Did you ever think your math teacher could grow into a HUGE BEAST WITH CLAWS and try to attack you? Have you ever thought of vaporizing teachers? Well that’s some of the least, crazy and obnoxious things that Percy Jackson has faced. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (book 1, the Lightning Thief) written by Rick Riordan takes you on an adventurous, humorous, and suspenseful journey with Percy Jackson, the main character, and his friends Annabeth and Grover. From mattresses that stretch and rip people apart to dangerous amusement parks that are built for gods, this book will teach you ancient Greek mythology with tons of fantasy. Percy Jackson has to help his dad, who has been accused of stealing Zeus's lightning bolt, so Percy and his friends …show more content…
Even though Riordan is a serious writer, he always infuses humor into his novels to make them more interesting and fun to read. Sadie and Carter open their dad’s bag to find a tiny (and annoying) wax friend. “‘Master Is gone?’ Doughboy smiled so widely, I thought his waxed face would split open. Free at last. See you, suckers!’” (Riordan 93). I thought it was funny when Sadie said, “smiled so widely, I thought his wax face would split open” I found this funny because it showed how happy doughboys are. Sadie turned into a kite and she had trouble turning back into a human, Her “ba” took a trip when she was asleep and she looked like a bird.”After my bad experience as a kite,I [Sadie] simply refused to go about as a glowing Sadie-headed-chicken. That’s fine for Carter, but I have standards.”(Riordan 247-248). I thought it was funny when Sadie said “glowing Sadie-headed-chicken”, because that’s what a ba is. As you can tell, you can never call it a Riordan book if it doesn’t crack you up. Now that you’ve read this book review, don’t you want to go to the library and check out Percy Jackson and the Lightning