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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)

Rick Riordan

Start date: June 1, 2014

Finish date: June 30, 2014

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Dec 19, 2018 ☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: menu-reading-is-served

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I said hello to the poodle. (c)
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Names have power. (c)
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Great, I thought. We just blowtorched a national monument. (c)
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“How did you die?"
"We er....drowned in a bathtub."
"All three of you?"
"It was a big bathtub.” (c)
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It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality. ...
Humans see what they want to see. ...
It's useless to lecture a human. (c)
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What horrible things would you have to do in your life to get woven into Hades' underwear? (c)
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Nov 19, 2016 Alreem rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

my second time reading this book and it still a fantastic read :)

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Oct 02, 2015 Iulia rated it liked it

Shelves: liked-but-not-loved

Finally, I'm done with this book. Whoever said that the PJ books have a lot in common with the HP series was very wrong. The idea overall was nice but the way the story is told is not so great. The pacing was too fast for my taste, and the narrative voice was too childish. I get it, this is meant to be digested by a younger audience, but for crying out loud, this is no longer literature to me. I can't say I liked the characters either. I guess I am indeed too old for this series, or perhaps it w ...more

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Oct 15, 2014 Alreem rated it really liked it

When I first picked up this book I thought this is really grade school book … OK OK to be honest I maybe older but I read MANGA for god sake why not a grade school book and also Harry Potter started as a grade school book and it is one of my all-time favourite series so … I start reading it :)

I’ve always loved book inspired from the Greek Mythology and I knew that this book with be a great one .. Also, this is my first Rick Riordan’s book and as expected it is very unique, and unlike anything I’ ...more

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