About this title: In this third book of the acclaimed series, Percy and his friends are escorting two new half-bloods safely to camp when they are intercepted by a manticore and learn that the goddess Artemis has been kidnapped.
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Publisher: SCHOLASTIC Inc
Date Published: 2008
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Publisher: Scholastic
Date Published: 2008
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Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Date Published: 2008
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Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
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Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Date Published: 2008-04-08
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Date Published: 2008
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781423101482ISBN:1423101480
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Date Published: 2008-04-08
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Date Published: 4/8/2008
ISBN-13:9781423101482ISBN:1423101480
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"A good one. Skipped over the 2nd book. Library popped up with the 3rd before the second. No matter.
Percy books are always a good read. I enjoy them. I'll go back to get the 2nd soon (or the library will notify me it's available).
The Chosen One theme is problematic. Every Percy book has to up the ante so that Percy has to take on more responsibility for the gods' irresponsible behavior.
That's okay, but I prefer my own books, which do NOT rely on the Chosen One, Quest, or whatever theme so prevalent in MG/YA fantasy.
My books are different. Am I bitter because Riordan and others make a ton of money off a tired theme? Damned straight, I'm bitter. Agents and publishers skim so fast they don't get that I'm offering something a bit different. Not a lot, but at least not the tired, old tropes.
I cannot read a book anymore without thinking of how some author is out there making a ton of money off a trite piece, while I go lacking.
Okay, end of stupid inward snarling. Their loss, I have to assume."
"The only reason I continued with this series is because I paid money for the first three. The Titan's Curse continues the Percy Jackson series, ushering the characters into another round of frantic encounters with silly derivations of ancient Greek mythologies. To Rick Riordan's credit, he has proven to be a remarkably consistent author, using the same tired similes and uninspired visual cues.
There is little else to note in this review that hasn't already been said in those I wrote for the first two books. As much as I have come to terms with the fact that I am simply too old or snotty to enjoy this series, I still believe that Riordan isn't giving kids the credit they deserve by dumbing down the figures in it. Even if we were to ignore the young adult demographic and focus strictly on the 9-13 year range, there is still much elbow room for a richer experience. Instead of writing unique comparisons to stimulate the mind, he robotically refers to every single object in terms of how many stories tall it is. On similar terms, Percy has only one way to describe fear ("a chill ran up my back") and only one for anger ("I balled my fists"). To say that kids wouldn't enjoy the work if Riordan were to use a broader palette is unfair.
I also have a transcendental issue with the series. As a disclaimer, I have to concede the fact that in order for Riordan's universe to work in the first place, he must discredit science. If Zeus, Hades and Poseidon are all real, sentient beings, then we have to absolve from our minds the concepts of physics, biology, meteorology, astronomy, etc. But the religious undertones are inevitable. Each chapter is littered with characters cowering after a god's name is pronounced, sacrifices are routinely made to please their deities, and in many disappointing cases, praying leads to great success. Again, I understand that this is a fantasy novel and that science is a necessary casualty for Riordan's effective resuscitation of Zeus and his pantheon. But every time a character scoffs at Percy's attempts to reconcile godly works with science, I die a little.
And that's not even counting the dead horse Riordan is still relentlessly mauling. For while the series' heroes live in a world of multiple angry gods, each waiting in giddy anticipation to subvert the cosmos in their favor, they are actually worshiping Jimmy Buffet with a pitchfork. So much for grandeur."
"I really zipped through this book. I read a few chapters yesterday, then read the rest--over half the book--today. I couldn't put it down. In my opinion, this third installment is better than the first two combined. Before I get into the review, let me just warn now: if you haven't read the first two, there might be some spoilers in this review. It is about the third of a series, after all. So if you haven't... I'd stop reading this review now. There also might be one or two hints of spoilers (as in, if you think about it, I'm sure you could figure it out, but I won't say it directly) for this third book.
The book starts off differently than the other two. Whereas the previous books begin at the start of summer and are heavy in exposition, this one starts in the heart of winter and gives exposition the finger. At first it's a bit disorienting, seeing the end of the previous book ends introducing the human form of Thalia. This one picks up with Percy, Thalia, and Annabeth going to meet Grover at a military school, as he had found a couple more half-bloods. There's no immediate explanation of why Grover is searching for half-bloods again, or how they all got so buddy-buddy with Thalia. It does explain, but briefly, and not right away. Don't get me wrong, this isn't really a complaint. It was actually somewhat refreshing, not having to have things I should already know beaten over my head.
