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Sep 05, 2011

Destinee rated it:

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Jan 29, 2012

Cara rated it:

Really is there something I could say that hasn't been said? Doubtful, but in utterly stupid human style I will write a review anyway attempting to tell people how cool this book is.

This is plainly an awesome idea. I had always wondered what happened to the kids of half gods/goddess and humans. Here's the story to quench your curiosity. Percy Jackson has been dumped around from border school to border school. He has never been quite like anybody else, but as the end of sixth grade More...

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Nov 15, 2011

Brigid *Flying Kick-a-pow!* rated it:

Hmm my old review for this kind of sucked. I feel like I've rewritten this review like twenty times, but oh well.

I guess I just can't do this book justice. Percy Jackson & the Olympians is one of my favorite series, despite the fact that I think it's probably aimed more toward 12-year-old boys, and ... well, I'm a 19-year-old girl. But I can't help it. I fell in love with these books when I was around 12 and I never outgrew them (which is something I can't say for most books I liked w More...

59 comments like (35 people liked it)

Dec 21, 2011

K.D. rated it:

I knew almost nothing about Greek and Roman mythologies prior to reading this book. So, while reading the first two chapters and when I had difficulty following what's going on, particularly who were those characters, I picked up and started reading Edith Hamilton’s Mythology. After finishing the first chapter of that book, I resumed my reading and then I could follow.

The reason for my ignorance was that my teachers in elementary, high school and college did not bother teaching about More...

16 comments like (17 people liked it)

Dec 21, 2011

Namratha rated it:

HALF-BOY, HALF-GOD, ALL HERO!!....the Tagline says it all. Percy Jackson is your quintessential pre-teen, dyslexic and suffering from ADHD. Getting into unexplainable scraps and shuffled from school to school, he pretty much accepts the fact that he’s destined to be......well, one big Loser.

Little does he know that he’s a ‘Half-Blood’, an off spring of a powerful Greek God and a mortal woman. And there is a special place for him, “Camp Half-Blood” which houses and protects other such More...

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Sep 03, 2009

Mark rated it:

My sister recommended this series and I was pretty interested in it once I heard a basic summary of the plot. I must say, I was thoroughly disappointed.

The concept in itself is very creative. Son of a Greek god in modern times. He is dyslexic because he is meant to read ancient greek. That's clever. The translation of Greek gods to 21st, some were pretty well done, except for a few details here and there (a greek god would sick robot spiders against his enemies? Really?) The concept More...

104 comments like (163 people liked it)

Nov 22, 2010

karen rated it:

this is a perfect book for young teenagers. if you were trying to devise a formula for writing a perfect book for this age group, you could not have done much better than this.

1) mysterious parentage. kids are totally self-absorbed. some never grow out of it, of course, but in younger people, it is more excusable - their internal life makes up the majority of their experience, they are used to being the center of attention and they spend a lot of time thinking about themselves and fan More...

16 comments like (48 people liked it)

Dec 25, 2011

Mike (the Paladin) rated it:

This was a pretty good book...but it should have been a very good book. I want to go slow here, I know this is a much enjoyed novel and it's very popular right now. I also want to take criticizing a writer's work seriously, I mean it's easy to be a critic, so the criticism I give here is "objective", it's from my point of view and it's my impression. I do plan to pick up the next book. I did find parts of the book very entertaining. I realize it's a YA book and not geared to adults... More...

5 comments like (10 people liked it)

Aug 09, 2011

Valerie rated it:

I wanted to read this before I watched the movie and since I usually don't watch the new movies right away it wasn't a problem to wait for it to come from the library and read it through. I heard most people don't like the movie if they've already read the book, but I try to read the book first if I can.

Quick overview:Percy the main character of this story. He has been in and out of trouble all his 12 years of life, and he can't understand why. He finds out the truth and then is sen More...

6 comments like (10 people liked it)

Jan 06, 2012

Leanne rated it:

And so this is what my brother was talking about when he yelled at me: "LEANNE! YOU HAVE TO READ THIS BOOK! IT'S SO AWESOME!!!".
Just to clarify, the only books that my brother has ever enjoyed were the Percy Jackson series, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and the Fudge series by Judy Blume. Yes, he is an 11 year old. And yes, he doesn't like reading. I gave him The Hunger Games to try and he couldn't get past the fourth page. And if The Hunger Games doesn't scream: "Pick me! Pick m More...

