Having enjoyed the young adult novel, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, I've decided to continue to read the series. My 11-year-old brother is reading the books first, then he passes them to me. It's quite an enjoyable series -- I think anyone who likes Harry Potter or similar would enjoy these stories. They're also full of Greek Mythology references, which I enjoy because I love Greek Mythology.
The film version of The Lightning Thief was also pretty good. I took Scooter to see it last week. It was different than the book -- an example being that Percy and Annabeth were clearly high school aged teenagers in the movie, but in the book they`re only in the sixth grade -- but it had enough details to keep the story on track enough that it didn`t feel overly changed. Sure, there were missing characters and a few different locations of some of the events, but mostly it was pretty good. I`d continue to see the films if they continue to make them.
This second story in the series, The Sea of Monsters, finds Percy and Annabeth on another perilous adventure -- this time to the Sea of Monsters to face a Cyclops and attempt to rescue Grover and obtain the Golden Fleece. It`s a good little adventure. I liked the first book just a bit more than this one, but this one has a great twist ending that should make book three pretty interesting.
It`s a good series, definitely check it out if you were a Harry Potter fan or sometimes like reading some of the novels that are written for the younger crowd, but are still entertaining for adults. If you have a kids in your family, ages 10 or so and up, I definitely recommend these books.
9 down, 91 to go!
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