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The Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan

4.26 AVERAGE

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
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book helps the reader to know all the greek gods, and mythology

Ready to watch the show

Ah childhood… How I wish I could go back to elementary reading this for the first time again.
Still is an amazing book.

once again. percy jackson. only boy ever

Genuinely abysmal translation. Riddled with errors and also generally inaccessible to anyone not familiar with Spain Spanish.
adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A buddy re-read with Gafyn ♡ 
I annotated the physical copy he bought me with my thoughts from the first time I read it with him and with my updated thoughts. 

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I'd already seen parts of the film and series, so I wasn't going in with a completely blank slate, which made it relatable (besides general Greek mythology knowledge), so that was actually nice. Very well written! Loved it!
adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted 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