Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35094745-20180504013804/@comment-44089111-20191029223951

I definately feel ToA has gotten a darker tone, something I'm disappointed about. I read mostly YA dystopias now, and after a lot of depressing books (i.e. Mockingjay, Allegiant), I turn to this for lightheartedness. I just wanted a book where I wouldn't constantly worry about characters dying. I have to frequently look up spoilers for new books to make sure the characters I like don't die, and I feel like the only point of Jason's death was to teach Apollo a lesson. Also, it seems like Zeus is ok sacrificing his son and risking the entire world just to punish his other son... that doesn't really make sense or work in Zeus's character. TBM would have been better if RR had killed off a minor character, rather than a POV character from the Seven. Apollo still would have gotten the point, especially if it was one of his children (other than Will, duh). Jason was finally getting some character development and then it got cut off... sorry for the rant lol