Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan
I’ve just finished reading this series with my seven year old son. I’m going to get him to help me with the review.
First of all, I’m not sure I need a summary or how to go about that with an entire series so I’ll just give you the basic premise. So, Percy Jackson is a half-blood, meaning that one of his parents is a Greek god. Because, the Greek gods do exist and are still around.
I really enjoyed reading these books to my son. I was worried that they would get too old for him as the series progressed but they didn’t. (They were getting there. My son is pretty mature for his age and I’m not sure my second son will be able to appreciate them at that age.) I really liked this about them. I would love to read Harry Potter to my son but I think they just get too dark in the last few books but I would like to read him the whole series at once so I’ll be holding off on them. That’s one thing I really appreciated about these books.
They were definitely entertaining. And sometimes I find that a series of books like this gets old or tired by the end of the series and I’m just reading to find out what happens, but that wasn’t the case with these. In fact, I think they got better over the series.
We also learned a lot about Greek mythology. It also made me realize how much Greek mythology is still present in our society today. Isaiah (my son) has started noticing Greek letters everywhere and names of the gods also. He’s also given everyone in the family a godly title. For example, I’m the goddess of books and reading!
Here’s what Isaiah had to say about the books:
“I liked them because there were lots of battles and quests. They were exciting. I learned lots about the Greek gods and some letters from the Greek alphabet.”
“My favourite book was the 4th one (The Battle of the Labyrinth) because they went into the Labyrinth and time went by really fast.”
“My favourite character was Percy because he was the main character. My favourite god was Zeus because he can control the sky. He shot lots of lightning bolts at the bad guys.”
Overall, this was a great series for us to read together. Now, I just have to find something else for us to read. Any suggestions??
