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The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan
8 reviews
Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Blood, Car accident, Classism
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Violence, Car accident
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Abandonment, War, Classism
Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, War
Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Classism
-★★★★☆- (4.00/5.00)
My Grading Score = 80% (B+)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a franchise I surprisingly actually never heard of until I started to read books more recently and heard that it's basically up there in popularity right behind Harry Potter. I guess it never reached the popularity closer to Harry Potter because of the movies that bombed back in the 2010s. Either way, I heard heavy praise for this middle grade series and, over time, gained more and more interest.
The Lightning Thief I'll say did live up to the praise that I heard people throw around. I haven't read Harry Potter, but I did watch it, and I'll at least say that I prefer this to that. Nonetheless, The Lighting Thief, from jump, is very fast paced and throws you into the mix and intrigue of it's main character Percy Jackson and its plot at breakneck speed but it never felt like it was being rushed surprisingly and impressively enough. The other characters were all introduced fairly clearly and quickly as well, and the trio meshed pretty well as they went out on their quest, I liked them all.
The middle portion did almost lose me with them stopping to a location, a person tries to pull lure them in, they get tricked and barely get out of the situation. It was falling into a formulaic loop that was getting a bit stale for me, but as soon as I started to feel that way the climax of the book was here and the best chapters of the book which were the last 5 or so brought it back up very well. Also, the final chapter ended with a very good cliffhanger that entices me to read book 2 sooner rather than later.
Verdict
The Lighting Thief is a very good short and sweet book with a strong start, the bulk in the middle was alright but as soon as you may get an inkling of the feeling that it's overstaying it's welcome the climax of the book pulls you back in more engaged that the start of the book. Even with me not being its targeted audience, I would still say this book holds up for an older age reader like myself, and I'd recommend it.
I Really Liked It
Minor: Gore, Abandonment, Classism
Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Classism
Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Death of parent, War
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Classism
Minor: Child death
I loved this book when I first read it, and I still do!!
I will say a lot of the "darker" topics stood out to me more this time. Like Luke, he seemed more terrible and evil on second look. As well as the monsters and fighting. This is probably because I am older and can recognize messed up things more clearly than when I was twelve.
I am also so interested in the "other" trop. A character that is a literal or symbolically representation of being outcast.(Usually for something integral to that person-or something that they cannot change about themselves.) I feel like that can be shifted onto the half-bloods symbolically, even if it was not intended by the author.
Besides the more substantial topics, the humor is peak in the book!! All the sarcasm is great!
Over all still a good book!!
9/10 enjoyment
7/10 plot
8/10 character(s)
5/10 writing
5/10 texture and style
Finally, I am realizing how much this book has effected my taste in literature.(So interesting to go into my own psychological dichotomy!!)
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Car accident, Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Incest, Classism
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Classism