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A review by talysalankil
Other Worlds by Jon Scieszka
2.0
Well…that was way not worth the trouble I had to go through to read it.
It's not terrible, mind you. I guess. It's just…more of the same. You could take any filler chapter in a PJO book and replace it with this one, or vice versa. And I guess I kind of outgrew the original PJO series, so…meh. Without a plot to frame the whole thing, the pointlessness is even more apparent.
I also have to ask: why are the gods such idiots? You need to use music to capture the monster of the day, so you give the task to a hero with no musical talent whatsoever? I think Rick Riordan should remember that there's a bunch of other demigods in his world, and that they probably get quests all the time too. If there's no specific reason to involve Percy, don't involve Percy.
I don't know, maybe I'm being too bitter.
It's not terrible, mind you. I guess. It's just…more of the same. You could take any filler chapter in a PJO book and replace it with this one, or vice versa. And I guess I kind of outgrew the original PJO series, so…meh. Without a plot to frame the whole thing, the pointlessness is even more apparent.
I also have to ask: why are the gods such idiots? You need to use music to capture the monster of the day, so you give the task to a hero with no musical talent whatsoever? I think Rick Riordan should remember that there's a bunch of other demigods in his world, and that they probably get quests all the time too. If there's no specific reason to involve Percy, don't involve Percy.
I don't know, maybe I'm being too bitter.