Percy Jackson and The Olympians - The Lightning Thief

Four words:
I LOVE THIS BOOK!

It is the start of my whole, crazy, insane, Percy Jackson love!

Okay, so in this book you begin your journey with this twelve year old boy named Percy Jackson. Percy has dyslexia and ADHD. He finds out he is a Demi-God (half mortal, half god) and goes to this place called Camp Half-Blood. Here he finds out that he is being accused of stealing a lightning bolt, Zeus's Master Bolt. From there he goes on a quest with his friends Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood to find the master bolt and return it to Zeus.

If you read this, you will likely go crazy with Percy Jackson stuff.
This book is written by Rick Riordan.

**SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT**

I absolutely love the sympathy you feel for Percy at first. I felt it pulled you into the story right away.

 I love the fact that Rick Riordan put in Dionysus. Truthfully, I think he adds a lot to the story just with one character. I don't think the story would be complete without him.

I absolutely LOVE the fight with Percy and Clarisse. It gives you the first clue about his father and shows that Percy isn't a coward, he stands up for himself. Well, I guess the thing with Nancy shows something.

I think putting in Medusa really helped. It was a filler for the story so that it could be longer. It gave more trouble into the quest. It gave the book an amazing ending: Having Percy's mom create a poker player statue (Which we all know is Gabe) and starting a new life-Genius!

I know they had Ares in there to have him give Percy the backpack with the lightning bolt in it, but I think adding him really helped. I mean, it could have been a monster or Luke or something, but no! They chose a god! I think it is good for Percy to have a powerful ememy and standing up to the god of war at Santa Monica Pier. I felt it really tied the story together.

I love the ending! at first I was thinking, 'I might read the rest of the series. It's a good book.' But then I read the ending and I was like, 'OMG! I have to get the rest of the series! Now!' I love the thing with Luke being the Lightning Thief. I thought it would be Ares or some monster or something, but they gave you a character you thought was pretty cool, and made him the bad guy.

Thank you for reading! I hope you liked the Review!
NatCat