3 comments like (10 people liked it)

Dec 21, 2011

Tyas rated it:

Being a lover of Greek mythology, I approached Percy Jackson with interest. Will this series satisfy, or will it mess every thing I know there is about the Olympians and such and such?

Well, if you're not American, some things at the beginning may make your guts churn in protest. Wow, wow, whoa. The Greek gods are now in the USA because it's the centre of Western civilization now? It seems a bit silly I laughed, but my laughter stopped dead when I thought that, Well, if I were the More...

4 comments like (9 people liked it)

Dec 21, 2011

jzhunagev rated it:

A Lightning Read
(A Book Review of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief)

The Lightning Thief is the first book in The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan for young, middle grade readers. I first heard of the book during the time when the movie based on it was released, however, I wasn’t too keen to read it then learning to approach with caution everything that comes surrounded with media hype. Watching its awful film adaptation further made me steer clear from th More...

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Oct 25, 2008

Kathryn rated it:

I enjoyed this book, though it took me rather too long to read it so I suppose I wasn't completely enamored. Still, I thought it a very clever and interesting premise--and it was fun to brush up on my mythology! I'm not sure why some people think it's Harry-Potter-esque; it's definitely more mythology-based than "magic" and even though there's a camp/summer school for the half-bloods, it's about Percy's QUEST more than anything else. So, kudos for not trying to be HP. I didn't love More...

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Dec 24, 2011

Ela rated it:

I'm slightly ashamed to say that I watched the movie before I read the book. But I'm even more ashamed that I watched the movie only to experience the hotness that is Logan Lerman.

But, come on! Someone tell me that this , is not hot:

Really. What did I tell you? (I do imagine that you probably won't read the rest of the review anf just stare at this gif instead, but that's no reason not to like my review! :D)

But, I really have to thank Logan. I r More...

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Aug 17, 2011

Joyzi rated it:

I first watched the movie version of this book that I really enjoyed and so I became interested to read the book.

So I just want to say that I rate it four stars because the story is about Greek mythology in the modern world, which is good because I loved mythology ever since.

I love the characters in the story especially Percy Jackson who in the story have dyslexia and ADHD, so in the story at first, he was not very good at school and he viewed himself as a l More...

6 comments like (9 people liked it)

Dec 21, 2011

Rose rated it:

One of my favorite teens has been nagging me for _years_ to read this book, but, despite my long-standing fascinating with Greek mythology, I just couldn't be bothered. Then one Thursday afternoon at a library program, while I was sneaking looks at "The Last Olympian" (the fifth and final book in the Percy Jackson series), which she had on top of her stack of books (it just looked really _cool_), she finally ran upstairs to the teen section and came back to hand me "The Lightning More...

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Apr 22, 2011

Becky rated it:

I loved this book. I really love mythology and ancient Greece and stories about heroes and gods and mythical beings. I loved A Midsummer Night's Dream for its links to mythology and fairies, etc. I love the Playstation game God of War because of the mythology. (Although loving mythology is not the only reason to play this series of games. If you haven't played it or GOW2, go rent them. Now. Shoo! Then report back to me on how destressed but addicted you are and how AWESOME the game is! I'll wait More...

5 comments like (8 people liked it)

Dec 21, 2011

JG (The Introverted Reader) rated it:

Percy Jackson tries to be good, but circumstances just don't allow him to be. Trouble always seems to find him. Let's not talk about what happens to his math teacher his sixth grade year... At the end of sixth grade, Percy and his mom take off for a trip to the beach. Late in the night, it sounds like a hurricane blows up and they're running for their lives. Percy winds up at Half-Blood Hill, a summer camp for the children of...Greek gods? An evil plot is afoot and Percy needs to clear his More...

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Jun 15, 2008

Ann rated it:

Several aspects of this book can be found, to a certain extent, in other stories. Percy learns that a world he thought was only from ancient mythological tales is indeed very much real and present, and that he is part of those "mythologies" now. He's got to learn about a new world and his place in it. He must face the fact that he's got to help save the world. And he gains a few friends to help him along the way.
That said, a good deal of the concepts are pretty standard for m More...

18 comments like (10 people liked it)

Mar 31, 2009

Lisa rated it:

I really loved this book. I think it’s geared for 8-12 year olds but this is one of those books that the more you know about the world the more you like it. The premise is wonderful and very creative. The characters, especially the hero Percy, are very likeable. There’s so much humor, popping up at places where I least expected it and I absolutely enjoyed all of it.

The story was predictable and one of the main surprises/mysteries wasn’t one for me, but it didn’t really matter. In fac More...

