Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
Ratings73
Average rating4.3
Ok, to me, it might've been a better idea to read this before reading the Percy Jackson series(cause then I would be just a little more acquainted with the Greek gods before getting into the series), but I didn't and so I couldn't really get into it
I mean it was just not great. It was decent to read and shit but I was not exited
Percy Jackson tells contemporary readers everything they need to know about the Greek gods.
Let me start with one word. FUN!
I own a hard copy of this book, but listened to the audiobook.
I had no idea it could be so fun to learn about the Greek gods and that the stories could make me laugh out loud.
I never took a class on Greek Mythology, but always wanted to know more.
Well, I got more, and then more.
I have already recommended this book to friends and family of all ages.
Percy is a fantastic and wonderful narrator, and the audiobook narrator was really good at finding Percy's voice for it, which was great. I think putting lots of modern references in the dialogue (like tempting a god with cookies) was a clever way to make the storylines feel more modern too, like the amount of times the word ‘babe' shows up in this book is honestly probably too many. I wasn't kidding when I said the male gods all sound like jocks, lmao.
As a remnant of the old stories, I'm sure, there was a repetitiveness in the stories which was rather tedious at times. The amount of times Zeus raped females (because they weren't always goddesses or humans) is appalling (and Poseidon did it too!), and the gods getting mad at each other and killing someone else out of revenge or jealousy is just 🤦🏻♀️. You can only listen to the same thing happen to different people by the same people so many times before it goes stale.
Otherwise it was great.
My overall reaction to this book is just “meh”. I'm glad I just borrowed this from the library.
What can I say, I love anything written by Rick Riordan. The only reason why I'm not giving this 5 stars is because this isn't an actual Percy Jackson novel. It's a book about Greek gods, filled with beautiful sarcasm and gorgeous illustrations.
