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The Sea of Monsters

by Rick Riordan

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A sequal that meets the high expectations set in the first book. ( )
lizardva | Jul 2, 2009 |  
A fantastic follow-up to a great debut novel. The Sea of Monsters is a great look at friendship, with a large dose of myth, a pinch of adventure, and a dash of peril. A great series for the younger sect. ( )
Alera | Jun 16, 2009 |  
First in a series set up the background and the main characters. It give you a nice adventure story where at the end the good defeated evil. The second chapter in a series usually give you way much more depth because this time around you realize the evil come back stronger and it has long term plans. You also would realize the main character is center to the plot of the evil, that’s why he wasn’t killed. Plus there will always be some kind of a prophecy about the future! The second book of Percy Jackson and the Olympians titled the Sea of Monsters follow a similar path. It brings a lot more depth to the story because we found out that the Titan has a plan, it also fresh out some other characters such as Clarisse and introduce other characters like the Cyclop Tyson that might be important in the future. I love that the story give us an unlikely shared experience and bond between Clarisse and our main heroes. She was just a typical bully character in the first book, this time around it show us more about her and how she could actually be important in the series.

One element I like about the series is how it keep on updating the Greek Mythology to the modern world. It’s so much fun to see all these characters in myth adapted to modern life! And seems like each book one major god shape the course of action in the book. Last book we met Ares the god of war, this time around it’s Hermes and his gadgets. Not only that, this time around we also get to see the teacher Chiron spring into action with his centaur clans! that’s always a sight to be seen! Of course, nothing compares to the twist in the end that is such a game changer. It changes everything! Oh I can’t wait to get on to the next book! ( )
hal9209 | Jun 14, 2009 |  
The second in this popular series that brings Greek mythology to the modern day. Percy (Perseus) Jackson is a demigod, half-mortal son of Poseidon. Camp Half-Blood is under attack, its protective tree poisoned and dying. Percy must break the rules to go on a quest for the Golden Fleece. But will his efforts be enough? Or will they just make matters worse?

An enjoyable update of Greek myths. Percy and his cohorts are believable both as modern children and as heroes in training. Probably best appreciated by readers who already have some familiarity with Greek mythology. (Would certainly read very differently without that familiarity.) ( )
readinggeek451 | Jun 11, 2009 | 1 vote
I read the Percy Jackson and the Olympian series several years ago before they became popular. I'm a fanof mythology, but, at the time, I didn't like the way the series read. I'll probably go back and reread and see if my opinion changes. ( )
06nwingert | Jun 7, 2009 |  
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Dedication
To Patrick John Riordan,

the best storyteller in the family
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My nightmare started like this.
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Humans don't exist on the same level as the immortals. They can't even be hurt by our weapons. But you, Percy--you are part god, part human. You live in both worlds. You can be harmed by both, and you can effect both. That's what makes
heroes so special. You carry the hopes of humanity into the realm of the eternal.
Monsters never die. They are reborn from the chaos and barbarism that is always
bubbling underneath civilization, the very stuff that makes Kronos stronger. They
must be defeated again and again, kept at bay. Heroes embody that struggle. You fight the battles humanity must win, every generation, in order to stay human.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0786856866, Hardcover)

After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson is finding his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tysona six-foot-three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows Percy everywhere, making it hard for Percy to have any normal friends.But things dont stay quiet for long. Percy soon discovers there is trouble at Camp Half-Blood: the magical borders that protect Half-Blood Hill have been poisoned by a mysterious enemy, and the only safe haven for demigods is on the verge of being overrun by mythological monsters. To save the camp, Percy needs the help of his best friend, Grover, who has been taken prisoner on an island somewhere in the Sea of Monsters, the dangerous waters Greek heroes have sailed for millennia. Only today, the Sea of Monsters goes by a new name: The Bermuda Triangle.Together with his friends, Percy must retrieve the Golden Fleece from the Island of the Cyclopes or Camp Half-Blood will be destroyed. But first, Percy will learn a stunning new secret about his familyone that makes him question whether being claimed as Poseidons son is an honor or simply a cruel joke.

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