Tuesday, February 22, 2011

The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

The sole reason I chose this book is because I love the series. Percy Jackson & The Olympians is a pentalogy of fictional books that uses the concept of ancient Greek mythology in a modern setting. The review that I'm typing up right now is the third book, The Titan's Curse. Like all of the books in the series, it is told in a first person point of view by a 14 year old boy named Percy Jackson, a demigod who is a son of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. I give this book a whopping 10 out of 10 because it's super awesome.
 
The story starts with Percy, Annabeth, and Thalia rescuing two demigods, Bianca and Nico DiAngelo that Grover found from a place called Westover Hall. During the assignment they encountered a manticore and they were assisted by the "Huntress of Artemis". During the battle, the manticore disappears, taking Annabeth, a daughter of Athena, with him. Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, also goes missing while looking for a mysterious monster. Now they must find Annabeth and Artemis before the winter solstice meeting of the Olympian council, since the goddess's is essential  in an important vote on the war with the Titans. Percy, along with best friend Grover, Thalia, daughter of Zeus, Zoë
Nightshade, the lead huntress of Artemis and Bianca DiAngelo, who is now a Huntress of Artemis. They also are looking for a rare monster, the monster that Artemis was trying to hunt down when she went missing; a monster so powerful that it can destroy Olympus.. (To find out what happens next you have to read it yourself. :P)

Anyway...

I found the book very exciting and fun to read. I would really recommend this book to people who likes fantasy adventure books. The book also has intense action, humour, a pinch of romance, some tragic events and a few twists. I would also recommend that you read the first two books first, to understand the story since it's quite complex and could be very confusing. The Titan's Curse is a book that I really enjoyed, and I hope everyone will read and enjoy it too. :)
 


-Joseph Faundo

2 comments:

  1. I'm sure lots of people would like this book. Have you read the whole series? I think there are quite a few of them and the library has them all.

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