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

by Rick Riordan

“Diagnosed with dyslexia. Probably ADHD, too.”

“Poseidon,” said Chiron. “Earthshaker, Stormbringer, Father of Horses. Hail, Perseus Jackson, Son of the Sea God.”

“I thought that would be obvious enough. The entrance to the Underworld is in Los Angeles.”

Has Hollywood fallen so far?

Before you descend into the Underworld, you must go to Santa Monica.

As a former SM resident, wtf?

I’m not sure what I was expecting—Pearly Gates, or a big black portcullis, or something. But the entrance to the Underworld looked like a cross between airport security and the Jersey Turnpike.

Even from far away, I could see people being chased by hellhounds, burned at the stake, forced to run naked through cactus patches or listen to opera music.

Opera?!? How does that belong in this list. Is that really the external perception of it?