Friday, January 23, 2015

The House of Hades

     Right now I am reading a book by my favorite author of all time. It is The House of Hades by Rick Riordan . I love how he blends old Greek and Egyptian mythology with modern day technology and the issues that we have going on today. My favorite book that he has ever written was. He has written numerous books and quite a few different series. I highly encourage anyone who enjoyed Harry Potter series to check his books out. They include many dynamic, witty characters along with a fast paced and intense plot that will keep everyone engaged in the book.

    WARNING SPOILERS. If you are reading any of the Percy Jackson series or The Heroes of Olympus and don't want a really big spoiler I would encourage you to find someone a different blog because this will spoil a good deal of the series. this week the most important line from any chapter in my book so far is when Nico and Jason have to fight Cupid, the god of love. They find out that love is very hard to deal with and is more equatable to death than it is to life. While they are fighting him. Jason comes to a conclusion where he thinks, "Cupid was a monster. Love was the most savage monster of all."(Riordan, 291) This line is so important to the story because love is really what motivates all of the characters and fuels the plot. When Percy and Annabeth get stuck in hell, the only thing that keeps both of them going is love for each other. Jason is driven by the love of all the crew and especially Piper to still be a leader and fight all of the monsters without Percy's help.

  The final book in this series and the final book to wrap up both The Percy Jackson series and The Heroes of Olympus came out in October. I can't wait to read this book to find out what will happen to all of the characters in this series. I would recommend this to anyone who needs a new book to read. There is so much that could happen that I won't be able to put it down.
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6 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 23, 2015 at 5:59 AM

    Alex, I really enjoyed your explanation of why you are reading this book. Also, I haven't read the Percy Jackson so I was appreciative of the spoiler alert. Great Job!

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  2. UnknownJanuary 23, 2015 at 7:19 AM

    I also read this series, I loved these books as much as you. The author (Rick Riordan) is an amazing author and I enjoy reading books written by him. Since you said this and Harry Potter are similar, and since I enjoyed this series so much, I might just have to try it. Nice post!

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  3. UnknownJanuary 23, 2015 at 7:31 AM

    I also read this series and really liked it. Have you read the last book? I liked you compared the description of love between the characters in this book. It really shows how they are different and what they think.

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  4. UnknownJanuary 23, 2015 at 7:45 AM

    I have also read this series and I couldn't stop reading it till I finished the book was that good.I liked how you compared the book to Harry Potter and the Percy Jackson series because they are so similar.

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  5. UnknownJanuary 25, 2015 at 7:26 AM

    I also read this series and it was one of the best I had ever read. I liked that you compared this series to the Harry Potter series and I totally agree. Good job on the post!

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  6. UnknownJanuary 28, 2015 at 5:10 AM

    I too have read this series and found this to be a great book. I like how strong your textual evidence was and how you explained what is happening right now as of where you are in the book.

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