Here it is! The promised Son of Neptune review that I forgot to post!
Thanks Jem for reminding me :)
**Note: This is clearly heavily edited and is probably very robotic seeming because of this, sorry. It was written for English class, so yeah. Sorry about that, but hopefully it's not really horrible. This is sort of maybe the way that real reviewer people write. I think.**
What if the Ancient Greek and Roman worlds of
gods, monsters, and heroes was real and affected our everyday life? And what if
you happened to be a child of one of the gods?
If you
were, then you would fit right in with the characters in this book.
Yes, you
read right. The main characters of Rick Riordan’s newest novel, The Son of
Neptune are all demigods.
The Son
of Neptune is the second installment
in the Heroes of Olympus Series (sequel series to the Percy Jackson
and the Olympians series). The book is about a group of demigods
(half-gods, for those of you not in the know.) named Percy, Hazel, and Frank.
Their mission is to find the god Thanatos, who watches the doors of death. The
revenge-seeking earth goddess Gaea has captured him, and without him no one can
die. It is set in many real-life cities around the U.S., including San
Francisco, Seattle, and multiple towns in Alaska and Canada. The book has variety of hilarious and interesting
characters, witty dialogue, real Greek and Roman myths, and grabbing twists in
plot that will keep you on the edge of your seat waiting to see what happens
next,
Let’s start with the characters. From
Percy’s hilarious sarcasm, to Frank’s adorable clumsiness, to Hazel’s
intriguing back-story, the characters are, to sum it up, awesome. You can tell
that Rick Riordan really thinks out his characters to the smallest detail. For
example, he wrote a character named Dakota, who’s tall, burly, and addicted to
red Kool-Aid. Who else would think of that?
Rick
Riordan has clearly done his research on Greek and Roman myths. There are many
connections to Greek and Roman myths throughout the book and series. With the
facts Rick Riordan gives, it’s believable that the whole story could be
true. Some of the connections are
obvious or explained, like Percy’s ability with horses when Poseidon (his dad)
created them, or thunder booming whenever they say something to offend Zeus,
though others can be hidden and less explained
And
though the book is pretty amazing, I have to admit that the overall conflict
with Gaea is a bit of a repeat of the conflict with Kronos in the first series.
In both cases, the villain is gathering minor gods and forgotten monsters to
join their armies to defeat the gods. And both are pretty much aiming for
revenge and world domination.
I’m think I can honestly say
that everyone will love The Son of Neptune. It’s got action, adventure,
romance, historical myths, and it’s
well written. It’s the complete package.
