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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Another great Percy Jackson edition! The way Riordan writes and comes up with new ideas, makes all the books in the series so unique and magical. It also means I never get bored or tired of reading about Percy’s adventures.
I’m enjoying these new novels and meeting gods we haven’t previously met or heard much from. It’s great that Riordan is mixing it up a bit and letting us hear from some of the lesser gods. Hecate was an interesting character to explore and I enjoyed the exploration of her pets, Hecuba and Gale. They were both humans previously, and it was nice to explore their feelings and emotions during their lifetimes.
Whilst the writing and the book itself is targeted at the middle school age group, I still quite enjoy reading these books. It doesn’t take much effort or brain power to easily read them because of the easy language. It doesn’t make the book any less impactful or fun, it just makes it a fun, light and easy read. I just need these types of books sometimes. It also lets you relive your childhood a bit and think about what you were doing at the age Percy is at, obviously not fighting monsters and arguing with gods lol.
Whilst this was very much Plot heavy, I just love how the characters are written and developed. In all the books and this one, we see the characters make these huge decisions and they have to cope with the outcomes of them. They always seem to grow as people, and it’s nice to seem them do this and their relationships with each other just get stronger. I also liked how Percy doesn’t just take things as it is, he always tries to change how things are done, little bit by little bit. It’s like him revolting at any chance he can get to bring about change, because the way Gods do things isn’t always right and fair.
Lastly, I enjoy how the circumstances aren’t so heavy in this new series. It’s nice to see some more low-key adventures where the consequence isn’t mass death, like the others. There are still complications, mess-ups and chances for injury and death, but it isn’t as high-stakes as the others in the series and this world. It makes it a little nicer on the reader.
Overall, I would absolutely recommend this series and this book to anyone and everyone!
Percy Jackson #7 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’m enjoying these new novels and meeting gods we haven’t previously met or heard much from. It’s great that Riordan is mixing it up a bit and letting us hear from some of the lesser gods. Hecate was an interesting character to explore and I enjoyed the exploration of her pets, Hecuba and Gale. They were both humans previously, and it was nice to explore their feelings and emotions during their lifetimes.
Whilst the writing and the book itself is targeted at the middle school age group, I still quite enjoy reading these books. It doesn’t take much effort or brain power to easily read them because of the easy language. It doesn’t make the book any less impactful or fun, it just makes it a fun, light and easy read. I just need these types of books sometimes. It also lets you relive your childhood a bit and think about what you were doing at the age Percy is at, obviously not fighting monsters and arguing with gods lol.
Whilst this was very much Plot heavy, I just love how the characters are written and developed. In all the books and this one, we see the characters make these huge decisions and they have to cope with the outcomes of them. They always seem to grow as people, and it’s nice to seem them do this and their relationships with each other just get stronger. I also liked how Percy doesn’t just take things as it is, he always tries to change how things are done, little bit by little bit. It’s like him revolting at any chance he can get to bring about change, because the way Gods do things isn’t always right and fair.
Lastly, I enjoy how the circumstances aren’t so heavy in this new series. It’s nice to see some more low-key adventures where the consequence isn’t mass death, like the others. There are still complications, mess-ups and chances for injury and death, but it isn’t as high-stakes as the others in the series and this world. It makes it a little nicer on the reader.
Overall, I would absolutely recommend this series and this book to anyone and everyone!
