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Offline Chris_

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians
« on: July 02, 2010, 06:34:09 PM »
I couldn't find a single bookstore while I was in Memphis, so I wound up buying "The Lightning Thief" from Wal-Mart.

It's entertaining.  It's no Harry Potter, but the story is a little more exciting in most places.  Percy comes off as a dumbass and I think the author developed his character solely from watching MTV and Nickelodeon.  Some of the dialogue is awful in some places (especially Percy's first-person narrative) but the story is fun. 

I may pick up the other two books tomorrow if this one turns out okay.
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Re: Percy Jackson and the Olympians
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2010, 02:11:48 AM »
My son loves all of them but hated the movie go figure
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Re: Percy Jackson and the Olympians
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2010, 05:41:47 AM »
The Harry Potter movies dissapointed me up till The Half Blood Prince.  It's just hard for a movie to really capture a book.
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Re: Percy Jackson and the Olympians
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2010, 10:09:34 AM »
My 10 yo read all the books and loved the movie. I haven't done the books yet.
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Re: Percy Jackson and the Olympians
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2010, 09:46:24 PM »
Finished the last book.  It was good.  I have to wonder where he picked up the Greek mythology from, but the first book is pretty close to 'Clash of the Titans'.

There's supposed to be a new series of Olympian books coming soon. 
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