The Lightning Thief
Ratings1,801
Average rating4.1
Ce tome 1 est très introductif, on découvre Percy ainsi que Annabeth et Grover. Tout va assez vite , on sent la littérature jeunesse mais grâce à ça, on se retrouve vite plonger dans l'aventure
A really fun read. I wanted something light to read and this is what I chose. Lots of silly laugh out loud moments. Looking forward to the others.
I'm ready for this series to end my life! Favourite person reading a new favourite series to me? Hello time to go to reading and mythology heaven.
honestly, probably more of a 3.5 but the entertainment and nostalgia factors are keeping it at a 4
I watched the movie first, but as they say “don't judge a book by its movie”; and I'm glad I didn't. The book and the movie are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!! This book was funnier, and I liked the characters even more. I'm definitely continuing with this series.
It's 4.5 read for me ^_^ such an enjoyable read, full of nice humor and with an interesting take on greek mythology
Yes, it's true, please don't throw anything at me....I know. I cannot believe I have gotten this far in my book reading life without having read a Rick Riordan novel, not even one of his most famous hero one's Percy Jackson. It is such a confession and having heard so many people raving about his writing and how all of her series are so eminently enjoyable and such fun I decided that at the grand old age of 40 I really did need to try reading one.
So, in true Sound of Music style, I decided I'd start at the very beginning with the first in The Percy Jackson series, The Lightning Thief. And yes, I am well aware that this book is absolutely not aimed at people of my mature years however if everyone had said that about the Harry Potter novels then I am sure there would be a number of very disappointed adults out there who would feel they'd missed a wonderful experience and why can that not be true of other authors novels too. Yes this is a children's book but it doesn't mean that it can't be read and loved and enjoyed by anyone.
From the very outset, this book is pretty action packed. We meet Percy Jackson, who is on a school field trip with the other kids from his school, they are a school of delinquents and they are visiting the museum of natural history when Percy has a strange run in with his maths teacher Mrs Dodds. He could swear she turned into a monster and tried to kill him but he somehow ended up killing her but when he comes round no one knows who Mrs Dodds is, their maths teacher is someone totally different and she's been teaching them for months. From there stranger and stranger things begin happening to Percy.
This book is a really fun adventure from start to finish, we quickly learn that Percy is a son of one of the Gods, yes that's right in Riordan's world the Greek Gods are very much real and living right here in the Western World. Percy has a target on his back on account of the fact he may be the son of one of the big 3, Zeus, Hades and Poseidon but which one? He finds himself at Camp Half-Blood, a special summer camp for children of the gods where he learns more about his special powers and just what it means to be a demi-god.
He, just like Harry Potter, has his trusty sidekicks, Annabeth and Grover and in the vein of Ron and Hermione, they are there to help our hero on his adventures. This book has a fair bit of back story building in it but not so much that Riordan hasn't managed to pack in lots of enemies for our trusty trio to face and lots of colourful places for them to visit. I mean who would have imagined that Mount Olympus could be accessed from floor 600th floor of The Empire State Building? Who even knew it had a 600th floor?
I loved this book, it was fun and full of wonderful escapism and great characters. I cannot believe I waited this long to read it. It definitely won't be so long till I pick up the second in the series and spend more time finding out what adventures await Percy and his friends next summer at Camp Half-Blood as this book is left with somewhat of a cliff hanger with gives us plenty anticipation for the story ahead.
AAAAH.
Me gustó muchísimo. En verdad me arrepiento de no haber leído antes este libro, de comenzar esta saga. Me he divertido mucho leyendo, y riendo con Percy. Ahora entiendo las buenas críticas que le hacen.
Sin embargo, no le doy las 5 estrellas porque me parecieron un poco sosas las escenas de batallas. Pero de resto, obviamente continuaré con la saga. ¡Estoy ansiosa por seguir leyendo las aventuras de Percy y saber si realmente Cronos logra escapar del Tártaro!
Percy definitivamente es muy divertido :)
El Ladrón del rayo es un libro entretenido, pero siento que pasan muchas cosas innecesarias en la historia ( por ejemplo eso de que habla con la cebra, la parte en que los protagonistas se encuentran con Crusty, no sé, creo que era mucho ).
Aún así me gustó y me mantuvo entretenida. Espero que los próximos libros sean mejores :)
《My name is Percy Jackson.I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York. Am I a troubled kid? Yeah. You could say that.》
Ok, tell me WHY I waited so long to read this series.
I mean, this is SO my style. Witty comments, an action-packed story, Olympus gods and whatever ♥
In my defence I should say that I got deceived by other people's comments like “this is a mess/it's a retarded version of Harry Potter/blah blah blah”. WHAT? Anybody could agree on the fact that the movie sucked [I watched it a month ago while I was in the middle of the book (I wanted to read it before the movie aired on tv but I failed, obviously) and I needed some time to recover from the shock. It was so... Different and boring, duh.], but the books are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. Honest, I can't wait to read the next one (in the mean time I'll read another compendium book, just because).
