First Quarter Outside Reading Book Review
The Battle of The Labyrinth by Rick Riordain. Hyperion Books, 2008. Genre: Fantasy Fiction
The Battle of The Labyrinth by Rick Riordain is the fourth book in a series of five books that is based around Greek mythology. This book is about a fourteen year old boy named Percy Jackson, who is the son of Poseidon, the water god, and due to that fact he has magical powers. Basically, Percy’s best friend Annabeth is sent out on a quest to the out the Labyrinth. Annabeth asks Percy, Tyson (Percy’s brother, which is a Cyclops), and Grover (Percy’s other friend) to go with her. The Labyrinth is an underground maze that is home to many mythological creatures. While down in the labyrinth, many unsuspecting things happen to these four.
The Battle of The Labyrinth by Rick Riordain. Hyperion Books, 2008. Genre: Fantasy Fiction
The Battle of The Labyrinth by Rick Riordain is the fourth book in a series of five books that is based around Greek mythology. This book is about a fourteen year old boy named Percy Jackson, who is the son of Poseidon, the water god, and due to that fact he has magical powers. Basically, Percy’s best friend Annabeth is sent out on a quest to the out the Labyrinth. Annabeth asks Percy, Tyson (Percy’s brother, which is a Cyclops), and Grover (Percy’s other friend) to go with her. The Labyrinth is an underground maze that is home to many mythological creatures. While down in the labyrinth, many unsuspecting things happen to these four.
"Look no further for the next Harry Potter, meet Percy Jackson, as legions of fans already have" -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“I had no choice. I called to the sea. I reached inside myself and remembered the waves and the currents, the endless power of the ocean. And I let loose in one horrible scream.” This was a very important part of the story. This was when Percy was sent by Hephaestus to seek through Mt. Helens and see if anybody was there. When Percy was cornered by some of the gods, he went crazy and let out unbelievable power and blew up the whole entire mountain. That is why I chose this quote.
The author has a very good writing style. He has a way of keeping you engaged with the story. The story is written from a first-person point of view. It is as if you are in Percy Jackson’s body the whole story which makes it that much more interesting. At the end of each chapter, which is usually a good stopping point when reading a book, the author ends each chapter with you thinking what is going to happen next. That is a good quality because I didn’t want to put the book down at all!
“As we ran, I could hear the disorganized sounds of an entire army trying to jump out of the stands and follow us.” That was the last sentence in one of the chapters. Now, if you’ve been reading this book and a big action scene starts to happen in a chapter and then all of a sudden the chapter ends but the action resumes on the next chapter, of course you’re going to keep reading! It is also very hard to stop in the middle of a chapter so when you start the next chapter, of course your going to finish it. So this made you not want to ever put the book down.
I am a huge fan of Rick Riordain’s books. In fact, I have now read the first four books in his series of five and I hope to read the fifth one very soon. If I had to give his books a rating on a scale of one to five stars, I would give him 5 stars. So in conclusion, I would recommend this book to a reader of any type due to the fact that this book was insanely good!
*****- Five Stars
-Goon
“I had no choice. I called to the sea. I reached inside myself and remembered the waves and the currents, the endless power of the ocean. And I let loose in one horrible scream.” This was a very important part of the story. This was when Percy was sent by Hephaestus to seek through Mt. Helens and see if anybody was there. When Percy was cornered by some of the gods, he went crazy and let out unbelievable power and blew up the whole entire mountain. That is why I chose this quote.
The author has a very good writing style. He has a way of keeping you engaged with the story. The story is written from a first-person point of view. It is as if you are in Percy Jackson’s body the whole story which makes it that much more interesting. At the end of each chapter, which is usually a good stopping point when reading a book, the author ends each chapter with you thinking what is going to happen next. That is a good quality because I didn’t want to put the book down at all!
“As we ran, I could hear the disorganized sounds of an entire army trying to jump out of the stands and follow us.” That was the last sentence in one of the chapters. Now, if you’ve been reading this book and a big action scene starts to happen in a chapter and then all of a sudden the chapter ends but the action resumes on the next chapter, of course you’re going to keep reading! It is also very hard to stop in the middle of a chapter so when you start the next chapter, of course your going to finish it. So this made you not want to ever put the book down.
I am a huge fan of Rick Riordain’s books. In fact, I have now read the first four books in his series of five and I hope to read the fifth one very soon. If I had to give his books a rating on a scale of one to five stars, I would give him 5 stars. So in conclusion, I would recommend this book to a reader of any type due to the fact that this book was insanely good!
*****- Five Stars
-Goon
He felt the book was very interesting and well written. He loves how the author writes and would read more books by them.
ReplyDeleteHe noticed that the author kept him engaged in the story. He felt that he was in the main characters body going through what he was going through.
The quote was very well chosen. It really shows the authors detail in just one sentence.
I would probably not consider reading the book. Tommy goony did a very outstanding job at explaining the story but it just doesn't seem like my kind of book.
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