Ratings75
Average rating4.2
When demonic cheerleaders invade his high school, Percy Jackson hurries to Camp Half Blood, from whence he and his demigod friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth, while the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near.
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I honestly barely enjoyed this one. It had good moments and lines, but also some really bad ones. I don't like the rules of the world as Rick has set them up. Like the cabins but also the whole counsel thing. Many people are incredibly unlikeable and/or unreasonable with no other motivations than being a dick. Side characters are often very two-dimensional in that way.
I also didn't like any of the stuff between Rachel, Percy and Annabeth. It's such a cliche and not even a good one. Or the whole thing between Luke, Annabeth and Percy honestly. I could have screamed “just fucking talk” to my good like 10 times. I am glad this series is almost over because I am fucking done with it.
The boy continues to love this series. He laughs regularly throughout the story and is always anxious to start the next one.
Recognizing I am not the demographic for this series, I would say this was a fun read, but ultimately I found it not memorable and probably wouldn't read it again. That said, I have gone back to read books I enjoyed at earlier ages and found that they weren't as good as I remembered them.
Parts I really liked, like Calypso and some parts of the labyrinth. But I felt like there were too many side characters being introduced and I didn't like entering/exiting the labyrinth so many times.
Series
6 primary booksPercy Jackson and the Olympians is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2005 with contributions by Rick Riordan.
Series
14 primary books22 released booksCamp Half-Blood Chronicles is a 33-book series with 15 primary works first released in 1962 with contributions by Rick Riordan, Leah Wilson, and 6 others.