Anyway, there's a scuffle, and Annabeth ends up kidnapped, while Percy, Thalia, Grover, and the two half-bloods he found--Bianca and Nico di Angelo--are saved by The Hunters (or Huntresses, rather), the elite group of warriors led by the goddess Artemis. Artemis goes off to hunt a powerful monster that the bad guys are after, leaving her followers, including the tough Zoe Nightshade, to go back to Camp Half-Blood. They hitch a ride with Artemis' twin brother Apollo and make it back to camp. One thing leads to another, and there's another prophecy and another quest. A team of five must search for the now-kidnapped Artemis, though with the knowledge that two will die and one will hold the burden of the Titan's curse. And then there's the whole issue of rescuing Annabeth, which Percy takes to heart, especially when it's declared that he's not one of the five going on the quest.
Almost right away, the book seems darker than its predecessors. There's still a lot of fun action. I particularly liked the brief fight between Percy and Thalia early on. And speaking of Thalia, if there's one thing that I would have liked to see done just slightly differently, it would be her relationship with Percy. Or rather, how Percy perceives her. The first half of the book sets it up as if Percy is going to have this on-going rivalry with her, where everybody follows Thalia and she gets all the glory, leaving Percy behind as just some other, average hero. But the latter half of the book drops this. I thought it would have really played better if he would have gotten more angsty with her and her sudden spotlight... kind of like how Ron got with Harry in Goblet of Fire, I suppose.
And speaking of Harry Potter, there were still a few parallels, but they're getting further and further away, much harder to just point out and go "that's totally Harry Potter." There really wasn't anything major or blatant, at least not that I can remember. So that's a good sign.
My favorite thing about the previous book was Hermes, so it's not that much of a surprise that some of my favorite bits for this book involved other gods and goddesses, namely Artemis and Apollo. We also see Aphrodite and Athena up close and personal for the first time, too. Though what I really liked was the reveal of the General. Strangely, I picked up on a certain myth going on earlier, but I didn't make the connection until right before it was revealed. Similarly, I had a hunch of who Nico and Bianca's immortal parent was for most of the book, but I think only because I've been hoping to see a child of this particular deity since the first book. I also think Rick Riordan handled the clues much more subtly for them than he did Percy, which he bashed repeatedly over our heads for over 100 pages of the first book.
One interesting note that I'd like to bring up that I haven't yet in any of these reviews is something I noticed that is rather prevalent in these books. Mr. Riordan quite often likes to make sure that the characters, usually Percy, grabs anything important from wherever, because he/they have a feeling that he/they "won't be returning to/won't be seeing this place again and/or for a long time." It just seems too coincidental that Percy or the group just know, for no reason, that they're about to be forced from wherever they're at and so they better take their things, because they'll need them for the rest of the plot. I've seen this happen in each book so far, sometimes more than once (I think it happened at least 2-3 times or so in the second book).
A few final notes... the book was not only better written and more intricate than its predecessors, but it was also funnier. I loved the Hoover Dam chapter; it actually made me laugh out loud. Also, for the first time, the book didn't feel self-contained. There were some things left hanging, such as Clarisse's quest, the di Angelo "lawyer," or anything about the mortal girl from the Hoover Dam (I know she has to be important later... too big of a deal was made of her). And speaking of things important for later, the Lotus Hotel came back into play, though it still really wasn't explained. Its magical properties were used (rather cleverly, might I add) for plot purposes, but I'd still like some kind of explanation of its existence. I need to go out and buy the last two books (I only got the first three), because I really want to start up the fourth. There's so much I left out of this review that I liked (from Bessie to Blackjack, and even Dionysus... who, though I had a small quibble about regarding his interesting though almost completely out of nowhere explanation of why he hates heroes, has a good moment toward the end of the book). So again, I loved this third installment. To me, it was clearly the best thus far, and I can only hope the next two are even better."
"This is the third book in Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. (It is rumored that eventually there will be five in the series.) The premise of the series is that Greek Gods and Goddesses are not, in fact myths, but still exist. And what do know from myths that the Greek Gods do? They have affairs with mortals. So there are all these demi-god children in the modern-day world. Percy Jackson, 14 in this book (12 at the start of the series), is one such child. Upon learning of his heritage, he attends Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demi-gods, also populated by satyrs and other mythological creatures. In this adventure, Percy's friend Annabeth and the Goddess Artemis are kidnapped and Percy and his best friend Grover, a satyr, join some of Artemis's huntress maidens to try and save them before the winter solstice. I was eagerly anticipating this newest volume and it did not disappoint. The biggest joy of this series is the wonderful mixture of bizarre pop culture references coupled with classic Greek mythology. I love this series, and wholeheartedly recommend it. While every book in the series is enjoyable, I do suggest starting at the beginning, as the later books do refer to events in previous volumes, and while each book holds a single adventure, there is a single, overarching plot."
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