Hey people! Today I am going to review the Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightning thief this is the most amazing book besides a lot of other books so that makes no sense. Anyway this is an awesome book about a kid named... You guessed it! Percy Jackson. He is just a normal kid with ADHD and Dyslexia until he is attacked by his math teacher (I know it sounds weird but you will get it once you read the book) and whisked off to Camp Half-Blood where he learns about his Greek heritage and finds the identity of his father. He meets Annabeth Chase and goes on a quest to find the missing lightening bolt of Zeus, accompanied by Grover Underwood the Satyr he is friends with all through his first year at Yancy Academy. Anyway on his quest he has many adventures and finds that someone who he thought was a friend is a mortal enemy.
I really liked this book because it is near impossible to put it down and it is action packed along with the more nonchalant parts where he gets to better know his friends. After I read this book I became obsessed with Greek mythology along side my very good friend Jill. This was how good the book was. It helped me learn a lot about the Greek gods and goddesses and to this day I can name the bigger gods and and goddesses like Hera, Hades, Zeus, and Apollo but also most of the minor gods. I think this is a good book for anybody who likes fantasy and fiction and I hope you consider this review and read this series.
Happy Reading!!
Evie =)
I still haven't read it. The movie turned me off, but you told me the movie wasn't true to the book, so I guess I should give the book a chance. Greek mythology was one of my favorite things when I was a kid. I had a cool book with Aubrey-Beardsley-like illustrations in black-and-white. I am pretty sure it was "Myths and Enchantment Tales" by Margaret Evans Price. Later I got Bullfinch's "Mythology" and Edith Hamilton's "Mythology:Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" and some kids' versions of the Iliad and the Odyssey, but they didn't capture me quite the way that first book did.
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