Jayson’s Reviews > The Last Olympian > Status Update

Notes:
(1) "With luck, [Kronos'] spread so thin that he'll never be able to form a consciousness again, much less a body. But don't mistake him for dead, Percy."
- How very Voldemort of him. Or perhaps this is a concept from myth and came first?
(2) Hermes: "We gods have never been good at keeping oaths. You were born because of a broken promise, eh?"
- Huh, "a broken promise." Funny euphemism for rampant infidelity.

Notes:
(1) "[Annabeth] fought me and screamed, 'I HATE you!' I wasn't sure who she was talking to—me or Luke or Kronos."
- At this point, who knows. My advice is to not overanalyze it, and just assume she hates everyone and everything.
- I wasted a too much time as a teen trying to untangle things girls say.
(2) "[Luke] stepped toward Annabeth, but I put myself between him and her."
- Yes, literally and figuratively.

Notes:
(1) Unintentionally amusing is the how the narrator applies thick ethnic accents to ostensibly American characters.
- Chris Rodriguez sounds super-Mexican, which, I guess, goes hand-in-hand with Ethan Nakamura sounding super-Japanese.
(2) "I was pretty sure Rachel had just dumped me, which was lame considering we'd never even been together."
- Wake up, Percy! You've been common-law married to Annabeth as well!

Notes:
(1) Percy: '"C'MON, you stupid worm! Look at me!" For the next several minutes, all I saw were teeth.'
- I'm pretty sure worms don't have eyes... I don't think they have teeth either.
(2) I'm not sure if I should be glad or not that the book wasn't memorable enough for me to remember the plot twist at the end of Chapter 16.
- Don't get me wrong, it's a good plot twist, it just didn't make a lasting impression.

Notes:
(1) Chiron: "I should make sure my brethren don't go too overboard with the root beer."
- Turns out the reason the Party Ponies are so rowdy is because they're on a nonstop sugar high.
- I wonder what their rate of diabetes is.
(2) You know, it's very difficult to write a chaotic battle scene. This book does okay, but a lot of it still feels glossed over and the outcome taken for granted, like a movie montage.

Notes:
(1) Kronos: "Go now, Ethan. Work on improving your memory. We will talk again when we have taken Manhattan."
- Yes, just like the Muppets took Manhattan in 1984. The Titans even have a lady pig on their side.
- In my mind, I see Ethan frantically doing jigsaw puzzles and consuming omega-3 fatty acids. Though, finding fish in the middle of a war is going to be a problem, especially with Percy controlling water.

Notes:
(1) 'Silena threw her arms around [Percy]. Then she pushed back awkwardly, glancing at Annabeth. 'Um, sorry.'"
- I wonder when the point was where everybody except Percy and Annabeth accepted and treated them as a defacto couple? Possibly once Rachel conceded defeat.
(2) "[Annabeth] got a faraway look in her eyes. Her breath smelled of grapes, maybe from the nectar."
- Where I come from, that's called "drunk."

Notes:
(1) Percy: "Don't I get a kiss for luck? It's kind of a tradition, right?"
Annabeth: "Come back alive, Seaweed Brain. Then we'll see."
- I guess by now it is tradition. He's always getting kissed by girls when he's off to do something dangerous.
- This book alone, so far, Percy's been kissed by Rachel, Mrs. O'Leary and six Aphrodite girls. Though, it's telling that this is the first time Percy's asked for one.

Notes:
(1) Katie Gardner and Jake Mason both have British accents. Bold choice my the narrator... or else he just ran out of viable accents.
- Though it's never explicitly stated, I'd always assumed that Camp Half-Blood was strictly American (maybe Canada too).
- The accents make foreign campers canon.
(2) Annabeth activates all the bronze statues in New York to become fighting automatons.
- How very Ghostbusters II.

Notes:
(1) "A security guard was sitting behind the desk in the lobby, reading a big black book with a flower on the cover."
- Judging by the time frame, this must be a "New Moon" reference.
- Riordan's poking fun at everyone: "Harry Potter," "Twilight"...
(2) "Different elevator music was playing since my last visit—that old disco song 'Stayin' Alive.'"
- Old goes without saying, there's been no new disco since '82.