To put it plainly: I love The Olympians series. Rick Riordan manages to spin a vibrant and captivating story told from the eyes of 12 year old Perseus (Percy) Jackson, a boy who suddenly finds himself dragged from the relative safety of his snobbish boarding school into a world he had never before imagined – Camp Half-Blood. As it turns out, Percy is no ordinary boy. He’s part of a morbid prophecy foretelling the doom of the realm of the Greek gods. When his godly heritage is revealed, things take a turn for the worse when he gets accused of stealing Zeus’s lightning bolt.
Together with his newly acquired friends Annabeth (mandatory potential love interest) and Grover (mandatory comic relief), Percy goes on his very first demigod quest to retrieve his missing mother and clear his name. Riordan’s writing is quick and snappy, painting a lively, entertaining vision of ancient Greek mythology colliding with the modern world. Two thumbs up!
(If you’ve watched the completely bastardized film adaptation of this book, well… at least Grover was funny. Percy was a complete Zac Efron clone and Annabeth was a complete disaster. The plus side: James Bond is a centaur!)
See also: Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters, Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse, Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth, Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian, The Demigod Files, Demigods and Monsters
Plot/originality: 4.5/5
Characters: 4.5/5
Writing style: 4.5/5
Total score: 13.5/15
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