As many others have already noted, the Lightning Thief very closely parallels the first Harry Potter book. 3 friends, special abilities, special school.... i could go on and on. Rename the characters, change wizards to gods and bam, you have Percy Jackson.
Aside from the obvious parallels, The Lightening Thief is a fun read with an entertaining cast of characters. It brings classical Greek mythology to the modern era. I had a blast reading it and look forward to reading the rest of the series.
fast paced, full of adventure, can't even catch my breath to keep up.
Wow what an amazing book.
I'm so glad I got the chance to finally read this book. Definitely a book for Harry Potter fans!
I'm not sure what else to say about a book many people have already read and enjoyed.
I love the mythological aspect of this story and how the gods are shown as modern people even. Also huge shout out to Hades hahaa. I really want to see Hades again. I've always liked him.
Definitely a read for anyone a fan of greek/roman mythology and Harry Potter fans. Looking forward to the next book!!
I know this is technically a middle grade/older kids book but it's so good! Who doesn't love Greek history and stories about the gods?! And of course Percy is just such a great character and you're routing for him from the start. Really enjoyed this one, and will be getting the rest of the series very soon!
I am excited for this series. There were some aspects I didn't love about the first novel, but the characters are fantastic, and I am glad I decided to read through this one. It's a shamelessly fun romp through mythology, with a terrifically sarcastic narrator.
Percy Jackson is just wonderful. And hilarious. And awesome. And brave. And amazing. And yes, I'm totally crushing on a twelve year old fictional kid, buT HE WON'T BE TWELVE FOREVER!
And, so, yeah, you can't tell me what I can't do!
This reread of the book wasn't as good as my first read, because I wasn't actually that much in the mood to read it, but I'm pretty sure that's because I've gotten a bit tired of the movie version because it's always on TV, but reading this again was lovely. It made me realize once again how much better the book i than the movie. Like so much. Like A LOT a lot. You know?
Just read fucking Percy Jackson.
When I first started reading this book I found it to be a quick yet enjoyable read. The idea of half blood gods piqued my interest and I thought it was clever the way Riordan worked in the dyslexia and adhd. As the story progressed? Honestly I grew frustrated with the characters. Key behaviors antagonists displayed gave away what creatures they were yet the kids continued to fall for trap after trap. Now I understand this is set for a younger crowd, so maybe at the appropriate reading level the audience would be just as stunned as the characters in each situation, but I wasn't impressed. The plot also seemed rather repetitive with these frequent encounters and I found it odd that the kids, knowing they needed to rush to complete their quest, stopped to sightsee. I think I will stick with the movies and forgo the rest of the books.
Un début de saga sympathique, amusant de voir toute la mythologie grecque transposée dans notre époque (et de bonne manière encore) et de redécouvrir tous ces mythes. Pour ce premier tome les personnages sont encore légers à mon goût, mais l'intrigue est par contre elle extrêmement bien rythmée et menée. On verra ce que donne le reste ;)
First of all: the gods really need a spanking on there behinds! They are like spoiled little childeren having a tantrum, for me Rick didn't grasped the essence of the gods.
I have been growing up with the gods from Xena the Warrior Princess, so I have a total different image in my head of Ares, who is played by Kevin Smith (bless his soul), and Hades. In the Lightingthief I didn't feel the danger from the gods.
I liked the story overall, with a couple of issues, and I am definitely going continue with the serie after I buy the ten books. Maybe I will learn something new about the gods in the Sea of Monsters. I hope that the goddesses coming in that one, like: Selena, Artemis and Persephone.
Gostei bastante! E acredito ser uma referência de mitologia grega divertida e simples para aqueles que gostam. Linguagem fácil e envolvente a seu modo, pois é um livro muito rápido cheio de coisas acontecendo sem respirar.
obs: o filme é completamente diferente, o que, a meu ver, apenas ficou mais interessante o desfecho da luta de Percy e Luke - no filme - mais interessante que o escorpião
I absolutely love this book. This is a book my students love as well. I can always get them to read if I pull this out. can't wait to start book two.
Basically, the premise is the same between this book and the Harry Potter series: our tween hero and his two sidekicks (one a brainy girl, the other a bumbling boy) go on a very dangerous mission to save the world, a mission that for some reason can only be carried out by these three children. A very wise adult advises them (Chiron/Dumbledore), but does not actually get involved in the mission. Also, these children battle crazy-dangerous monsters/adults, and win every time.
So if you've already read HP this will probably feel like been-there-done-that, and it was done better before.
Haven't read HP? Then as long as you can suspend your disbelief regarding the savviness of 6th graders (which is much harder for me than suspending disbelief regarding Greek gods and monsters), you'll probably enjoy it. Taken on its own merits, this book is a pretty good read. Fast-paced, and I love the Greek mythology angle.
