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A review by nilchance
Big Red Tequila by Rick Riordan
2.0
I think Riordan is stronger in 3rd person or in multiple 1st person narrative structure, because his everyman characters aren't necessarily as accessible as stories where there's more than one main
character to latch on to as a reader. I think the fact that he wrote the adult series before Percy Jackson and before maturing as a writer (with better pacing, less clunky exposition, etc) and, as a real-world mystery, the story is going to be less charming / interesting to me personally than his mythology books.
Also, without the charm of the mythology books, the race/sexism/fat fails are much more pronounced to me.
character to latch on to as a reader. I think the fact that he wrote the adult series before Percy Jackson and before maturing as a writer (with better pacing, less clunky exposition, etc) and, as a real-world mystery, the story is going to be less charming / interesting to me personally than his mythology books.
Also, without the charm of the mythology books, the race/sexism/fat fails are much more pronounced to me.