The Lightning Thief is a brilliant, well-thought out masterpiece that brings moral values and conflicts such as friendship, love, family, betrayal, kindness, and responsibility of power that everyone can learn from. The Lightning Thief perfectly ties ancient culture and Greek gods with modern Western Civilization values and culture. The takes the two and adapts and blends both ideas as one, and clearly puts away religious ideas from his book and encourages the reader to put away religious ideals and read the book for what it is.
What I also like about how Riordan wrote the book is that he makes everything make sense; he explains how Greek gods and vulture adapted to change in modern civilization. He makes it all seem like it could be a true reality that humans just aren't capable of seeing.
My favorite part of the book is Percy's whole quest; Riordan keeps you interested and wondering of the fate of the trio travelling the country together in search of the truth. However, what I do not like is how they happen to run into Medusa in the beginning of the book. I just don't like how they just coincidentally ran into Medusa in the beginning of the quest and that she magically had the next clue for them to follow; the trio seemed kind of spoon-fed throughout their quest, which I don't know if it's a coincidence or not for the book to be like that.
Overall, I think this book is a terrific read for anyone looking for something that mixes Greek and Western modern culture together.
What I also like about how Riordan wrote the book is that he makes everything make sense; he explains how Greek gods and vulture adapted to change in modern civilization. He makes it all seem like it could be a true reality that humans just aren't capable of seeing.
My favorite part of the book is Percy's whole quest; Riordan keeps you interested and wondering of the fate of the trio travelling the country together in search of the truth. However, what I do not like is how they happen to run into Medusa in the beginning of the book. I just don't like how they just coincidentally ran into Medusa in the beginning of the quest and that she magically had the next clue for them to follow; the trio seemed kind of spoon-fed throughout their quest, which I don't know if it's a coincidence or not for the book to be like that.
Overall, I think this book is a terrific read for anyone looking for something that mixes Greek and Western modern culture together.