Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief by Rick

Riordan book review

Assalamualaikum and a very good morning to my beautiful teacher, Pn.
Siti Nur Saleha and to my dear fellow classmates. Today, I would like to
present to you a book review of one of my favourite science fiction books,
titled The Lightning Thief written by Rick Riordan.
A couple months ago when I had the whole month of school holiday, and
was stressed to the maximum on the remaining two weeks before school
started, I wanted something to relieve all that pressure. After going
through my brothers stuff, my eyes caught a glimpse of his collection of
science fiction books and wandering why he likes reading them so much. I
settled on this series of Percy Jackson books and dove into the first
title, The Lightning Thief written by Rick Riordan.
I was immediately hooked. The storyline was fun, original, and surprisingly
accurate to the original myths. My knowledge of Greek mythology is
limited, but after researching some of the stuff I didnt remember, it turns
out Riordan knows his stuff. After a while, I began to trust him and quit
looking things up on Wikipedia.
The first book introduces us to Percy Jackson, a young boy who always has
strange things happening to him. He eventually winds up at Camp HalfBlood where he learns the truth about his parentage. His father, turns out,
is an Olympic God. Apparently the gods get a little frisky for human mates,
creating half-blood children with powers. Percy is thrust in "hero-dome"
and must save the day. Of course, there is a prophecy about his future,
which adds to all the mystery and suspense.
Onto the book itself, Percy Jackson in his own words:
I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball,
skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher.
Thats when things really started going wrong. Now I spend my time
fighting with swords, battling monsters with my friends and generally
trying to stay alive.
If that synopsis does not draw you in to read this action-packed book we
are not on the same wavelength but hey, thats fine because everyones
different. Basically as suggested by the title this is the book where poor

normal Percy is accused by Zeus, the God of the Sky of stealing his
lightning bolt. Percys world turns upside down not just because of that
minor situation, also because he didnt even know he was destined for all
this stuff. Not only that, but if he doesnt do it before the summer solstice
a war between the Gods will erupt like a volcano on one of its really bad
days.
Whats great about the way Rick Riordan has written the novel is that
without realising it the audience are being educated in Greek mythology
to an extent if you think about it; I dont know about others who may have
had a chance to read it but, personally, beforehand I never would have
been able to name Greek Gods. However, some may argue that you cant
take it seriously, because, yes they do seem to be living in the USA, but
thats the fun of fiction! Its a playground for our imagination, a chance to
get lost, forget the world around us and open our minds to completely
alien realms or like in this book, see our world in a mystifyingly different
light.
This book series for me was awesome, jam-packed with bits of history,
intertextual references to a lot of famous USA landmarks, making it easy
to imagine battles and the light-hearted humour between Percy, Grover
and Annabeth. Weve got some mythological creatures tossed in there
along with food of the Gods that Ive heard of and now really want to try...
look out for ambrosia and nectar and youll get my drift. Romance may
also be on the cards between Annabeth and Percy in future books I feel,
unless Riordan does a plot twist by making Annabeth go for Grover
instead. Who knows where friendship may lead us?
If I was to put my English lit student cap on Id say this book was about
Percys self-discovery and learning to accept who he is as well as what
hes more than capable of. Id say it gives kids the message that believing
in yourself, no matter who you are, is vital. After all if you cant believe in
yourself then no one else can.
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is a terrific tale of friendship and
heroism. Its got humour, light history, adventure and action. The best
part is that this isnt the end. Theres at least four to five more books to
look forward on reading, that is The Heroes of Olympus book series.
So if you have been avoiding this series thinking they won't be any good,
or that they're silly, or that they're trying too hard, you need to set those
thoughts aside and give them a try. I found them to be fun, action-packed

reads that did something original.

And if that recommendation isn't enough for you, I read all five books in
just a week. That is how hooked I was.

Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief by Rick

Riordan series review
Assalamualaikum and a very good morning to my beautiful teacher, Pn.
Siti Nur Saleha and to my dear fellow classmates. Today, I would like to
present to you a book review of my favourite book series.
A couple months ago when I had the whole month of school holiday, and
was stressed to the maximum on the remaining two weeks before school
started, I wanted something to relieve all that pressure. After going
through my brothers stuff, my eyes caught a glimpse of his collection of
science fiction books and wandering why he likes reading them so much. I
settled on this series of Percy Jackson books and dove into the first
title, The Lightning Thief written by Rick Riordan.
I was immediately hooked. The storyline was fun, original, and surprisingly
accurate to the original myths. My knowledge of Greek mythology is
limited, but after researching some of the stuff I didnt remember, it turns
out Riordan knows his stuff. After a while, I began to trust him and quit
looking things up on Wikipedia.
The first book introduces us to Percy Jackson, a young boy who always has
strange things happening to him. He eventually winds up at Camp HalfBlood where he learns the truth about his parentage. His father, turns out,
is an Olympic God. Apparently the gods get a little frisky for human mates,
creating half-blood children with powers. Percy is thrust in "hero-dom" and
must save the day. Of course, there is a prophecy about his future, which
adds to all the mystery and suspense.

