The House of Hades US 📖

The House of Hades US

Rick Riordan
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fantasy urban fantasy / mythological adventure past tense third limited POV ~551 pp high worldbuilding

Vibe

apocalyptic high-stakes melancholic

A propulsive and dark fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Contains notable violence.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 78
sparsedense
Pacing 85
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 95
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 45
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 98
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 40%
seriouscomedic
Romance 30%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count137,814
Page count~551 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited