The Lightning Thief

Title: The Lightning Thief 

Author: Rick Riordan

Rating: 5/5

Series: Percy Jackson and The Olympians

Bookworms Appeal: Teenager?
                                    : Adventure?
                                    :Romance?
                                    :Suspense?
                                    :Of a gender?
                                    :Greek Mythology?

You've found your book.


REVIEW AND BACKSTORY

I found nothing in this book that could deter me from giving it a 5. It had suspense, romance, adventure, comedy and yes I admit the writing was slightly juvenile but, Rick Riordan is writing as a teenage demigod, what did you expect. I really love this series, as much as I love The Hunger Games, well almost. I found out that this was a book series after watching the movie adaptions of the first and second book: Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief and Percy Jackson And The Sea of Monsters. ( for those of you who have not read the books and thought that they did a good job with the movies I just want to say that they messed up the whole story line and it would take me a whole new different post to describe what they messed up and that might even need to be a part 1 and part 2, but I don't really mind the casting.) BTW there is also a love connection between Percy and Annabeth.When Rick Riordan writes he is pretty funny I mean I ALMOST ALWAYS LAUGH. I mean who gives their characters nicknames like seaweed brain.

Summary

           But anyway, about the book. The whole series is based on Greek Mythology and Demigods. For those of you who don't know what Demigods are Demigods are half-mortal and half-god. Apparently, the gods of Mount Olympus come down to earth to "hook up" with mortals and that's how Demigods are made. Well, this story is about Percy Jackson and I'm pretty sure you would've guessed that by now, just by reading the title. Percy Jackson is a trouble-prone student who has ADHD and Dyslexia. His world is turned upside down when he finds out that Poseidon, Greek god of the sea. As his mother drives Grover, his best frciend/satyr/his protector and him to Camp-Half-Blood, a safe haven for Demigods they get attacked by a Minotaur. Percy defeats the Minotaur but gets knocked out but not before seeing his mother die. Oh yeah, and guess what he's 12. In the book he is accused of stealing Zeus's lightning bolt, the gods are feuding, he finds out that his mom's not dead but her life is in limbo and the only way to get her back is to find the person who stole the lightning bolt... 



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"It must have been love but, it's over now. It must have been love but I lost it somehow."
                                                                                                             -it must have been love, glee.