The Lightning Thief
By
Rick Riordan
I would have to say that I really liked this book. I'm not one to really pick up a book and read, but this book kept me interested the whole entire time. There really wasn't ever a dull moment or a slow part in the book. Well maybe the beginning was a little slow, then again what book doesn't have a little bit of a slow start. This book is part of a 5 book series and I think I'm going to have to read them all. While reading this book there was a lot of factors that really liked. Like the fact that most of the book is based on Greek Mythology, there is a lot of attack, and I can relate a little to the main character. Considering that I thought this was a really good book and I didn’t want to put it down, I would have to say I recommend my piers and anyone that likes Greek Mythology and attack books as much as I do. It ever have a bit of a love interest in the book. But I’m not going to spoil it!
What I thought was pretty unique to the book was that everything is based on modern times. But there is a huge twist. The book might be told in the modern day, but everyone might not be who they seem. In this book there are teachers in regular hightails that are actually centaurs. Which are half human and half horse. Then you have peers that might just be srytr sent to protect you. Or there might be Mount Olympus on the top of the Empire State building. All those things seem to make the book unique to others. Plus things like demi-gods, Greek mythology creatures, magic like powers, and pretty much any other Greek magical thing you could think of. Since the book had all of these special elements, I would have to say that is why I was so interested in this book.
If this was a world where everyday people could be secretly demi-gods or Greek Mythology creatures, then yeah the creatures were extremely believable! But it’s not so the characters weren’t to believable. Makes me go back to when I was a kid having a wild imagination and always thinking my dog was really a lion. I was a mighty princess warrior that would protect my stuff animals from getting attacked by the lion. Maybe I’m not a super skilled fighter with a crazy awesome pen that turns into a sword, but I could sure act like I was one when I was little. I can really relate to the main character, Percy Jackson, because just like him I am dyslexic and I love Greek Mythology. While I was reading this book, I was really surprised to see that the main character was dyslexic just like me and it made it really easy to relate. It always made me feel special because there is a book where the hero has the same issues as I do. Not many people I know understand how I feel everyday when I read things backwards, it takes a lot of while power to make sure you aren’t reading a sentence backwards, trying to read letters backwards, or completely mistake numbers or letters as something completely else. This book actually made me feel pretty good about myself and my handicap.
What I thought was pretty unique to the book was that everything is based on modern times. But there is a huge twist. The book might be told in the modern day, but everyone might not be who they seem. In this book there are teachers in regular hightails that are actually centaurs. Which are half human and half horse. Then you have peers that might just be srytr sent to protect you. Or there might be Mount Olympus on the top of the Empire State building. All those things seem to make the book unique to others. Plus things like demi-gods, Greek mythology creatures, magic like powers, and pretty much any other Greek magical thing you could think of. Since the book had all of these special elements, I would have to say that is why I was so interested in this book.
If this was a world where everyday people could be secretly demi-gods or Greek Mythology creatures, then yeah the creatures were extremely believable! But it’s not so the characters weren’t to believable. Makes me go back to when I was a kid having a wild imagination and always thinking my dog was really a lion. I was a mighty princess warrior that would protect my stuff animals from getting attacked by the lion. Maybe I’m not a super skilled fighter with a crazy awesome pen that turns into a sword, but I could sure act like I was one when I was little. I can really relate to the main character, Percy Jackson, because just like him I am dyslexic and I love Greek Mythology. While I was reading this book, I was really surprised to see that the main character was dyslexic just like me and it made it really easy to relate. It always made me feel special because there is a book where the hero has the same issues as I do. Not many people I know understand how I feel everyday when I read things backwards, it takes a lot of while power to make sure you aren’t reading a sentence backwards, trying to read letters backwards, or completely mistake numbers or letters as something completely else. This book actually made me feel pretty good about myself and my handicap.
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