Onto the book itself, Percy Jackson in his own words:

I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball,
skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher.
Thats when things really started going wrong. Now I spend my time
fighting with swords, battling monsters with my friends and generally
trying to stay alive.
If that synopsis does not draw you in to read this action-packed book we
are not on the same wavelength but hey, thats fine because everyones
different. Basically as suggested by the title this is the book where poor
normal Percy is accused by Zeus, the God of the Sky of stealing his
lightning bolt. Percys world turns upside down not just because of that
minor situation, also because he didnt even know he was destined for all
this stuff. Not only that, but if he doesnt do it before the summer solstice
a war between the Gods will erupt like a volcano on one of its really bad
days.
The second book, The Sea of Monsters, picks up a year later. This was my
second favourite of the series, since the storyline was so familiar. We see
a lot of the myths and legends rampant in Odysseus' tale from The
Odyssey. It was exciting and captured the essence of the monsters and
villains perfectly. When Percy encounters Circe? I was in love with that
chapter.
The third book, The Titan's Curse, was my favourite of the series. It picks
up the story later on, and we begin to see a new maturity and strength in
Percy. I am always bothered by series where the main character shows
little growth, especially over a period of time. But Riordan made sure to
have his characters grow, and that is clear in this novel. There are scenes
where Percy is challenged to do things he never thought he could-that
shows growth.
The fourth book, The Battle of the Labyrinth, was my least favourite of the
series. While the writing was certainly good and captured my attention, I
had a hard time getting into the story. Perhaps it was the way their story
developed, but in certain areas, I felt the story was rushed. In other
places, I wanted more action. I also was not a fan of the character Rachel.
I think she took away from the action and pace of the story. I was also
unhappy with the fact that I didn't get the answers I thought I deserved. I
wanted more.

The last book, The Last Olympian, was the perfect ending to an awesome
series. It made up for the last book with powerful passages and gripping
action. I was flipping pages as fast as I could read them. I couldn't wait to
see what would come of the prophecy, who would win in the last major
battle, and what would happen to Percy. I was sucked in.
The battle scenes and action were non-stop. I loved the scenes in
New York City. But more than anything else, I love how Riordan brought his
series to a close. The answer to the prophecy was perfect and fitting to
the growth and change Percy underwent throughout the series. I couldn't
have asked for a more satisfying ending.
Whats great about the way Rick Riordan has written the novel is that
without realising it the audience are being educated in Greek mythology
to an extent if you think about it; I dont know about others who may have
had a chance to read it but, personally, beforehand I never would have
been able to name Greek Gods. However, some may argue that you cant
take it seriously, because, yes they do seem to be living in the USA, but
thats the fun of fiction! Its a playground for our imagination, a chance to
get lost, forget the world around us and open our minds to completely
alien realms or like in this book, see our world in a mystifyingly different
light.
This book series for me was awesome, jam-packed with bits of history,
intertextual references to a lot of famous USA landmarks, making it easy
to imagine battles and the light-hearted humour between Percy, Grover
and Annabeth. Weve got some mythological creatures tossed in there
along with food of the Gods that Ive heard of and now really want to try...
look out for ambrosia and nectar and youll get my drift. Romance may
also be on the cards between Annabeth and Percy in future books I feel,
unless Riordan does a plot twist by making Annabeth go for Grover
instead. Who knows where friendship may lead us?
If I was to put my English lit student cap on Id say this book was about
Percys self-discovery and learning to accept who he is as well as what
hes more than capable of. Id say it gives kids the message that believing
in yourself, no matter who you are, is vital; after all if you cant believe in
yourself then no one else can.
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is a terrific tale of friendship and
heroism! Its got humour, light history, adventure and action. The best

part is that this isnt the end. Theres at least four to five more books to
look forward on reading The Heroes of Olympus book series.
So if you have been avoiding this series thinking they won't be any good,
or that they're silly, or that they're trying too hard, you need to set those
thoughts aside and give them a try. I found them to be fun, action-packed
reads that did something original.
And if that recommendation isn't enough for you, I read all five books in
just a week. That is how hooked I was.

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