A review by suspiciouspinecone
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This was pretty fun. I do have some minor bones to pick with Riordan's mythology, but whatever. I am also...disturbed by the use of disability. Now, it makes perfectly logical sense for a centaur and sartyr to hide their more animalistic features by feigning disability, but it wasn't disappointing to me. Also making both of Percy's learning disabilities directly related to his half-godhood was unpleasant to me--like Riordan is only viewing disability in terms of how it can progress the story, and not as something that some people just have.

The characters were very fun to watch though, and I'm sure I will fall in love with them over the course of rest of the series.
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