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Jayson
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Right at the start the familiar Riordan pattern emerges: (1) start in a school setting during an activity, (2) monsters attack and are defeated with the aid of unforeseen allies, (3) new recruits are taken to the camp, etc. I predict some camp competition and the start of a quest a fourth way in. It's the good kind of familiar. The kind that says you're back home, and these are the landmarks you passed along the way.
— May 29, 2018 04:30PM
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Jayson
is on page 451 of 576
I'll likely finish this book in the next day or so. Much less than the two weeks I'd previously been on course for. The last half has picked up quite a bit. Stuff's actually happening now, as opposed to before, gambadent au Québec, ne faisant absolument rien. It's closer to the tone of the Percy Jackson books now, and I feel it's settled to an extent now that it's done experimenting with style and form.
— Jun 04, 2018 05:00PM
Jayson
is on page 375 of 576
One thing I find interesting is how certain scenes from The Lightning Thief are mirrored here. The casino and the department store both enchant heroes so they can't ever leave, Medusa and Midas both turn people into statues, etc. Repetitive, but I don't mind it. It's a bit of homage, and illustrates a generational allegory: that teenagers face the same things one generation to the next, just in different ways.
— Jun 03, 2018 05:45PM
Jayson
is on page 302 of 576
A few thoughts:
(1) The last fifty pages have still been slow, but more of what I'd expect form Riordan, which is modern takes on myths and monsters.
(2) I don't care for so many adult characters pulling a Dumbledore: knowing all the answers but refusing to reveal anything to the heroes.
(3) If Jason wasn't a charisma vacuum, the son of Zeus and crushing on Piper all the time, I'd swear he's Percy doing a Clark Kent.
— Jun 02, 2018 05:40PM
(1) The last fifty pages have still been slow, but more of what I'd expect form Riordan, which is modern takes on myths and monsters.
(2) I don't care for so many adult characters pulling a Dumbledore: knowing all the answers but refusing to reveal anything to the heroes.
(3) If Jason wasn't a charisma vacuum, the son of Zeus and crushing on Piper all the time, I'd swear he's Percy doing a Clark Kent.
Jayson
is on page 255 of 576
Halfway in and nothing's really happened. Maybe I'm just perceiving it being slow because I'm coming off comics, where I blew through two or three a week with ease. But I remember going through Percy Jackson really quick, 100-plus pages a day easy, whereas now I'm barely managing 50. Part of this takes place in Quebec, and perhaps because I live in Canada I find that dull. Français n'est pas excitant pour moi.
— Jun 01, 2018 05:00PM
Jayson
is on page 191 of 576
Of the three protagonists, Jason is by far the least interesting. That's the problem with being cast as mysterious, his gimmick is that no one knows anything about him, not even him. Also, I think it's an interesting choice to go with a new generation of characters, instead of doing a direct sequel. All the love and fitting-in anguish wouldn't work with twenty-somethings, and that's part of the appeal of these books.
— May 31, 2018 05:01PM
Jayson
is on page 135 of 576
This book's been different. It uses an alternating POV format, much like The Kane Chronicles, but for three characters instead of two. As well, it's the first Riordan book I've read that uses third-person narration. Also, the idea of gods assimilating cultural personalities is interesting. Neil Gaiman's American Gods did something similar. I'm an immigrant myself, and so comprehend it through that lens.
— May 30, 2018 05:10PM
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I'm a spree reader. I'll stick with a genre until I get bored with it and then move onto another to hopefully re-energize myself. It's time for another change of pace. I've been reading comic books since March, and although some of them have been very good, my interest has lately waned and it's been increasingly difficult to feel motivated to read. So I'm back on the Riordan train for the immediate future. Choo choo.
— May 28, 2018 05:00PM