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This book starts off with Percy’s mom driving him to boarding school. Which confused me a little bit as Thalia and Annabeth were also there, but it was just a quest— to discover some of the most anticipated characters of this series… For me anyway. It happens in the first two chapters, so is it a spoiler to say WE FINALLY GET TO MEET THE DI ANGELOS!
A lot of great moments in this book between Artemis and the Hunters, Apollo and Thalia’s impecca ...more
This book starts off with Percy’s mom driving him to boarding school. Which confused me a little bit as Thalia and Annabeth were also there, but it was just a quest— to discover some of the most anticipated characters of this series… For me anyway. It happens in the first two chapters, so is it a spoiler to say WE FINALLY GET TO MEET THE DI ANGELOS!
A lot of great moments in this book between Artemis and the Hunters, Apollo and Thalia’s impecca ...more
The story got moving rather quickly and then never slowed down. I loved meeting Artemis and Apollo this time around (Artemis has always been one of my favorites). Also seeing another path for girls - join Artemis's hunters. Some nice plot twists to keep this going for another two books.
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I felt like this book just throws the reader right into the action in the first chapter without giving time to give them any signs. Also I did not understand the point of certain characters.
The best that can be said for this book is that it's better than its predecessors. But that's not much. With this book, the action is much more fast-paced and cohesive, as opposed to the incredibly choppy pacing and plot of the first two. Some interesting new characters are introduced. There are some clever plot points.
Overall, however, there are just too many eye-roll moments to redeem this book. Percy continues in his pathetically blundering ways. And Rick Riordan's style can never reach the ...more
Overall, however, there are just too many eye-roll moments to redeem this book. Percy continues in his pathetically blundering ways. And Rick Riordan's style can never reach the ...more
The books really fast pace (tons of stuff going on) and the ending makes you want to start the next one in the series right away.
So good. Best of the three so far!
Good. Simplistic. Very similar to the first two books in the series.
Mar 12, 2010
Ruth
rated it
really liked it
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Jul 13, 2010
Amanda
rated it
really liked it
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Sep 28, 2010
Joelene
marked it as to-read
Feb 12, 2011
Heather (DeathByBook)
marked it as to-read
Sep 09, 2011
Karen K. Miller
marked it as own-need-to-read
Oct 11, 2011
Khrizz
marked it as to-read
Jun 01, 2013
Karigan
marked it as to-read
