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Percy Jackson & Olympians : The Last Olympian

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Ever since someone pointed out to me that the similarities between the Percy Jackson books and the Harry Potter books go beyond* the simple boy-turns-eleven-and-discovers-a-secret-family-history-that-results-in-him-going-off-to-a-special-place-every-year-and-also-he's-possibly-the-child-of-prophecy-that-may-or-may-not-save-the-world storyline, I've had a hard time not comparing the two.rnrnSo I found it interesting that, like the last Harry Potter book, The Last Olympian began with a divergence. We didn't get the usual Percy-has-some-sort-of-battle-on-the-last-day-of-school-and-then-makes-his-way-to-camp opening—Percy gets word that the battle has begun, and that's that. And, like JKR did with the deaths that occurred at the beginning of HPVII, Rick Riordan showed that he meant business*** with the death of a half-blood** before page thirty. rnrnThis is, after all, the last Percy Jackson book—the book in which Percy finally hears the whole prophecy, and the book in which the prophecy will finally come to pass. Or will it?rnrnOverall, I had mixed feelings. I was happy to get more of Luke's history, to find that Rachel was more important than expected, and to see Percy's mother and stepfather in action. I was happy to see Grover come into his own, and I always have had a soft spot for Clarisse. rnrnAs the challenges Percy & Co. face are much more serious, I wasn't surprised that the tone was much darker than in the earlier installments, but I was glad to see that there was still a good amount of humor—Apollo's curse on the Ares cabin was especially good—and I still enjoy Percy's voice (though I don't really feel that he's matured much in five years):rnrnI remembered the story. Orpheus wasn't supposed to look behind him when he was leading his wife back to the world, but of course he did. It was one of those typical and-so-the-died/the-end" stories that always made us demigods feel warm and fuzzy. rnrnSo that all worked. But it wasn't until page 295 that the book really grabbed me. rnrnUntil that point

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F 813 Rio p

Publisher

Bandung : Mizan Media Utama., 2013

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viii, 453 hal. ; 20 cm

Language

Indonesia

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978-602-1606-18-6

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813

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Novel

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