollo ;——;

Alexander Aguirre

I have so many things to share about this book. This review contains some spoilers, please read under your own responsibility. 

(view spoiler)[ Now, let's start with the good stuff. 
First thought about the book is a bad feedback, but a feedback anyway. Rick Riordan tried too hard to include LGBT characters, as a gay reader I do appreciate it but like not that hard man, make it more soft, more easy, not like, chapter one, gay chapter 2, gay and like it helps the plot, but kind of forces it (My opinion tho). This leads us to....
Thought number two: #Solangelo. What do I have to say about this? Well, like the 19366 character I have left would not be enough, I will need to summarize. Too rushed, too beautiful... I know, I know, those thoughts should not be together, is just I don't really know how to feel about Solangelo because, I mean, it was my OTP since The Blood of Olympus I was like O M G. But as a true shipper I expected more slow progress, I know it has been 6 months, but I really wanted to see Nico sweating in the Cabin 7 door with some flowers asking Will for a date.  I guess I'll have to survive with Fanfictions But I loved so much the way Will is so sweet and Nico is so  "Significant annoyance, in your case" I just loved it and hated it so I think it must be love. 
Third thought! My father Apollo, in case it is not obvious in the perfectness of my body OMG if I was not in love with this God now I am... Just kidding I was. The way uncle Rick put Apollo on the book is so f*cking The Titan's Curse I mean, like Gods! He's human, he must have like 1000000000 enemies and he is like "My midriff was covered with a floral pattern of bruises from my fall into the Dumpster and my subsequent kicking.  But even worse, I had flab! See what I mean? I completely loved it, completely loved the fact he has not forgiven himself for Hyacinthus and Daphne. I completely love how he accepts he's not a good father, but beyond that, I love the fact he looks forward to have it resolved even if we know Olympians are not allowed to interfere in the mortal life. Loved how he's not afraid of screaming and cursing Zeus, like who in the nine worlds would curse the big bad guy? Percy and Apollo. Which reminds me...

Thought number FOUR! it is number 4 right? Perseus Jackson. Am I the only one who sees Percy is ending like Luke? Like on The Heroes of Olympus says repeatedly he is tired of doing the Gods work and his first words to Apollo were "Why" which indicates he is getting even more tired, he did not even really help on the quest.  (hide spoiler)]

This is pretty much what I think about this gorgeous book. Rick please go and get you a beer, you deserve it.

Apollo tidak pernah merasa seterhina ini selama empat ribu tahun kehidupannya! Semua orang mengenalnya sebagai dewa paling tampan, paling berbakat, dan paling populer. Namun, kini wujudnya yang mengagumkan berubah menjadi sesosok remaja culun berambut keriting, dengan muka berjerawat dan perut menggelambir bernama Lester Papadopoulos! Sang Dewa Musik tidak lagi memiliki satu kekuatan dewata pun dan tanpa sengaja malah membuat dirinya terikat menjadi pesuruh seorang demigod remaja bernama Meg. Siapa yang membuat Apollo dikutuk menjadi manusia fana dan berakhir di dalam salah satu tong sampah di New York? Apa yang harus dia lakukan demi mendapatkan kembali wujud dewatanya dan pulang ke Olympus? [Mizan, Fantasi, Noura Books, Nourabooks, Novel, Rick Riordan, Percy, Terjemahan, Best Seller, Indonesia]

The Trials of Apollo #1

The Hidden Oracle

Stef

Buku pertama dari Rick Riordan yang di baca tahun ini. Hampir satu bulan buat nyelesain buku ini, premis nya masih sama soal dewa-dewi yunani dan kali ini yang jadi lead chracternya dewa apollo yang di kutuk menjadi fana dan menjalani misi untuk mengembalikan status dewanya. Well, dari segi karakter kurang suka sama apollo ini. Karakternnya sedikit annoying dan ngga bikin aku yang baca simpati sama dia. Dan karena sifat karakternya yang begitu yang buat bikin lama bacanya. 

Meskipun apollo nya bukan likeable karakter, plot dan beberapa jokes nya masih oke dan bikin tahan untuk nyelesain bukunya. Masih bakal lanjut baca buku keduanya, semoga apollo less-annoying :)

Anna

Bon pour l’instant je suis septique. Pas un coup de cœur il ne se passe quasiment rien dans ce premier tome.
Mais je sais que la suite va être incroyable comme toujours. Pour moi ce tome c’est une mise en place du contexte de cette nouvelle quête ! J’ai hâte de lire la suite pour retrouver définitivement l’univers des demi dieux !!!

The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, Book 1)

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