Percy Jackson #7 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
It truly pains me to rate a Percy Jackson book this low. But man I gotta 100% blame this book for sending me into a reading slump. The book isn’t the worst thing in the world, and it definitely gets a little better towards the end. However boy do I have some complaints:
For starters, this book really feels like it was rushed and written for the sake of being written and for no purpose whatsoever. It adds nothing to the characters or the world, the timeline is just completely forgotten about in this book, plot holes go crazy, AND my biggest problem here is the characters themselves. You know how hard it is to make me annoyed with these characters? Some of my favorite fictional characters. But in this book it just feels like it was written for children! And the Percy Jackson books have always been middle grade, but they are still enjoyable and mature enough to reread now and appreciate them. But in this book? Rick has written the characters, who are graduating high school and going to college, as if they were incompetent middle schoolers. Fart and Pee jokes are way too common in this book to the point where an entire character’s main thing is that they fart, and another character is constantly peeing themselves. Percy even pees his pants when talking to someone! THIS MAN HAS BEEN TO TARTARUS AND BACK AND YOURE TELLING ME HE PEED HIS PANTS IN FEAR???? Grover is also like insanely trashed on, to the point where the entire plot of this book revolves around a stupid baby mistake he makes that just feels way too immature, and Rick could’ve definitely come up with some other plot point that set the story into gear. Annabeth is also like strangely not very prevalent in this book. She does a few things, and she has a handful of sweet moments with Percy, but she doesn’t really do much besides be the one to come up with a plan.
Overall, this book really disappointed me especially after the last one was actually very fun and felt like a nice return to these characters. I’m hoping that Rick actually tries on the next one, and I really would like to see these characters be allowed to grow up. They deserve to be adults, not stuck with the personality of 8th graders. 3/5.
For starters, this book really feels like it was rushed and written for the sake of being written and for no purpose whatsoever. It adds nothing to the characters or the world, the timeline is just completely forgotten about in this book, plot holes go crazy, AND my biggest problem here is the characters themselves. You know how hard it is to make me annoyed with these characters? Some of my favorite fictional characters. But in this book it just feels like it was written for children! And the Percy Jackson books have always been middle grade, but they are still enjoyable and mature enough to reread now and appreciate them. But in this book? Rick has written the characters, who are graduating high school and going to college, as if they were incompetent middle schoolers. Fart and Pee jokes are way too common in this book to the point where an entire character’s main thing is that they fart, and another character is constantly peeing themselves. Percy even pees his pants when talking to someone! THIS MAN HAS BEEN TO TARTARUS AND BACK AND YOURE TELLING ME HE PEED HIS PANTS IN FEAR???? Grover is also like insanely trashed on, to the point where the entire plot of this book revolves around a stupid baby mistake he makes that just feels way too immature, and Rick could’ve definitely come up with some other plot point that set the story into gear. Annabeth is also like strangely not very prevalent in this book. She does a few things, and she has a handful of sweet moments with Percy, but she doesn’t really do much besides be the one to come up with a plan.
Overall, this book really disappointed me especially after the last one was actually very fun and felt like a nice return to these characters. I’m hoping that Rick actually tries on the next one, and I really would like to see these characters be allowed to grow up. They deserve to be adults, not stuck with the personality of 8th graders. 3/5.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
These low-stakes easy reads are pleasant, but Riordan's continuing drift into fanficy-ness continues, he seriously needs to log off.
Percy's quipiness has gotten Flanderized to the point where it makes the prose drag. If even half of the pop culture references (that dont even really make sense for when the book is set, but whatever) were cut this wouldnt be novel length. Then there's how it seems to take the fandom joke about how Percy is a useless idiot and Annabeth is the only one with a brain cell, and takes it literally. That's not what worked in the other books. And there's the thread started in House of Hades with the narrative guilting Percy about somehow wronging the monsters who try to kill him continues to be really dumb and reminded me of some fan trying to have a hot take.
But its just nice to revisit this world again, and if its not the best in the series, its not that big a deal, its not the important climax like Blood of Olympus.
Percy's quipiness has gotten Flanderized to the point where it makes the prose drag. If even half of the pop culture references (that dont even really make sense for when the book is set, but whatever) were cut this wouldnt be novel length. Then there's how it seems to take the fandom joke about how Percy is a useless idiot and Annabeth is the only one with a brain cell, and takes it literally. That's not what worked in the other books. And there's the thread started in House of Hades with the narrative guilting Percy about somehow wronging the monsters who try to kill him continues to be really dumb and reminded me of some fan trying to have a hot take.
But its just nice to revisit this world again, and if its not the best in the series, its not that big a deal, its not the important climax like Blood of Olympus.
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes