3rd Quarter Outside Reading Book Review

3rd Quarter Outside Reading Book Review

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordain. Hyperion Books, 2009. Genre: Fantasy Fiction

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordain is the 5th book in his “Percy Jackson series”. This series is mainly based on Greek mythology. Percy Jackson (the main character) is a sophomore in high school who is the son of Poseidon and because of that he has much strength and magical powers. In this book, Mt. Olympus which is located on the 600th floor of the Empire State building, the home to all of the gods, is under attack by Kronos’s army. Kronos is the Titan of time. Mt. Olympus is virtually unprotected because all of the Gods are out attacking Typhon, the greatest Titan of them all. So Percy and all of his half-blood friends are Mt. Olympus’s only defense. Throughout the book, there is a lot of action and Percy and Annabeth have a little bit of romance going on. So there is a lot of fighting and war but also a tad of romance thrown in there.
“Look no further for the next Harry Potter; meet Percy Jackson, as legions of fans already have.” -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
The Last Olympian is definitely for people who are interested in Greek mythology and war. It seems so realistic the way it is written and it is just such a great book. It closely relates to Riordain’s last book The Battle of the Labyrinth This book is just the continuation of the last 4 books and is probably the greatest one. Percy’s army is outnumbered 25 to 1 and Percy knows he will not win the fight. So throughout the story, Percy does some pretty epic things to even out the odds a little bit. He makes a few deals and does a couple crazy things but by the end of the story, it was all worth it.
The Last Olympian is written in 1st person from Percy’s point of view. This allows for the reader to feel what Percy feels and see what Percy sees. The way Riordain writes it, it almost makes you feel you are in the story right beside Percy fighting every step of the way with him. Also, he makes it so you never want to put the book down. You would usually think the end of a chapter is a good stopping point. Well Riordain makes it so you never want to put it down because he will end the chapter starting a new very interesting scene going into the next. He does a great job writing this book.
“I could hear it getting closer. My friends needed help. I jumped on Blackjack, and we flew north toward the sound of explosions.”(254)
I chose this quote to show a sense of the author’s writing style and how interesting the book was. This quote was the last sentence in a chapter. This is what I meant how he would start a brand new action packed scene at the end of a chapter so you would never want to put the book down. Also, just look at how interesting that looks. That is why I read this book so fast.
I may be one of the biggest fans you will ever find of Rick Riordain’s books. His books are so great and inspiring and I love the genre and the topic all of his books are about. Once you read the first book, you will want to read all of the rest the next day. It is really that great of a series. I wish one day I could be in Percy’s shoes because it would be pretty cool to be a half-blood. I would recommend this book to anybody!

*****-5 Stars
-Goon