Book Review: The Lightning Thief
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 1:46 PM | 0 comment(s)

Percy Jackson is a normal twelve-year old boy (or so he thought), who is diagnosed with ADHD. His ADHD causes him to lack control and get into trouble over and over again. What Percy doesn’t know is that his misbehavior may have something to do with him being a “half-blood”— the son of a human and a Greek god. Percy becomes aware of his true identity when he loses his mother and is sent to a “half-blood” camp. After being at camp, Percy discovers that his father is the Greek god Poseidon. Percy has become a pawn in a battle between the gods that may be the cause of World War III.

Percy is sent on a journey to the underworld to retrieve Zeus’s stolen lightning bolt from Hades. Grover, the satyr, and Annabeth, the daughter of Athena, accompany Percy on the journey. If all goes well, their quest should restore peace on Mount Olympus (which is the 600th floor of the Empire State Building). On their journey to the underworld, they battle a variety of mythological beings and receive guidance from Percy’s mother Sally and a centaur named Chiron. This fast-paced, engaging tale will easily capture and hold the interest of young adult readers from Percy’s warning to the reader on page one until the surprise twist at the end. ©



Honestly, I am under a writer’s (or blogger's) block curse for a couple of weeks now. I thought that reading something like Percy Jackson and the Olympians would rescue me from this damned brain chains, but I was wrong. Well, it had improved my imagination and humor, but still, I am lost for words... so my book review for this book is very stupidly plain and non-sense (Great. I could hear Rick Riordan and Percy mutter in annoyance).


WHY I LIKE PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF.

Percy Jackson is adorable and brave.

It reminds me of Harry Potter. I am sorry for the comparison. I just noticed.
The Olympians and mythological creatures are crazy. Ares travels with his motorbike; Medusa sells gnomes for a living; Hermes manages a delivery express business; Hephaestus runs a satellite TV station; Poseidon is tan and wears khaki shorts and a Hawaiian shirt; Cerberus likes to play with red rubber balls; the dead takes an elevator to the Underworld.

Rick Riordan is just humorous and very clever with his ideas.

It’s not the typical adventure book – it isn’t very formal and deep and serious. It’s actually very spontaneous and narrative, like Percy was roughly writing his own autobiography and is giving the readers a sneak-peek of it.

It differs from the movie, seriously.

So yeah, that’s about it. I’m not really good with reviews (they’re always too crappy). But Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a good series to read. It’s funny and exciting and really educational (that’s true). I would have had read it when I was in high school. It’s definitely more entertaining to study than the usual references.

He was slumped over, blood trickling from the side of his mouth. I shook his furry hip, thinking, No! Even if you are half barnyard animal, you’re my best friend and I don’t want you to die!

Hades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of his black robes, faces of torment, as if the garment was stitched of trapped souls from the Fields of Punishment, trying to get out. The ADHD part of me wondered, off-task, whether the rest of his clothes were made the same way. What horrible things would you have to do in your life to get woven into Hades’ underwear?

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