Book Review

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is one of my favorite books ever. Whenever I read it I can't put it down. I have read it before, as I have the whole series, but every time I read it I pick up something new and I always enjoy it more. Rick Riordan is one of my favorite authors because he is so creative and always grasps the reader from the beginning. For example on page 1 the narrator Percy Jackson says, "Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood." The first time I read the series I was mystified and curious at the same time. What's a half-blood? Why didn't this person want to be one? Who is this person? and many more questions were spinning and running around in my head. I was intrigued by the very first sentence and can never put the book down from the very first page.
Percy Jackson is a half-blood. A half-blood is a mix between a God and a human. Any one of the many greek Gods that live in twenty-first century America. This isn't your normal action thriller book. You might be imagining that it's just another boring fantasy where around every corner there is another shock and change in the plot. Well it isn't. Though there are shocks throughout the book they are spaced perfectly together and are never too close or too far apart. I have never gotten bored of this book or the series. Each paragraph holds important details to the story. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone who enjoys action, suspense and a perfect amount of fantasy, that happens to relate to the greek gods.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

I have recently started a new book called The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This is the first in a trilogy and I must say I'm quite impressed. I thought this was going to be one of those books that follows the common pattern and is really predictable. My first three guesses about what would happen were wrong and I haven't made any up since then. I love the spontaneousness that Suzanne Collins writes with. I love the suspense and the plot. I think the characters are well thought out but a little emotionless and whiney. I still love the book so far though. It really makes you feel how it must have felt to be starving and be in despair. My favorite character is Peeve. He seems like a generous boy who really has a big heart and I'm interested to know if he dies in The Hunger Games or not.
I'm not sure how the sequels will do because I feel like even now that a chain off would be boring or repetitive. Most people have told me that the second and third are worse than the first, and Katniss turns into a very whiney person. Most books have at least one character you really don't like. Harry Potter has Draco Malfoy, Percy Jackson has Clarissa, even Moby Dick has Moby Dick. Very rarely is the annoying or mean person the main character, only in The Diary Of A Wimpy Kid have I seen something like this before. I'm sure it happens but rarely. I really recommend this to anyone who is looking for a fantasy/action/suspense book.