Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
Audience: Young adult fantasy + mythology
Length: 377 pages
Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Release Date: June 28th, 2005
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BOOK SUMMARY:
Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school… again. And that’s the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy’s Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he’s angered a few of them. Zeus’ master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.
Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus’ stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.
I CAN’T BELIEVE I WAITED THIS LONG TO READ THIS.
This was so good I didn’t even bother taking notes for it (like I do with most reviews) because I didn’t want to stop reading to make a note of anything major.
It’s simple. It was a great more youthful read.
I love Percy and Annabeth. I already know they’re endgame and I am so here for this development. It was cute because I felt like they were twelve, but never so immature that I was distracted by it. The way Riordan presented them made them seem like characters you could love and understand. I felt they were relatable in many ways.
There were a lot of twists and turns and the action kept continually flowing (not to mention the funny chapter titles). I was actually a bit surprised when it came out who was the current bad guy. I didn’t see it coming, which is always a nice break. I thought the gods were fun and found it whimsical to picture Poseidon in a Hawaiian shirt and Zeus in a suit.
Don’t take this short review as a bad thing, it was a highly enjoyable read that kept me interested and intrigued for book two.
Overall audience notes:
- Young adult (leaning towards middle-grade) fantasy + mythology
- Language: none
- Romance: none
- Violence: never gory or overly detailed, knives physical, fire
I’m so glad you loved it! My sister is reading this series for the first time as well, and she’s really enjoying it – this is one of those series that I always want everyone to read! 😂 I can’t wait to see what you think of the rest of the books!
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Haha I feel so behind 😆 but yes! It’s a great series for all!!
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