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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

54 reviews

_ren's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Grief

Moderate: War, Vomit, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing and Gun violence

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Physical abuse, Gun violence, Death, and Alcohol

mollymoo1234's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

So this is my first time reading the Percy Jackson books and I had heard amazing things about them and one of my best friends also recommended them so being the book nerd I am I obviously bought the whole series before even reading the first book ( like one does :D) at first it took me a while to get into it but once I got in I was hooked I just love the way this book is written so much from Percy’s weird thoughts to the chapter names like “ we take a zebra to Vegas “ I also love how much character development there is in this book and really enjoyed it , hope this helps 
Enjoy xx 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Car accident, War, Bullying, Death, and Child death

vas_17's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Domestic abuse, and Violence

emohell's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

forgot how much i loved this series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Violence, Bullying, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol

c_e_w's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Gore, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

flaminghotchertos's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Addiction, Child death, Violence, Death, Blood, War, and Alcohol

stinkyrat's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Ableism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Physical abuse

foxo_cube's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This was a really fun read. I was never a big one for YA series growing up, but some friends of mine recently(ish) insisted I just HAD to read the Percy Jackson books, so I bought the series when I was able to.

Even if I didn't have the whole series on my bookshelf, I'd have wanted to get hold of the second book, because I enjoyed this one more than I'd expected to!

The way that Riordan incorporates modern elements into Greek myth and vice versa is really funny and nicely done. The story is told from Percy's perspective and feels convincingly like a confused, slightly angsty 12 year old. His friends, Annabeth and Grover, fulfil the role of Brains and Comic Relief without it being grating. I'm really fond of Grover and his occasional goatiness.

The twists in the story are good and it overall makes for an enjoyable adventure.

The bit at the end with Luke's betrayal and connection with Kronos felt a little tacked-on, but it does give the story much more opening to continue. The bit at the end where Percy's mum uses Medusa's head to dispose of Gabe, however? Impeccable. The Medusa's head seemed like a Chekov's gun that wasn't going to be fired, but it was fired perfectly.

One criticism I think is worth mentioning is that there's a tendency for antagonistic characters to be ugly (and often, but not always, fat). It's a common trope but I'm not a fan of that.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

Minor: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Death, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Child death, and Ableism