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A review by carleighdipasquale
The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
2.0
You know that saying, "If you've got nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all"? Well, unfortunately I just cannot keep my mouth shut about Magnus Chase.
I seem to be in the minority here when I say I don't like the Percy Jackson series Rick Riordan is famous for. *prays to God Percy Jackson fangirls don't attack* I've started reading them before on multiple occasions, but every single time I dnfed before I could ever get too far into the books. So, when I first bought Magnus Chase in October, my initial thoughts were "Oh, this book is gonna be great! I mean, the plot and characters seem intriguingly epic, and who doesn't love a good fantasy book that isn't Percy Jackson?" My initial thoughts while actually reading were "When is this book finished? Good God it's boring and cliche and these characters suck!"
The first problem I encounter a few pages into this book were the characters themselves. Magnus is too arrogant, and his hall mates are quite boring. Ugh, I hated Sam, I'm pretty sure she's hooking up with Magnus in the sequel (obviously) and she was just a typical middle grade/ya sidekick. The only character I actually liked was Hearthstone, and he couldn't hear or speak. Yet he still had the best morals!
My next problem would have to be the fact that Magnus Chase is just so cliche! Having read Red Pyramid around three years ago, I was startled to see how achingly similar these books were. Maybe Rick Riordan should take a break from mythology based series. *once again prays fangirls don't come for me* This book had so much potential, but the author definitely played on the safer side with this. Everything written in Magnus Chase has been done before!
Don't even get me started on how bored I was while reading! I'm not kidding when I say I fell asleep twice while reading, and I thinks that explains enough.:/
So, maybe Rick's series just aren't for me...I'm pretty positive I won't be read anything else by him.:(
I seem to be in the minority here when I say I don't like the Percy Jackson series Rick Riordan is famous for. *prays to God Percy Jackson fangirls don't attack* I've started reading them before on multiple occasions, but every single time I dnfed before I could ever get too far into the books. So, when I first bought Magnus Chase in October, my initial thoughts were "Oh, this book is gonna be great! I mean, the plot and characters seem intriguingly epic, and who doesn't love a good fantasy book that isn't Percy Jackson?" My initial thoughts while actually reading were "When is this book finished? Good God it's boring and cliche and these characters suck!"
The first problem I encounter a few pages into this book were the characters themselves. Magnus is too arrogant, and his hall mates are quite boring. Ugh, I hated Sam, I'm pretty sure she's hooking up with Magnus in the sequel (obviously) and she was just a typical middle grade/ya sidekick. The only character I actually liked was Hearthstone, and he couldn't hear or speak. Yet he still had the best morals!
My next problem would have to be the fact that Magnus Chase is just so cliche! Having read Red Pyramid around three years ago, I was startled to see how achingly similar these books were. Maybe Rick Riordan should take a break from mythology based series. *once again prays fangirls don't come for me* This book had so much potential, but the author definitely played on the safer side with this. Everything written in Magnus Chase has been done before!
Don't even get me started on how bored I was while reading! I'm not kidding when I say I fell asleep twice while reading, and I thinks that explains enough.:/
So, maybe Rick's series just aren't for me...I'm pretty positive I won't be read anything else by him.:(