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Good thing he stepped down or he would've been killed. He couldn't really do much since the battle with Gaia was like waaaay up in the air and he wouldn't been pretty much powerless.
Well, honestly the struggle wasn't shown. It was basically Frank and Annabeth going "Nooo" and Percy's like "K thanks bye" ? It could just be me, but I was very disappointed. I get the sacrifice, and it is Percy's fatal flaw but it wasn't executed well. The Last Olympian? YES. BoO? NO.
I agree with you ^ the only percy jackson book I didn't like was the Blood of Olympus. The whole thing with the sacrifice we were so worried about was hardly one paragraph!
I'm just glad Percy didn't get killed or loose an arm.
Well, you see, the difference between Percy's struggle in the Last Olympian and BoO is the POVs. The Last Olympian was in Percy's point of view so we got to see his inner struggles and thoughts about stepping aside. It was all rushing through his head and it was just him, his friends, and Luke/Kronos in one room. However, in BoO, there's a battle going on around him and it's in Jason's point of view. Percy didn't have time to think it through and we couldn't read what he was thinking as its Jason telling it. Percy had to make a snap decision.
I just felt like all of Percy's problems were shoved aside in BoO, I mean, he and Annabeth just escaped from Tartarus and we only get one page in the whole book that talks about how he's doing. Riordan pretty much just went "well, Percy and his girlfriend just went through the most traumatizing experience that one could possible have, but he's Percy so I'm sure he'll be alright. He just ignored a lot of important character development in place of not very good action scenes.
I understood the sacrifice in the book and, for me, it was awsome. It's in those little actions and decisions where we can see what a person is willing to do.
I think there could have been another Heroes of Olympus book. I would have happily waited another year, perhaps even two years if that meant that the book was better. I mean, no offense, Rick Riordan, your books are SO amazing, but I felt that the battle was way to rushed and incomplete. And what about Hazel and Frank? I understand the whole Percy and Annabeth stepping out of the spotlight thing, but Hazel and Frank existed too!
^^^ THANK YOU, other Olivia! I agree completely about Frank and Hazel. Nothing has ever been said about why they had no POVs in BoO, and that really saddens me, still.
^ It was explained, though! In HoH the trio mentioned how they knew it was up to them. Strom and fire and all that. The whole series started with Jason, Piper and Leo, and thus it ended as well. Nico's and Reyna's POVs were an unavoidable necessity as no other of the seven was present with them. Let us all remember the glorious HoH where every one of the characters experience HUGE character development. Hazel and Frank already HAD their limelight there! Both of them as well as the others transformed into badasses in that book so much that they didn't need any more development for the story to progress. BoO's job was basically to tie up all the loose ends. We didn't need to see any more development and every characters' POV except the ones that were needed to end the series in a looped resolution. Yeah?
It makes sense! Perhaps some might have to reread all five books without the year gap we all had to suffer while living in the waiting period like the Harry Potter Generation did to get it. I know that one day I shall come back to both camps and relive the adventure and life of a demigod.
Okay, so if that was Percy's sacrifice, then I guess Frank, Hazel, and Annabeth were included in that, because it was virtually just Jason, Piper, and Leo defeating Gaea.
I completely agree with Vicki. I couldn't believe that the other characters were shoved aside, either.
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I've been wanting to know, how did you come up with so elaborate and amaZHANG prophecies? They are so cool, and they rhyme, and just so amazingly come together in the end making up a perfect plot! LOVE YOUR STUFF!!- Syd
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Good thing he stepped down or he would've been killed. He couldn't really do much since the battle with Gaia was like waaaay up in the air and he wouldn't been pretty much powerless.
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Well, honestly the struggle wasn't shown. It was basically Frank and Annabeth going "Nooo" and Percy's like "K thanks bye" ? It could just be me, but I was very disappointed. I get the sacrifice, and it is Percy's fatal flaw but it wasn't executed well. The Last Olympian? YES. BoO? NO.
I agree with you ^ the only percy jackson book I didn't like was the Blood of Olympus. The whole thing with the sacrifice we were so worried about was hardly one paragraph!
I'm just glad Percy didn't get killed or loose an arm.
Well, you see, the difference between Percy's struggle in the Last Olympian and BoO is the POVs. The Last Olympian was in Percy's point of view so we got to see his inner struggles and thoughts about stepping aside. It was all rushing through his head and it was just him, his friends, and Luke/Kronos in one room. However, in BoO, there's a battle going on around him and it's in Jason's point of view. Percy didn't have time to think it through and we couldn't read what he was thinking as its Jason telling it. Percy had to make a snap decision.
I just felt like all of Percy's problems were shoved aside in BoO, I mean, he and Annabeth just escaped from Tartarus and we only get one page in the whole book that talks about how he's doing. Riordan pretty much just went "well, Percy and his girlfriend just went through the most traumatizing experience that one could possible have, but he's Percy so I'm sure he'll be alright. He just ignored a lot of important character development in place of not very good action scenes.
I understood the sacrifice in the book and, for me, it was awsome. It's in those little actions and decisions where we can see what a person is willing to do.
I think there could have been another Heroes of Olympus book. I would have happily waited another year, perhaps even two years if that meant that the book was better. I mean, no offense, Rick Riordan, your books are SO amazing, but I felt that the battle was way to rushed and incomplete. And what about Hazel and Frank? I understand the whole Percy and Annabeth stepping out of the spotlight thing, but Hazel and Frank existed too!
^^^ THANK YOU, other Olivia! I agree completely about Frank and Hazel. Nothing has ever been said about why they had no POVs in BoO, and that really saddens me, still.
^ It was explained, though! In HoH the trio mentioned how they knew it was up to them. Strom and fire and all that. The whole series started with Jason, Piper and Leo, and thus it ended as well. Nico's and Reyna's POVs were an unavoidable necessity as no other of the seven was present with them. Let us all remember the glorious HoH where every one of the characters experience HUGE character development. Hazel and Frank already HAD their limelight there! Both of them as well as the others transformed into badasses in that book so much that they didn't need any more development for the story to progress. BoO's job was basically to tie up all the loose ends. We didn't need to see any more development and every characters' POV except the ones that were needed to end the series in a looped resolution. Yeah?
It makes sense! Perhaps some might have to reread all five books without the year gap we all had to suffer while living in the waiting period like the Harry Potter Generation did to get it. I know that one day I shall come back to both camps and relive the adventure and life of a demigod.
Okay, so if that was Percy's sacrifice, then I guess Frank, Hazel, and Annabeth were included in that, because it was virtually just Jason, Piper, and Leo defeating Gaea.
I completely agree with Vicki. I couldn't believe that the other characters were shoved aside, either.I
I've been wanting to know, how did you come up with so elaborate and amaZHANG prophecies? They are so cool, and they rhyme, and just so amazingly come together in the end making up a perfect plot! LOVE YOUR STUFF!!- Syd
