The Lightning Thief

I wish I had read this about fifteen years ago. Today this is an example of the American sense of superiority. It takes the mythos of the Greek pantheon and makes it all American. The seat of Olympus is in New York City of course! I never felt like the book had much respect for the mythos. All of it is just a ‘Greek gods but in America'. Dionysius is Mr. D. because he's hip with the kids.

I also disliked Hades being portrayed as evil. He is, according to the mythos, a keeper of the dead. The god of death is Thanatos! Hades is the Christian Devil here and that annoys me.

Percy's quest is also nonsense and filled with so much luck it's hard to like.

I loved the characters though. Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are fantastic.