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A review by ranee_samaniego
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
4.0
This was my first time reading Percy Jackson as an adult, and The Lightning Thief held up well! The writing and characters are on the simpler side, but the story was still fascinating and intriguing. The Lightning Thief teaches us that we can be brave (even in the face of great fear... and death itself), we can carve our own path (no matter what others, including oracles or great centaurs, tell us), and we are valuable and wonderful in spite - and even because of - our differences.
As an adult, I think the true, unsung hero of the story is Sally Jackson. Her love for her child and the lengths she went to to support, protect, and love him is greater (in my opinion) than any hero's journey.
I will say that, as an adult reading young adult / middle grade novels, I find it ridiculous and wildly irresponsible that these ancient, thousand-year-old adults/beings put the fate of the world on three 12-year-olds' shoulders (yes, technically Grover is 28, but, because of how satyrs grow, he is the equivalent of a 12-year-old). No reasonable adult would ever do this. (And, yes, a huge point is that the Olympians are not very reasonable or responsible.)
As an adult, I think the true, unsung hero of the story is Sally Jackson. Her love for her child and the lengths she went to to support, protect, and love him is greater (in my opinion) than any hero's journey.
I will say that, as an adult reading young adult / middle grade novels, I find it ridiculous and wildly irresponsible that these ancient, thousand-year-old adults/beings put the fate of the world on three 12-year-olds' shoulders (yes, technically Grover is 28, but, because of how satyrs grow, he is the equivalent of a 12-year-old). No reasonable adult would ever do this. (And, yes, a huge point is that the Olympians are not very reasonable or responsible.)