I watched the movie before I read the book and to be honest...I enjoyed the movie! But that was BEFORE I read the book. Maaaann was I disappointed in the movie after reading the book. I totally understood why the movies didn't do well and why there weren't anymore made.
The movie is essentially a complete rewrite of the book! I was shocked. I kept expecting scenes to play out like I saw in the movie but none of them did or if they did...it was few and far between.
Percy Jackson. Diagnosed with ADHD but unbeknownst to him...he's a godling and that is just his survival instincts keeping him alive. He's constantly in trouble at school and while Grover is his best friend...not all is as it seems. Percy has been kicked out of school after school after school. He's always getting into fights. His mom is married to a jerk, but it's for his own good. Bizarre but true.
Now! This book is a really good story! There is a lot of action, adventure, drama, and danger. Percy is sent on a quest to recover that which was stolen. He desires to save his mother from her fate, but a prophecy warns him that he will fail to save that which matters most.
I have to say I like the book a million times more than the movie and I honestly wish that they had followed the book more than just creating their own storyline to make things "more interesting."
I will say that I'm glad they toned down his attitude in the movie though. I felt that Percy's mouth was just too annoying. I mean...in some scenes I get it, but attitude all the time?! Give me a break! Couldn't he have been smacked upside the head at least ONCE by a god?! I mean...seriously?! It would have done him some good.
I'm rating this book 4.5 out of 5 stars. I'm taking off half a star because that attitude just got on my last nerve and the fact that nothing ever happened to him to make him check it just rubbed me the wrong way. There are a lot of good moments in this book and so I'm looking forward to the next book in this series.
The Sea of Monsters is book two in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series. The author picks the story up after the summer has passed and another school year is coming to an end. All has been proverbially quiet. No monsters, no screw-ups, no serious danger to threaten Percy. So it looks like he'll be able to come back to this school next year! But...of course...things aren't going to pan out that way. With a little help from a new "friend" at school, Percy is able to survive. But what's with the weird dreams of Grover at night? And there's danger at camp? What is going on? Well...chaos is about to rain down like hailstones on Percy, but at least he'll have some help along the way.
Now! I watched the movie before reading the book and I have to say that once again...I'm disappointed in the way the movie was handled. Everything was twisted around and I honestly feel that the book is more adventurous and well done than the movie. Percy meets Tyson pretty quickly, but I'm honestly surprised that it takes Percy so long to see what Tyson really is. I'm glad that the author toned down Percy's attitude in this book. The last one he honestly got on my nerves. Granted any interaction with Ares is limited, but still. But of course, the author brings in a new character to irk my nerves...Tantalus. It takes a while to get Tantalus's story, but I'm glad when I did get why he was being punished.
This story has a bit of a slower pace than the first book, but it's pretty satisfying overall. I am rating this book 4.5 out of 5 stars. I know this book is fiction, but honestly, there were more than a few times of where I felt the characters needed to have more sense than they do. Moving on to the next book and looking forward to the freshness to come of it not being tainted by a completely rewritten movie.
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Tereh Rosas
Con esta saga aprendí inglés, ¡la adoro!
Reviewed in Mexico on August 12, 2021
Tereh Rosas
Reviewed in Mexico on August 12, 2021
Yo tenía bases de inglés cuando los comencé, lo más básico se podría decir, tenía miedo de comprarlos por lo mismo que quizás no podría leerlos nunca pero me animé, me propuse hacer el gasto y ya habiéndolo hecho me dije que era mi oportunidad para aprender, pues ya había invertido en ellos y ahora tenía que terminarlos.
Cuando leí el primero, ni entendí casi nada jajajaj pero me ayudaron bastante en mi vocabulario y reading, me la llevaba pegada al diccionario, como esta es una saga para niños, el narrador literalmente es un niño de 12 años, así que al inicio el vocabulario es bastante simple, conforme los libros pasan Percy va creciendo, entonces el vocabulario también va avanzando, pero es una estupenda forma de aprender y de avanzar con el idioma, además de eso aprender sobre mitología, que es por lo que todos nos animamos a leer la saga en primer lugar.
En fin como esta saga tiene más de 10 años no es necesario que la resuma, el resumen es, SÍ vale la pena adquirirlos, igual que cualquier libro de Rick Riordan, para la edad que tengan, yo se los regalaría a algún ser querido que quiera leer o que quiera iniciar a leer sobre todo en inglés, disfrútenlos.
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