Comments on eclectic / eccentric: Book Review: The Last Olympian

this book completely BLEW ME AWAY!!! It has everyt...

2011-10-10T22:17:39.467-05:00

this book completely BLEW ME AWAY!!! It has everything: romance, action, suspense. I love how Percy and Annabeth fall in love at the end. You can really tell that the characters have matured a lot and it makes me want to start at the beginning all over again. So basically I LOVED the book and I think it was the best book in the series BY FAR!!! I am really going to miss this series a lot!!!!!!!

Stephanie - I have to admit that YA romance is a b...

2010-07-27T20:49:05.496-05:00

Stephanie - I have to admit that YA romance is a bit icky so your son and I agree. :)

Laura - Every now and then I like a bit of romance, but I definitely need a break from time to time.

My daughter is ready to read this one, I'm beh...

2010-07-27T00:05:45.136-05:00

My daughter is ready to read this one, I'm behind by a couple of books (so many books, so little time).

I don't mind the romance in my YA books, but I see and appreciate your point there.

I'm glad that the series ended on a good note, and I'm with you on the movie :-).

It's definitely refreshing to read YA fantasy ...

2010-07-26T21:14:15.669-05:00

It's definitely refreshing to read YA fantasy novels that aren't about romance. And for my pre-pubescent son -- who thinks anything reeking of sex or romance is too icky to be endured -- it's practically a necessity. ;-)

Ana - I thought the series was a really fun read. ...

2010-07-26T09:25:17.943-05:00

Ana - I thought the series was a really fun read.

Jenners - Exactly! And yes you should.

I agree with you ... if you are going to have an e...

2010-07-25T19:45:26.923-05:00

I agree with you ... if you are going to have an epic battle between good and bad, it should be epic and dominate the final book!

I'm going to have read this at some point.

I have no idea why I keep ignoring this series. It...

2010-07-25T04:52:32.798-05:00

I have no idea why I keep ignoring this series. It sounds just like my kind of thing.

Amanda - I can see your point about Percy's ma...

2010-07-24T17:48:46.802-05:00

Amanda - I can see your point about Percy's maturation. He does feel young for most of the series.

Kathy - I don't want to mislead about the battle. There are periods of down time during it; I think that's what I meant by finding it more realistic.

Sandy - LotR on audio sounds tough. Tolkien felt a need to describe every vein on every leaf in every tree. That could be hard to listen to.

I THOUGHT my son was going to read the series. He...

2010-07-24T13:45:37.723-05:00

I THOUGHT my son was going to read the series. He seemed interested. But he is pretty bad at reading print. We are struggling a bit with LOTR on audio, to the point where I'm not sure we'll make it through. I'm thinking this might be a good series to try...

I am interested in this series, but I'm not su...

2010-07-24T10:19:44.745-05:00

I am interested in this series, but I'm not sure I want to read a book that's basically a battle the whole way through.

This is the first book where I felt like Percy act...

2010-07-24T08:59:19.419-05:00

This is the first book where I felt like Percy actually started acting his age, except for the first one where he actually is 12. In my eyes, he's 12 all the way up until he bathes in that river, where suddenly he decides to act like the sixteen year old that he is. That was my only issue with the series, really, is that he never ages in personality. It's too unbelievable for me.

Of all the sequels, this is the one I like the most, though.