I am sure that, like many people, my first acquaintance with this series was a film adaptation by Chris Columbus. I liked it, and then I found out that the fans hate this movie and I decided to read the book. You could already tell by the title that I liked her.
First, about the world of books. Greek creatures live in the human world, be it minotaurs or the god of war, but people do not see them because of the magical fog, although there is some type of people who see them, namely demigods (children of god and mortal) and when they turn 12, they are sent to a special camp.
The author, with respect to Greek mythology, created an interesting universe where he explained the rules of his world well, which does not raise any big questions.
Now about the plot. Percy Jackson finds out that he is a demigod, for some reason they want to kill him and his mother, sacrificing her life, sends him to the camp, where he learns that he is accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolts and if he does not return them, the war of the gods will soon begin.
The plot here is interesting, dynamic, something is always happening, the plot twists are done well and everything is seasoned with humor, which worked for me (I still remember the end of chapter 11).
The main three are good here.
Percy Jackson is my favorite. He is a selfless, funny and charming character who is interesting to follow.
Annabeth is the most boring so far and looks a bit like Hermione (hopefully in the next books everything will change).
Grover is a comic character here and he works well.
The rest of the characters turned out to be interesting and charismatic.
The author's writing style is very good. It had good descriptions of fights, creatures and events, and was easy to read.
I love this book, it was one of the first books that I read as a teenager and it is one of those that led my interest in reading.
by mystery5009