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The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

315 reviews

bleuennreads_'s review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The story itself is good, plus I love Greek mythology so what more could you ask for. But the writing style bothered me a bit (which makes sense since it's a more a middle-grade novel and I'm much older) and I admit that it kept me from completely hanging on to the book.

The characters are really endearing, even if Percy is a bit stupid (almost annoying sometimes), but he's funny and sassy so I forgive him :) I also love the dynamic between Percy and Annabeth, can't wait to see how it will evolve (even if I already know aproximately how it will end). And let's not forget Grover, I hope to see him again soon. I can't wait to see all three of them evolve and grow !

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ilana_banana's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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jjstallone's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny medium-paced

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trinidad_gondi's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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taryn_g's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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limiwh's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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honorablemmmention's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A good start to a hopefully great series. Bit thin and lacking in emotional moments, but it's entertaining.
The middle-grade style can be a bit cringy to read as I'm not the demographic, but whilst attempting to get into the habit of not opening my phone right after waking up, I had a ton of fun reading a chapter-a-day. Riordan definitely knows how to write a cliffhanger.
This might have had a bigger impact on me if I hadn't already seen the movie as a kid and known most of the general plot.
After finishing it a while ago, all that really stuck in my memory was the repetitive structure (although I know it was intentional). I'm almost just satisfied to leave my reading as a one-off, but I think we own all of the copies so I might as well give it a try.

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evieolive's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Damn I think I get the hype

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erinwolf1997's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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maggies's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I'm no longer the target audience for books like this—since I've aged out of it without the benefit of warm childhood memories, I had to continually remind myself not to be too tough on it. That and I'm just not really into Greek mythology. Sad to say I struggled to keep the various gods and other beings straight in my mind! However, a couple elements of the story struck me as odd, nearly 17 years after the book was first published:

References to the western world...saving it, destroying it, decrying it, praising it...in a children's book. At particular moments, the characters seemed to suggest that the non-western world wouldn't be impacted by a fissure in the western world, but this wasn't explained or explored. It also made me laugh that the US is obviously the modern seat of the western world. Okay.
On that note, setting the entrance to the underworld in Los Angeles was quite an interesting choice. Not entirely sure that we need more spurious "evidence" that LA is in some way aligned with satanic/hellish forces. That being said, I do doubt that this book is widely read among people who believe that, so probably matters very little.

All in all, an entertaining read if you're in the right mood.

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