The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
| Author(s) | Rick Riordan |
|---|---|
| Published | October 8, 2013 |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy |
| Age group | Young Adult |
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan is a young adult fantasy novel, originally published on October 8, 2013. It is the fourth book in The Heroes of Olympus series.
Contents
Trigger Warnings
outing: A character gets violently outed as part of the plot (which is completely unacceptable on the authors part, for the record." internalized homophobia: Previously afrorementioned gay character has a lot of internalized homophobia. violence: As in most of the CHB Chronicles books, there is violence. Many weapons are involved throughout the book, and two characters gets an arrow through the arm, one gets bitten by a sort of vampire and suffers a lot of pain for taking on "curses" as part of the plot.
Representation
An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.
It's crucial to realize that just because a character has an identity aligned with a marginalized group, doesn't mean they were represented correctly and authentically by the author.
MAJOR CHARACTERS:
- Piper Mclean - Indigenous Cherokee
- Hazel Levesque - Black
- Frank Zhang - Chinese
- Leo Valdez - Mexican
MINOR CHARACTERS:
- Reyna Ramirez-Arellano - Puerto Rican
SPOILERS FOR THE HOUSE OF HADES:
- Nico di Angelo - Gay
Tropes
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Controversies
Many parents did not want their children reading a book where there is a gay character who has a crush on the one of the current protagnists and protaganist of the last series. On the opposite side of the spectrum, you have the queer readers critiquing the way the series' first gay character was revealed. Not only this, but the other diverse characters are basically all done poorly.
