So, I didn’t finish Dragon Reborn. I did read two more chapters though…
What I did do though is finish The Percy Jackson and the Olympian series. Overall I really enjoyed it. I do have a few critiques however:
- There were certain parts and sections that seem to drag on and on, especially towards the end of the book. The final battle is approximately the last half of the last book and somehow it just ends up being boring when all is said and done. There was some great action and great individual story-arcs but it just didn’t all mesh for some reason. I contribute this to the author trying to wrap up every loose-end and try to continue the action. In this regard, Rawling he isn’t.
- There are a LOT of characters in this series and it can get confusing at times, even for an adult (me). I’ve always been a big fan of Greek Mythology but the hardest thing is trying to keep up the names of all the varying gods and what they are actually patrons of. This series suffers from that. One thing that would help would be an index in each book listing the names gods, their “areas of interest”, their powers and their children. I would love to see that. George R.R. Martin did a great job with this in his Ice and Fire series for all his characters, he also updates it at the end of each book to reflect deaths etc.
- I am NOT an authority on Greek Mythology but I just can’t buy that the son of Poseidon should be as powerful as Percy is in regards to the other demigods. I guess the moral is that you can be as strong as you want to be? Hard work, dedication and loyalty pay off in the end? His name is a direct correlation of Perseus, a son of Zeus, and even reenacts some of his feats (slaying Medusa for one example).
Overall this is a great series for kids, pre-teens and adults who are obsessed with Fantasy (I know I can’t be the only one) . I don’t think the teen crowd would hang on much past the first book however do to not being able to overlook the cheesiness factor.
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