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A review by cutenanya
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
4.0
I have finally completed the Percy Jackson series and I had a pleasant time sharing Percy's adventure and seeing Percy and Annabeth finally getting together (after bloody five years). I think overall this series is good but it just screams: I have the potential to be better!
One of the problem I have with this series is that though Percy aged from 12 to 16 across the five books, you don't really feel his narration has aged with him. Probably it's due to the POV, like you don't notice yourself aging, still, I find that a bit hard to believe.
Then, I have trouble with the climax of the last book. Everything has been building to a grand finale (in my mind) and instead, I felt cheated because things quickly resolve and you don't feel the story lives up to the hype the previous books been prepping me.
Still, it's fun and I shall return with the Heroes of Olympus and Magnus Chase (though I am tempted to read Magnus before HoO as I am a sucker for Norse mythology thanks to some god of mischief in some superheroes series XD).
One of the problem I have with this series is that though Percy aged from 12 to 16 across the five books, you don't really feel his narration has aged with him. Probably it's due to the POV, like you don't notice yourself aging, still, I find that a bit hard to believe.
Then, I have trouble with the climax of the last book. Everything has been building to a grand finale (in my mind) and instead, I felt cheated because things quickly resolve and you don't feel the story lives up to the hype the previous books been prepping me.
Still, it's fun and I shall return with the Heroes of Olympus and Magnus Chase (though I am tempted to read Magnus before HoO as I am a sucker for Norse mythology thanks to some god of mischief in some superheroes series XD).