book review: percy jackson and the olympians book 1

[thelake]

I felt like reading it because;

1. It's a kids book so I could read it much quicker.
2. It sounded fun.
3. Greek gods.
4. I am extremely bored at work.


- Judging from the looks of the movie I had absolutely no idea Percy would be 12 years old! And throughout the book I completely ignored that fact.

- I was more interested in portrayal of the Greek gods instead of the main plot, lol, so I had so much fun when I figured out Zeus kept whining about his lost lightning bolt, Poseidon being all careless, wearing hawaiian shirts and sandals and finally Hades being the arrogant and hateful brother who has no time for pleasure in the Underworld because it was getting too crowded!

- I knew Percy would be Poseidon's son from page 12, and kind of got restless as the writer kept hinting at it and finally revealing it on page 104.

- Percy, Grover & Annabeth = Harry, Ron & Hermione. There's just no way of twisting and turning it, it just is.

- It was full of action which was fun (for my 12 year old brain) and all those mythical Greek creatures were very nicely portrayed.

I may continue reading other books when I'm bored at work, but now I'll start reading Hunger Games. I also began to read The Mortal Instruments series, but couldn't get myself to care about it that much, I can always go back pick it up again of course. I have way too much time in my hands.

Comments

[katayla.livejournal.com]

WOO! I'm going to start reading these books soon. :) The Harry/Ron/Hermione comparisons are unfortunate, but probably inevitable.

And yay Hunger Games! I thought The Mortal Instruments series was okay, but wasn't as big a fan as some people. But Hunger Games is great.

[thelake.livejournal.com]

Percy's character was quite fun, I laughed out loud at some places :))

Hunger Games is very very good, I can even tell from 22 pages I've read so far. Good and extremely sad at the same time! :(

[hey-lily-rose.livejournal.com]

I love Greek gods.. any book with them in it will do. Maybe I'll read this one and if its good, I'll go watch the movie. :)

[thelake.livejournal.com]

It's not exactly revolving around the gods, but it's fun to read if you have some other material to compare it to in terms of portayal of greek gods. It's fun to make fun of Zeus haha!

[midorichi.livejournal.com]

He's supposed to be 12?! He sure doesn't look 12 in the movie. oO

Also, I read the first book for The Mortal Instruments series. I thought it was decent. I flew through it quite quickly and I normally read pretty slowly.

Oh if you're looking for other young adult books to get into, my friend told me to read "The Blue Sword". She says the first few chapters are a little draggy, but it gets really good. :]

[thelake.livejournal.com]

He doesn't at all! I think the kid who's portraying him is 18, not sure.

I'm still at the half of the mortal instruments book 1 and it's not horrible, but I need some more time to care about the characters, it just advances too quickly.

Oh I'll definitely check that one out, thanks! :D

[aftersix.livejournal.com]

Hawaiian shirt and sandals? LOL I have a feeling you just sold me on this book... it's not THAT strictly kids book though is it?

And you should read The Hunger Games already *nods*

[thelake.livejournal.com]

LOL =)) unfortunately we can't see so much of Poseidon throughout the book, but I'm hopeful about the rest of the series in terms of gods. And no, it's not THAT strictly kids book. Percy doesn't sound like a kid at all and the adventure is pretty fun to get into!

I did! I did! :D