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Just like any other literature turns movie, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief simplified the plot and leave out many details. The white elephant is always in the room when it comes to children fantasy series that becomes a movie – the comparison to the gold standard of Harry Potter! It’s never fair because nothing in the field can compare to Harry Potter, even when they are in their book form, nothing can compare to the popularity of Harry Potter! The only comparison I will make here is …
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The Last Olympian is a satisfying conclusion to the Percy Jackson series. Imagine the battle of Hogwarts in book 7 of Harry Potter or the Battle of Helms Deep in Lord of the Rings but move the setting into modern day Manhattan! It is grand and epic, and honestly perfect for a Hollywood treatment! I mean, comeon, a mystical battle raging in the city of New York, with landmarks like the Central Park, Grand Central, Williamsburg Bridge, Lincoln Tunnel, the UN, Fifth Ave and of course, the Empire State …
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Reading the fourth book of Percy Jackson, the Battle of the Labyrinth, you can’t help but marvel at how the author tie the old Greek myths and stories into his book seamlessly. In addition to more appearance by the gods, this time with Hera and Hephaestus, the legend of Daedalus and the Labyrinth to the myth of Calypso and the god of the Wild Pan all tie into the plot nicely. This series really makes people want to read all about Greek mythology all over again!
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As the third book of the Percy Jackson series, the Titan’s Curse kick it up a notch, the story becomes more epic. And as like most of the Greek tales of Heroes, tragedy is right around the corner, we can feel it. There are already deaths in this book and I imagine more will come in the next two. When there’s a war, casualties are unavoidable.
While the first two books slowly reveal glimpses of the many legendary gods and monsters of the Greek mythology. This one …
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First in a series set up the background and the main characters. It give you a nice adventure story where at the end the good defeated evil. The second chapter in a series usually give you way much more depth because this time around you realize the evil come back stronger and it has long term plans. You also would realize the main character is center to the plot of the evil, that’s why he wasn’t killed. Plus there will always be some kind of a prophecy about the future! …
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is one of those book that started off as an excellent idea and to my surprise, delivered in a great story as well. Not a lot of books can manage that. This is one of those book that once you pick it up you are not gonna put it down. I finished the book in one weekend and can’t wait to start the next book in the series!
The book is about a world where the Greek gods are real …
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