Match BookThe House of Hades
Rick Riordan
2013 · 597 pages · Young adult
How it reads
The House of Hades is young adult (mythological quest fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.
It's set in several locations, in no single period, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are friendship, survival and power and politics. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.
It's a later book in a series — you'll usually want to start earlier. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. At 597 pages it's a real commitment. It's a mega-bestseller — the book everyone seems to have read.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something adventurous
- you want a book that pulls you through
- you want an escape
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or melancholy
- you want dense, lingering prose
- you hate waiting for a sequel
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- young adult
- Author gender
- male
- Author experience
- prolific veteran
- Setting: place
- multiple locations
- Setting: time
- timeless or multiple
- Mood / feeling
- adventurous
- Pace
- fast paced
- Tone / weight
- light and escapist
- Length
- long
- Narrative style
- third person, several viewpoints
- Publication era
- modern classic
- Popularity
- mega-bestseller
- Series vs standalone
- later in a series
- Themes
- friendship, survival, power and politics
- Ending style
- cliffhanger
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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The closest books in Match Book's catalogue across the same dimensions, and what they share.
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Empire of StormsSarah J. MaasShares: adventurous mood, light and escapist tone, fast paced, cliffhanger ending
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