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A review by graciegrace1178
The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
3.0
Did I read this? Yes. Did I *retain* any of it? Absolutely not! This, incidentally, makes it a bit difficult to review, but here goes anyway:
PT: RIck Riordan, folktales/retellings of folk tales, fantasy
WIL
1) Kid's got spunk. Magnus is Percy + bitterness + more difficult upbringing + lesser godly status. Like...PJO if it was told by the doppelgangers of the Stoll twins maybe. This naturally makes Chase quite well-versed in sarcasm and dry humor. The internal dialogue was pretty fun.
2) Annabeth. I love Annabeth. That is all.
WIDL
1) A plain retelling of myths. Where PJO and TKC expanded on myths to integrate them into Riordan's own creative universe, this one just copy-pasted Norse myths into Chase's story. Yea, true, it's fun to see the very crystal clear parallels (first one that comes to mind is the Fetching of the Immortality Apple preceded by Big Angry Bird trying to murder protagonist), but if I wanted that, I'd just reread Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman again. (Might do that anyway. 'Twas a good book.) It just felt considerably more lackluster in plot compared to his earlier stuff. Sorry, Rick. Nott my cuppa tea this go round.
2) Apathy. Maybe it's just that this book caught me at a weird time. Maybe it's other circumstances influencing my ability to appreciate all this book has to offer. But I just really didn't get into this like I had hoped I would.
Neutral Ground:
1) People seem to like this series better than the Kane Chronicles but Magnus has got absolutely NOTHING on the dynamics of British Badass Sadie and Clever Carter.
PT: RIck Riordan, folktales/retellings of folk tales, fantasy
WIL
1) Kid's got spunk. Magnus is Percy + bitterness + more difficult upbringing + lesser godly status. Like...PJO if it was told by the doppelgangers of the Stoll twins maybe. This naturally makes Chase quite well-versed in sarcasm and dry humor. The internal dialogue was pretty fun.
2) Annabeth. I love Annabeth. That is all.
WIDL
1) A plain retelling of myths. Where PJO and TKC expanded on myths to integrate them into Riordan's own creative universe, this one just copy-pasted Norse myths into Chase's story. Yea, true, it's fun to see the very crystal clear parallels (first one that comes to mind is the Fetching of the Immortality Apple preceded by Big Angry Bird trying to murder protagonist), but if I wanted that, I'd just reread Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman again. (Might do that anyway. 'Twas a good book.) It just felt considerably more lackluster in plot compared to his earlier stuff. Sorry, Rick. Nott my cuppa tea this go round.
2) Apathy. Maybe it's just that this book caught me at a weird time. Maybe it's other circumstances influencing my ability to appreciate all this book has to offer. But I just really didn't get into this like I had hoped I would.
Neutral Ground:
1) People seem to like this series better than the Kane Chronicles but Magnus has got absolutely NOTHING on the dynamics of British Badass Sadie and Clever Carter.