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The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan
4.0

4.5 / 5 ~ Beautiful.

What I love about this trilogy is how heartwarming it is. I feel so much warmth in my heart right now, it's almost unbearable (almost).
The characters form their own (found)family who love each other to bits. They stick with each other no matter what, and all of them are adorable. Magnus forms this glue that shows how important everyone means to one another.
I adore how there is so much representation (muslim main character SAVING THE WORLD DURING RAMADAN!!!!, genderfluid main character (+ THE ROMANCE OMG), deaf main character and therefore a whole bunch of sign language...). I want to say the representation is great, because it feels that way and I haven't seen any negative comments from people concerned - but I don't have the authority on that.
It also deals with homelessness, found family, home, friends, FOUND-FAMILY!
My babies.

I guess the plot was cool. Norse Mythology is interesting, although I feel like we don't get to learn as much about Norse myth as we do in Uncle Rick's other mythological books. It does feel, however, like there is a chance of more stories focused on these characters so... Let's just wait and see.

The plot definitly isn't what makes this story stand out. It's the characters, how they evolve, how they love, how they live, how they give back. How darn loveable they are.