Magnus Chase and The Hammer of Thor (Boo Paperback – 1 January 2017

Everything was in sound quality, nothing was damaged, the packaging was easy to tear and the pages didn't stick together

I ordered the Kindle version so my Review is basically about the book and not the service quality. This is the second book in the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series and it was a fairly good read! We get to see new realms as usual and this time we travel to Asgard, Midgard (duh), Jotunheim and Alfheim all to retrieve Thor's Mighty hammer, Mjolnir. We get to see some character develoment of older characters like Hearthstone and Samirah as well as introduction to newer characters like Alex Fierro (who is a great character in my opinion). The plot is entertaining in the beginning, slows a bit in the middle but the near the end you just can't stop reading! In my opinion it tops the last book and is a little more ambitious. Rick Riordan never disappoints and now I look forward to the next book!

Loved the book and good read for timeless

I have been a fan of the Percy Jackson and the Heroes of Olympus series and when the Magnus Chase's first book (Sword of Summer) came out I bought it ASAP and read it as fast as my brain could perceive it and it was fabulous, the same happened with this book....The story line is grippy and i couldn't get up until I finished it. It starts off when a masked assassin kills the Thor's goat Otis who had been giving Magnus the information about the lost hammer of Thor. And when Magnus gets inside the Valhalla after talking with Samirah he meets Sam's brother/sister ( I don't want to include spoilers so I'm not explaining :) ) who accompanies Magnus in search of the lost hammer which includes the meeting of lots of crazy people ( yep, I am sure you'd agree if you have read the book) ...Verdict - It's a great book, just go buy it!

MAgnus chase and the hammer of thr is the secnd book of the magnus chase series and is Awesome. I loved the first ne as well . My main main problem with the first one was that it didn't really flesh out magnus as a character. SO in this book , the hammer of thor is missing and magnus has to find it along with hearth blitz sam and all valhalla warriors . There is also a goat killer in there somewhere . Loki was really good in this book . There are many new characters who i loved . The book is fast paced and very interesting . You have a pretty good idea about the next book by the end of this, Uncle rick is great with characters and it showed in this book. For people wanting an appearance from annabeth are not really going to get it so dont expect it , shes there in it but barely . All in all it was a very very good book . I'd give a 4.5 out of 5 . The characters were great , the villains were great, it was interesting throughout and was fast paced. I think it was better than the first book .Guys read it , it was great...

Waiting for it a month

My son loved it 💕

Good

Never liked reading as I have ADD and ADHD so paying attention long enough to read a book was always impossible until 7th grade when I was introduced to Rick Riordan and I've read every single book starting with the lightning thief . It's very clear with Magnus Chase he still has the ability to write compelling stories to cause an addiction of reading and wonder to where it will take you next . I highly recommend this series along with all the ones before and after .

Great book for kids

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).

Ho-kay Mr. Riordan, you cannot end a book with that line and expect me not to squeal with unfiltered glee. Totally not my fault. I didn't realize how much I enjoyed this book until I finished it, and I can't believe I have to go through ANOTHER 4 hours of work until I can rush home to retrieve The Ship of The Dead from my shelf.I'm now sort of wishing I had interspersed reading these with the Apollo Trials book, but alas, what's done is done and I can't deny my binger nature.Now, about this book...Magnus Chase has fully stolen my heart. I am no longer a skeptic. I love this boy, and I love his story.Samirah is a badass queen and I am thriving in this boy/girl friendship that never once wavered.Hearth and Blitz are back and better than ever, and while we explored some of Blitzen's background in The Sword of Summer, we got to get to know Hearth more in this one, and it only made me love and admire him more.Now. I don't want to get spoilery. But if a single being in this universe touches a hair on Alex Fierro's head I will eat them, and excrete them, and feed them to the flowers. Protect A.F. until the end. (And Mr. Riordan, you better not be getting my hopes up for nothing.)I don't know what else to say. This book is rich with Norse Mythology, the old stories, yes, but this new, exciting, funny, moving new one as well.Riordan keeps upping his game by representing more and more diverse people in his books and I am. here. for. it. These characters aren't used as tools, they're not here to embellish the background, they come through with their messages loud and clear.Only now that I'm writing this (with watery eyes) do I realize how much I truly loved this. I'm so glad these books are out there. Hopefully, like Odin's Valkyries, they'll find heroes when they most need them and show them they are worthy.

Rick Riordan is one (in my opinion) of the greatest writers we could afford. He has evolved in a great an inclusive autor.The Magnus Chase Saga is an example of it, I was just not so thrilled at first for this new line of books. But I gave it a try and oh boy, it's magnificent. Riordan manages to find the exquisite balance between mythology, actually learning, and amazing plot line and beautifully written characters. Which have an eternal list of assets and liabilities that makes them real, who live in a real world that just happens to have Nordic mythology in it.Magnus Chase and the newly introduced character Alex Fierro have such great evolution throughout the book and so much charm and individuality that just make the story even greater, I so hope for more and more of this amazing saga.