Shoutout to Percy Jackson for being a kids book that straight up murdered the abusive step dad instead of doing some bullshit redemption arc where they have to forgive him
actually you know what’s especially cool? it’s a retelling of a myth in which perseus straight-up murders his abusive stepdad, and in this version the Big Change there was that instead, he gave his abused mom the opportunity to do the murder herself, on her own terms, when she was good and ready, which was very cash money of rick riordan if I do say so myself
















