Book Review: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan’s Curse

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Book Information

Title: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan’s Curse

Author: Rick Riordan

Publisher: Disney Hyperion, New York

ISBN 978-142310148-2

Genre: YA Fiction, Fantasy

Ages: 9-12

312 pages

Book Summary:

Percy Jackson receives an urgent distress call from his friend Grover at the start of winter break. Thanks to a ride from his mom, Percy arrives to help with Annabeth and Thalia just in time to save a couple half-blood siblings from a monster.

The young heroes discover this is only the beginning of the newest trap by Kronos. This time they fight a mysterious enemy working with Luke known as the General. While they face new enemies they also gain new allies to fight against Kronos and his monsters.

Book Rating 3.5/5

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan’s Curse the third book in Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, Riordan continues the twist on Greek mythology. As the title suggests more titans are introduced in this book, as well as other gods not previously depicted as characters. Apollo and Artemis are featured throughout the story, including some background information about how they came to be the sun and moon gods.

The Titan’s Curse introduces other children from the Big Three gods (Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades). So unlike previous books, there are other kids who are considered just as special, and also feel the same loneliness of being alone in their cabin at Camp Half-Blood. The introduction of similar powerful heroes, places Percy in a more secondary type character, that Riordan uses to effectively show his moral character.

I liked the way that Riordan introduces the character of Huntress Zoe whose previous experience with a specific hero that many refer to as the greatest hero of all, ended in her downfall. The half-bloods at camp are striving to become heroes through great quests, hoping to be honored. Zoe’s experience proves that not all heroes are good and have faults. The knowledge of this does cause the question of what really makes a hero.

One particular thing I didn’t like involved the part in the story a character was introduced that helped save Percy. The character is a mortal girl that sees the truth of things, as in the mist doesn’t alter what is actually there. The way she is mentioned I get the feeling she will be important or at least play a bigger role, but was given such a minor involvement in this story I worry I will forget her later on. I could be wrong and the character was introduced many to show how some mortals aren’t affected by mist.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan’s Curse has not been made into a movie and there are no immediate plans to do so.

The Titan’s Curse is book three in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series containing five books. The next book in the series is Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth which I will be reviewing next.

For those interested in the author and discovering other books he has written you can visit the following sites for more information:

https://www.readriordan.com/

www. http://rickriordan.com/

Riordan has written other series involving mythology, including the Greek, Norse, and Egyptian gods.