Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 2: The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan (Epub)

Description

Thor’s hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon–the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn’t just lost. It has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can’t retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin. The Nine Worlds will burn. Unfortunately, the only person who can broker a deal for the hammer’s return is the gods’ worst enemy, Loki–and the price he wants is very high.

User’s Reviews

Review PRAISE FOR THE HAMMER OF THOR “Riordan combines Norse mythology with a number of social issues: gender fluidity, disability, and race and religion. There’s some crossover with characters from Riordan’s other series, and the ending promises more overlap in future installments. A surefire hit.”–BooklistPRAISE FOR THE HAMMER OF THOR “The latest installment in Riordan’s Nordic-themed fantasy series is a fast-paced adventure narrative featuring snappy dialogue and a diverse cast of well-developed characters. The author possesses a singular talent for re-creating contemporary teenspeak. An entertaining sequel that will whet fans’ appetites for the next installment.”–Kirkus Reviews –This text refers to the library edition.

Reviews from Amazon users, collected at the time the book is getting published on UniedVRG. It can be related to shiping or paper quality instead of the book content:

⭐ Disappointed. Definite agenda and right off noticed obvious digs at my personal religious beliefs. I’m a fan of mythology and enjoyed these books until the author decided to make them his soapbox. Deleted from my device and didn’t get past the first few chapters. Looks like this author is no longer an enjoyable read. My beliefs are attacked on a daily basis now, I’m sure not going to pay for it!

⭐ I discovered Rick Riordan as a mature adult and have been enjoying his stories overall. However, to the Magnus Chase series is my least favorite for two reasons. First, the characters are Viking editions of the Percy Jackson characters. Riordan did Percy Jackson so much better. Second, the Magnus Chase series is a walking political agenda for identity politics — and that part of the series is laughable and preachy.Riordan has written some entertaining series. He writes for the young adult audience but folks of all ages can enjoy his stories. If you’re in the mature range, the reading is fast and don’t expect to broaden your vocabulary. However, Riordan provides an entertaining twist on ancient mythologies.Here’s my recommendations:1. Percy Jackson series – Excellent! Lots of engaging characters to enjoy and care about. Entertaining plots.2. The Kane series – Good. Same as above.3. Apollo series – Good. It’s hilarious to hear Apollo’s god-y perspectives. Meg is a bore, though, and my least favorite character to date in the Percy Jackson world.4. Magnus Chase – Okay. The character personalities are reboots of Percy Jackson. I kinda of care about them and kind if don’t. The series is more violent. And there’s the identity politics agenda.

⭐ Loved the Percy Jackson stories and the first Magnus Chase was decent. This seemed to focus more on political correctness instead of a story. Characters weren’t developed, instead of developing them and showing us why you should embrace and celebrate someone different….the story was you must accept me without condition regardless of if I’m a jerk. The characters were terrible. Won’t buy any more books in this series.

