The Lightning Thief

The Lightning Thief not only is a great and entertaining book. But it also really helped me through my mythology course. It takes the old Greek gods puts them in present time and puts a spin on it that makes one actually take an interest for this ancient history, Percy Jackson learns that he also must pay attention in his mythology class because he might need that information latter on ,in his journey, to save his very life.

The Lightning Thief is an, action-packed book where the mythologies from the Greek history books seem to jump off the pages and become a reality. Riordan’s clever concept of the Greek gods moving into the United States and positioning themselves in 600th floor of the Empire State Building was the curious factor that hooked the reader and kept them wondering. The Big three of the Greek gods; Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades made an agreement not to have any more love relations with humans. Percy Jackson is the result of a slipup in that agreement between Poseidon and Percy’s mother, making him one of the many half-bloods that train at camp half blood. But trouble arrives for Percy when Zeus’s lightning bolt is stolen and he becomes the prime suspect. So Percy and his friends must set out on a journey to catch the true thief and clear his name before the winter solstice. Percy and his friend run into a lot of fast-paced challenges that keep the book interesting. All in all The Lightning Thief is an epic adventure that will have the reader on the edge of their seat in anticipation for the sequel.

-Saggitarus