A review by olivia_coleman
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

This was a reread for me. I absolutely adored this book series as a middle schooler. As a dyslexic child I absolutely clung on to the fact that Percy and the other demigods were also dyslexic. It made me feel so much more connected to the characters and it gave me hope at a time I was really struggling with school. This time around I was so focused and annoyed about not remembering the ending that I feel I rushed through this reread and didn’t enjoy the story as much as I thought I would. I think also rereading this in semi tandem with first 4 episodes of show release made it had to follow and remember what I had seen vs what I had read. I wish I had waited till after I had finished watching the show in its entirety and given myself time to breathe before revisiting this book.