Book Review: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Title: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
Series: Percy Jackson (I think that is the name of the series.)
Author(s): Rick Riordan
Genre: Fantasy/ Mythology
Publisher: Miramax
Pages: 375
Challenges: none


Summary:  Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school...again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.

Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.

My Thoughts:  Percy Jackson was a great book that was funny and suspensful all at the same time. The author takes common myths and puts a great twist on them to create a crazy but realistic story. The one thing the author did that annoyed me just a little was foreshadowing. Throughout the entire book there were large marks in the plot when I could tell what was about to happen because it almost told you. Other than that the book was amazing the characters were real and unique as they traveled across the country meeting other characterz that portrayed some sort of mytholgy type person. I do plan on reading all 5 books but am currently on hold to achiving that because I just picked up the book Shiver and am racing through it at top speed.


Overall Rating: 3/5


One word/phrase sum up: Forshadowed greatness