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The Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan

4.26 AVERAGE


OH HOW I LOVE
adventurous funny informative fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I grew up with YA dominating a lot of my middle school years. I fell in love with Divergent, the Hunger Games, and several other series but all the while a lot of my friends praised the Percy Jackson series a ton and I never got around to it until I discovered audiobooks.

Overall I had expected things to be a little bit more dramatic but as a kids book I can't blame it for going the direction it did. I got a lot of harry potter vibes and it very much felt like a Disney* ( yes I know they are developing a series) version of greek mythology. Very watered down and cheesy. But I really did enjoy it.

There were a lot of callbacks to the original stories that I liked, but the amount might've been a bit much. There are at least five main conflicts that Riordan jam packs into the span of a few chapters, and I feel that a little bit more buildup to fewer hazards might of strengthened the story.

Anyway I'm interested on seeing where everything goes!
adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

Kocham całym sercem❤️
medium-paced

i liked the story but at times i found the book rather boring. I think that is because i am 18 and i should've read the book when i was younger.

rick riordan hat weirdly den gleichen humor wie ich

griechische mythologie in einer geschichte verpackt hell yeah

protagonist, der nicht nur ADHD coded ist, sondern offen ADHS hat hell yeah we love visibility