"The Lightning Thief" was an great action book with many laughs

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	• The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) Rick Riordan Miramax, 2006 - 392 pages average customer review:based on 238 reviews view larger image
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"The Lightning Thief" was an great action book with many laughs

"The Lightning Thief" was a great book. I got so absorbed in it, that I found myself awake in the middle of the night reading it. The story involves Percy Jackson (main character/Son of Poseidon), and his two best friends, Grover, the satyr, and Annabeth, Daughter of Athena. The three of them are sent on a quest to go retrieve Zeus's "Master Bolt", by the Summer Solstice. If they don't return it by then, Zeus will go to war with Poseidon, which would be really, REALLY bad.

crazy good

This book is great. It would be good for any person to read above 10 years of age. The story line is hard to get at first but when you get through half of the book then you can really get a good meaning of the book. I could not stop reading it so once in a while you need to put it down and just relax for a second. Overall I would give this book a 6 star review but amazon only goes up to 5 so I hope that you can enjoy this book as much as I did.

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Kind of a rip-off!

I bought this book because I like fantasy and I LOVE Harry Potter, thought it might be a new twist. Right away I discovered it's sort of a rip-off of HP mixed with Chronicles of Narnia.

It's very fast-paced with little character development and it sort of tosses you right in the middle of everything which can be a little confusing. And if you know your mythology well (or took Latin, which I did!), the turn of events in the book is REALLY predictable.

It's interesting enough of a tale, I'd recommend it to vanquish boredom if nothing else, but if you're looking for something to dive into and fall in love with, this isn't the place!

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Hilarious and Impressive

This book was really good. I'm sixteen and I loved it and I'm very picky when it comes to fantasy series. It has its slow moments every once in awhile, but not many books don't. Very interesting and original story, A LOT of suprises. It's also very funny, I laughed out loud a few times. If you like Harry Potter like I do, you'll absolutely LOVE this series.

A Modern Day Fantasy Built on an Ancient Culture

Imagine Mount Olympus on the six-hundredth floor of the Empire State Building, the Underworld in Los Angles, and a mysterious camp/training ground for kids with one Olympian parent on Long Island. You will never view the world the same. Percy Jackson is the stereotypical class-troublemaker-kicked-out-of-every-school-he-ever-attended-ADHD-poster-child-with-dyslexia. He is also not supposed to exist; the modern day son of the Greek God Poseidon who swore not to have anymore kids with mortals. Oops. The Lightning Thief starts on his alternative school's (school for kids who are rich and got kicked out of other schools) field trip to a museum. The first chapter is titled "I Accidentally Vaporize my Pre-Algebra Teacher". Oops again. From there, he has too make his way to Camp Half Blood, and oh yeah, save the world from Krono's (the head titan's) evil clutches. Really, it will sound like a book about normal kids in my opinion. There are rivalries, human statue gardens, mattress stores, killing lessons, and a God-level war that sticks kids in the middle. As odd as this may seem, I find it very easy to relate to. Kids are friends, even though their parents think they shouldn't be. Percy never sees his dad, like so many American kids. Children try to prove themselves to their Olympian parents. Adults have hard times getting along and stick kids in the middle when it isn't fair. I give this book two thumbs up. It takes a historical and humorous plot, and inserts real-life right down the middle. Hint to parents: This book will greatly increase your child's knowledge of Greek mythology.

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