Reading Log #3
The Lightning Thief
Author: Rick Riordan
Pages: 375
Read on: Oct. 10, 2008
Percy Jackson is always getting into trouble, and has bad grades in school. One example is that he accidentally blew up the school bus with a cannon on a field trip. He also sucks at english, but for some reason excels at Greek. It all becomes clear when he realizes that Greek gods are for real and his father is an Olympian God, Poseidon, which makes him a demigod, or in short a hero, like Hercules. Unfortunately, he is quickly framed for stealing Zeus’s master ligthing bolt and Hades’s helm of darkness. Fortunately for Percy, the true thief makes a mistake, and Percy manages to clear his name.
I find mythology quite exciting and interesting. Especially Roman, Greek, and Norse mythology. So I really liked this book, though it doesn’t have a lot of evidence. As much as I like Roman/Greek mythology, I still learned a few things I didn’t know about before about mythology. Like Cyclops were immune to fire (or maybe I just simply forgot). I can’t wait to finish this series ( yep, this is a series), and find out about Percy’s destiny, or rest of his life.