6 comments like (19 people liked it)

May 19, 2010

Jim rated it:

3.5 rating for an adult, but 4 stars for mid teens down to 10 years old. The heroes are about 12, so it would really capture that age group's imagination, I think.

Set in modern day US, but the Greek Gods are alive & well. Percy & his friends are dyslexic, ADHD & generally don't fit into our world or school well. They find out why & embark on a quest. There are some twists & turns along the way, with clues, so an astute reader will have some foreknowledge, but it's a very well don More...

10 comments like (11 people liked it)

Jan 26, 2008

Donalyn rated it:

This series has it all- cool, realistic characters, action sequences that thrill, references to modern culture (love the St. Louis Arch, and Las Vegas visits), and Greek mythology. I cannot recommend this series to enough readers. You're not cool if you do not know about Percy and Co.

Having met Rick Riordan twice- I can say that he is awesome, too.

Counting down to May when Book Four comes out...

9 comments like (15 people liked it)

Oct 03, 2011

Dante rated it:

Finished this last night. I think this is my first Young Adult fiction, and I'm thankful to the Filipinos Book Group here in GoodReads for selecting this book. This is the group's choice for the third quarter of this year.

I liked the story. It's entertaining.

The plot, basically (Spoiler alert!)

The main character is Percy Jackson. He's a twelve-year-old kid who lives with his mom and stepfather in New York. He has dyslexia and ADHD, and he transfers from one sc More...

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Dec 21, 2011

Lissa rated it:

A mostly interesting road trip across America and back as Percy is framed before anyone even realises he exists...

Yeah I suppose it was OK. It's not really my thing. I found it in our living room and was really drawn into the first few pages. But mostly I can't bring myself to admire people who build off someone else's mythology and take advantage of all that folk lore. Build your own mythology, damn it.

I suppose the idea was interesting enough, and I didn't find any majo More...

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Dec 21, 2011

Malbadeen rated it:

The fact that I like this book at all defies logic. The fact that I kind of loved it is down right mystifying. I gave the Harry Potter books my best effort but couldn't get into them. I generally don't like Fantasy and I'm not a pre-pubescent boy, so why this one clicked, I'll never know.

My son had been wanting me to read it for months and I kept putting it off assuming it would be a chore and that I would politely tell him it was "good" regardless of what I thought. But on More...

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Jul 28, 2010

Tiffany who finally decided to change her name rated it:

Not. Enough. Kronos. Not. Enough. Kronos. Not. Enough. Kronos. Not. Enough. Kronos. Not. Enough. Kronos. Not. Enough. Kronos. Not. Enough. Kronos. Not. Enough. Kronos! NOT ENOUGH KRONOS! Anyways, Annabeth is sooo stuck up. I really am not a fan of Percy! He's kind of stupid. These first books are annoying because you're only finding things out! But it's pretty good..... There wasn't enough Kronos! Not enough Kronos! Not. Enough. Kronos. Not. Enough. Kronos. Not. E More...

8 comments like (7 people liked it)

Jun 24, 2008

Alexis rated it:

Percy Jackson is a protagonist that lots of kids can relate to. He's got ADHD and dyslexia, he gets into trouble - a lot - and he can never seem to stay in one school long enough to really make friends. But deep down, he's a good kid who loves his mom and really wants to do well...except things just seem to constantly get in the way of that. After (barely) completing sixth grade, he makes a startling discovery: The Greek gods he has just learned about in school are real, and he is much more clos More...

3 comments like (10 people liked it)

May 03, 2011

Renz rated it:

“Earthshaker, Stormbreaker, Father of Horses. Hail, Perseus Jackson, Son of the Sea God”

The Lightning Thief is the book one of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan and it is all about the Greek Mythology.

Back when I’m a 3rd year high school student, one of our lessons in English is the Greek Mythology. I have to admit that I hate that topic, too many characters and too many events to memorize. We also watched the Iliad and the Odyssey just to underst More...

5 comments like (5 people liked it)

Nov 12, 2008

jake4evs rated it:

AWESUM BOOK!! a MUST READ

6 comments like (9 people liked it)

Jan 31, 2012

Austin rated it:

The fountainhead of all story: the what-if. What if the Greek gods were still around? That question's been asked before in one form or another, in comic books and other places. But Riordan proposes a second what-if, one that's more unique (if something can be 'more unique'), a what-if that was hiding in plain sight: what if the Greek gods were still around and what if they were still consorting with mortals and siring demi-god children, like those half-divine heroes of old, Theseus, Perseus, More...

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