Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (A Book Review) By Rachel Mendoza
It was a cold summer night and I already finished reading two Tagalog romance novelettes when my friend Kris, seeing how bored I am, handed me an absurdly-covered paperback. Before the boozing starts, I began reading the paperback. It was Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, which was turned into a motion picture and was directed by Chris Columbus, the director of the first two Harry Potter movies. I have not watched the movie yet so I guess reading the book would be a good jump start. I don't like watching novel based motion pictures first before reading the book.
Well, The Lightning Thief was a Harry Potter series all over again. It's as if the author based his story line on the J.K Rowling hit. I haven't read all the series yet but for me, it was a Harry Potter-themed series but with a different touch. The story circled on a boy named Perseus Jackson or Percy, the son of the Olympian god of sea and earthquake, Poseidon. Percy was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, a condition where the words read are shuffled. It was explained later by Annabeth, the daughter of Athena, that their conditions were far human because they were half-bloods or demigods. During Percy's stay in the Yancy Academy, he was carefully being watched by Grover, who turned out to be a satyr and later joined him into his quest and his Latin teacher Mr. Brunner who was later revealed as Chiron, a civilized centaur and the Camp Half-Blood's Director.
Percy was first placed into the House of Hermes, but during the Capture the Flag game, when Percy was attacked by Clarisse and the other children of Ares, he heals himself when thrown out the river and Poseidon's trident appeared as a shadow above his head. Chiron gave Percy his quest- to look for the Zeus' Master Bolt and make himself innocent. Poseidon broke the pact taken by the Big Three (Zeus, Poseidon, Hades) to not to conceive more children therefore angering Zeus into believing the Poseidon made Percy stole his Master Bolt.
Percy, Annabeth and Grover traveled looking for the Master Bolt and was deceived by Ares. The trio met Hades who thought that his Helm of Darkness was stolen by Percy. Turned out that it was Luke, a son of Hermes who stole the Master Bolt and the Helm. It was the voice of Kronos from the Tartarus that commanded him into doing it.
The characters of HP and PJ are eerily similar. Like HP, Percy stumbles into different mishaps caused by a powerful force who would do anything fro Percy's demise. I believe that somehow, as I read the sequels following The Lightning Thief, my view about the book would change. Anyway, it was a feel-good book, no boring chapters and the fonts were reader-friendly. I would commend the author if his following works would not be branded Harry Potter-ish.
Well, The Lightning Thief was a Harry Potter series all over again. It's as if the author based his story line on the J.K Rowling hit. I haven't read all the series yet but for me, it was a Harry Potter-themed series but with a different touch. The story circled on a boy named Perseus Jackson or Percy, the son of the Olympian god of sea and earthquake, Poseidon. Percy was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, a condition where the words read are shuffled. It was explained later by Annabeth, the daughter of Athena, that their conditions were far human because they were half-bloods or demigods. During Percy's stay in the Yancy Academy, he was carefully being watched by Grover, who turned out to be a satyr and later joined him into his quest and his Latin teacher Mr. Brunner who was later revealed as Chiron, a civilized centaur and the Camp Half-Blood's Director.
Percy was first placed into the House of Hermes, but during the Capture the Flag game, when Percy was attacked by Clarisse and the other children of Ares, he heals himself when thrown out the river and Poseidon's trident appeared as a shadow above his head. Chiron gave Percy his quest- to look for the Zeus' Master Bolt and make himself innocent. Poseidon broke the pact taken by the Big Three (Zeus, Poseidon, Hades) to not to conceive more children therefore angering Zeus into believing the Poseidon made Percy stole his Master Bolt.
Percy, Annabeth and Grover traveled looking for the Master Bolt and was deceived by Ares. The trio met Hades who thought that his Helm of Darkness was stolen by Percy. Turned out that it was Luke, a son of Hermes who stole the Master Bolt and the Helm. It was the voice of Kronos from the Tartarus that commanded him into doing it.
The characters of HP and PJ are eerily similar. Like HP, Percy stumbles into different mishaps caused by a powerful force who would do anything fro Percy's demise. I believe that somehow, as I read the sequels following The Lightning Thief, my view about the book would change. Anyway, it was a feel-good book, no boring chapters and the fonts were reader-friendly. I would commend the author if his following works would not be branded Harry Potter-ish.
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