The Lightning Thief

I love this book as well as pretty much all of the other Rick Riordan books

This series has quickly become one of my all-time favorites. I didn't start reading these until I was 20 years old, even though book 1, The Lightning Thief, was released when I was in the 4th grade! Now I can't get enough of Rick Riordan books. These stories are timeless and can appeal to people of all ages. In the first series Riordan's main protagonist, Percy Jackson, discovers his father is an Ancient Greek god. He then finds himself at Camp Half-Blood, a place full of other demigod children. He then goes on many quests and adventures to try to prevent a prophecy and war between the gods. Riordan has also written two other series that branch off of the original, all involving some of the original main characters and storyline. Series #1)Percy Jackson & the Olympians. Series #2)Heroes of Olympus. Series #3)The Trials of Apollo.

white_dove_652 You need to take a chill pill. If you actually gave the series a chance you'd see that Annabeth is one of the most strong female characters out there, there are plenty of female characters that use swords, and the series is definitely not sexist. Maybe if you actually used your eyes and read and not just instantly started whining without checking your facts, you'd actually see that it's a good series that is diverse with its powerful characters (Annabeth fricken carries the sky and way longer than Percy did), POC, AND LGBTQ+.

Very good series! And the following one, Heroes of Olympus, is even better!! I recommend this to people who are looking for an action packed fantasy that has good bonding between all of its characters!! I give it a 5/5!

It is a page turner for sure. There is excitement in every chapter, and a close ending. My favorite god is Hades because he has a whole ARMY of dead soldiers from all of the wars. :o I'm excited for book 2.

if you're going to write another series or book, MAKE AT LEAST ONE OF THE GIRLS HAVE SWORDS. its really tiring to read about girls having daggers. plus why are there only boys on the cover????? super annoying. BOYS TO NOT RUN THIS WORLD!!!!!! girls are part of this.

Extremely entertaining and hard to put down! This book is packed with action and adventure (and humour) as half-blood Percy Jackson embarks on his first quest to find Zeus' missing master bolt. I would recommend this book to any young teens wanting a new and exciting read this summer.

This is one of the best books ever!!!

Very entertaining, and I like the characters, but it is not my favourite.

I would say this is definitely still pretty fun and interesting. My reading this time was super disjointed (there's a gap because it was a library book) but it was still super fun to read, still very engaging, and a quick read that sucks you right in. The world is really great and I really want to read more of it!

This book has to be one of my top favorites. I read this for the first time years ago and I've ended up rereading it over and over. It's a very timeless book that opens up to an amazing series with lots of humor and imagination. A lot of children authors have a hard time attaining this level of realistic parallel to mythology without sounding cliché or overexaggerated but Riordan did it perfectly. Would recommend, 11/10.