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Book Review of The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Bk 1)

The Lightning Thief  (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Bk 1)
reviewed on
Helpful Score: 2


This book is vastly different from the movie, and the old adage holds...the book is always better! I really enjoyed the movie, but this book has wonderful details, the story line is compelling, well worth reading. Percy is such a likeable character, written with all of the difficulties and cleverness that make him believeable and genuine. I read this first to see if it was something my daughter would be interested in having already seen the movie. It is honestly different enough from the movie that they feel like two completely different stories.