The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) in Book Nerds and Proud of It

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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“Your ...more

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Jan 07, 2018 Rena rated it it was amazing

Shelves: uncle-rick

I love this series so freaking much I cannot even describe it.

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Mar 10, 2018 Mdg2810 rated it liked it · review of another edition

J’ai été assez perplexe pendant tout le livre. Parfois j’étais à fond, parfois il y a eu des moments plus creux. Néanmoins ce fut une bonne découverte dans l’ensemble.

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May 13, 2013 Gabriela rated it really liked it

Shelves: mythology, rick-riordan

I'v been wanting to read this book for a long time ever since i saw the movie. I know i know i watched the movie without reading the book, save the gasping for after you finish this book. In the movie they made Hades seem like such a bad guy and i hated that because i'v always felt bad for him and he has been for a long time now my favorite god. But the book is so different from the movie it's just shocking. The movie took some of the main points of the book and made a movie completely different I'v been wanting to read this book for a long time ever since i saw the movie. I know i know i watched the movie without reading the book, save the gasping for after you finish this book. In the movie they made Hades seem like such a bad guy and i hated that because i'v always felt bad for him and he has been for a long time now my favorite god. But the book is so different from the movie it's just shocking. The movie took some of the main points of the book and made a movie completely different from the book. It's like Beautiful Creatures bad if you've watched that movie. I mean the movie was really good but it was nothing like the Beautiful Creatures book.

Anyways the books male protagonist is Percy Jackson. He's a half-blood and son of Poseidon, god of the sea, so yeah he's cool. Percy deals with some hard stuff on his life like dyslexia, ADHD, and having a jerk stepfather. Other than that he lives a pretty normal life. That is until he gets attacked and is thrust into a world were Greek gods are real and there are hundreds of kids like him called half-blood. Half-bloods have a human parent and a Greek god parent. In this book Percy is declared the lighting thief and to save his life and a huge war that would happen between the gods if Zeus did't get his master bolt back. He has to go on a quest with Annabeth, daughter of Athena the goddess of wisdom and Grover, a satyr.

I really liked this book so you're probably wondering wondering why i did't give it 5 stars. Well the reason or should i say reasons are because 1. Percy and his friends were way to young to see what they saw, and battle what they did. At 12 they're kids and they should you know enjoy being kids not fighting monsters. Reason numero 2. is because i did't like how the gods just had kids and forgot all about them. I think kids are precious and they should be loved not be treated like sheep. Other than those reasons i really like the first book in the Percy Jackson series and will recommend it to anyone whether they're kids or adults. ...more

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