⭐ Book came in pretty good condition, had some sticky residue on the front and back of the jacket cover that left an oily stain behind?? But the 5 stars is for the content of the book… what a foolish 16 year old i was…. I remember buying the first book on my kindle in like 2016?? 2017?? But i read like the first 10 pages and was like “not percy jackson…me no like” and here i am at 20 years old during COVID quarantine and have reread all of harry potter, percy jackson, kane chronicles, and heores of Olympus so i decide “I’ll try reading this again”. Needless to say, i ran through the first book in about a day, and i really liked it so i ordered the rest here (along with trials of apollo bc i love me some greek mythology) and now that I’ve finished magnus chase can i just say: I truly think this series is one of rick’s most well written ones (along with trials of apollo). It’s very inclusive and you can tell riordan works hard to get representation as close and respectful as possible. I thought samirah and alex were wonderful characters that are often never represented in media, and if they are, its in a very stereotypical and harmful way. Alex is my favorite character now (viva mexico!!!) and i feel that her characterization was a breath of fresh air in the riordanverse. I really wish this series was longer or riordan would write a sequel series like he did with pj, but alas, the best stories know when to end on the right note (though if he DOES announce a sequel or marvel mashup type series of his universe… i may or may not dance in my underpants)P.S. for all people in the comments that seem to hate this series because it’s “too inclusive” or “pandering to liberals”: sorry that you think lgbtq+ people are some kind of rare less-than-human species and that having several non-white characters is unrealistic. It’s not. Having an all/majority cis non-poc cast would be quite strange actually. Alex, tj, blitz, and sam are the only blatantly stated poc characters, while magnus, mallory, halfborn, and hearth are stated or coded as white. Out of those, only two (magnus and alex) are clearly written as not heterosexual and alex is trans-genderfluid. The rest are up for interpretation as they are not stated outright to be heterosexual or part of the lgbtq+ community. Not to mention the slew of side characters that don’t have gender or sexuality commented on. Which means that even in a book that has far more representation than any other mainstream book I’ve read, its not some sort of leftist propaganda so many close minded people like to claim it is… it’s just more realistic (in terms of diversity).

⭐ My 13 year old son and I loved the book. We enjoy Rick Riodan’s writing. I am a bit conservative, but there is a character who is transgender. Had to Explain that, but this character is also a shape shifter, so explanation was ok. Interesting character.Definitely worth the read.

⭐ So i don’t even know where to start. I mean wow. Just wow! Ok so i guess i should start with maggie(nickname for magnus!). Well i mean he’s the same old cute blondie we feel in love with on the first book.And brand new character Alex Fierro. Just the most awsome ninja-butt kicking-fist throwin-angel-warrior-princess there ever was.And when she/he put on the wedding dress and we saw magnus thoughts on that… well i think we all know whats gonna happen to them in the third book. And of course the cutest one of them all…………..Hearthstone.When i saw the way his dad was treatin him… well this is what i would have said “Well sorry but i just want to ask you something. You Know You Have Two Sons RIGHT. I mean Come On bro.You and every single other person or thing would be dead. Yet you can’t realize that”. Yet he would probably find some snarky remark to make. So really that just proves how awsome he is. He has gon through multiple amounts of trama and still stays strong.But hey don’t take it from me.Read the book.I’m sure you’ve probably stoped reading this by now anyway. ; )

⭐ I loved the first book in this series, but this book was just irritating on multiple fronts. I’m not even going to both reading the next book in the series.

⭐ My 12 year old son isn’t a bookworm. He reads because he has to read either for school or because I make him. But he’s really enjoyed Riordan’s books and has asked for each new one coming out. And he read this in about 3 days. He actually walked around with his nose in this book vs an ipad or soccer ball at his feet. So I’m a big fan.

⭐ Modern mixes with gods of Asgard. Somehow I didn’t like this story as well as the first one but it was still entertaining. The gender changing girl seemed out of place in a story of the gods even if it existed since the beginning of time. I know from other reviews that some religious zealots have a problem with the concept of accepting this reality that gays exist or should be allowed to exist. I don’t have those prejudices but find that I don’t think reality has any place in fantasy. I read fantasy to escape from the world as it is. I don’t like reading about child abuse, wife abuse, and reality which is why I prefer fantasy. So, I will give this series a chance with one more book and see if the good guys gain any ground. So far it appears that the bad guys always seem to be winning.

⭐ All right, this is my second reading of this book. As I said in my review of the Sword of Summer, I read the entire Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Mr. Riordan. Yes, I still say Mr. Riordan put more thought and care into that series. That series completely sucked me in. This series, while I like the core characters, Magnus, Sam, Blitz, Hearth and Alex, it didn’t really get me involved with the story. I felt Mr. Riordan was telling me rather than involving me in the story. I don’t mind that he seemed to be lecturing on trans gender people, or religious beliefs since this is a Young Adult book, but it felt like most of the story was in that lecture tone.

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