![]() The most satisfying part of The Last Olympian (TLO) is how well Riordan mangoes to tie up everyone’s character arcs. So it was good to see how real a threat it is to be a demigod. Literally the first thing we’re told when opening the book is if you think you’re a half-blood forget about it. So much of the series was focused on how dangerous it was to be a half-blood. Unfortunately this isn’t the end of the death train… It was as if Rick had been waiting until the last book before he wanted to off half the camp… then again they were fighting a potentially world ending war so fair game to him.ĭespite what I said above I actually found the morbidness (although extremely saddening – Selina Bauregard, Michael Yew etc) quite satisfying. Given that we hadn’t seen much of Beckendorf leading up to this point in the series shows how well Riordan was able to not only write the scene but also create a connection between the audience and Percy that we find ourselves grieving with him. This will set the fast paced tone of the book given that in the opening we deal with the developing love triangle between Percy, Annabeth and Rachel Elizabeth Dare, as well as the heartbreaking death of Beckendorf only pages later. The book opens with Percy and Rachel Elizabeth Dare – yes I’m still writing her full name – holidaying only to be interrupted by Blackjack and Chalres Beckendorf. ![]() ![]() Like Achilles, Percy tied his mortal point to a very obscure part of his body and again like the former Percy decided it was wise to not place armour over that spot…Īnyway into the book… In probably the darkest book (thematically) in the series we see in my opinion the most humour, which credits Riordan’s writing ability in how he counters the dark with the light. But that isn’t where we draw the line for similarities between the two heroes. ![]() The myth Riordan tackles is that of Achilles, who like our titular character gained invulnerability by bathing in the River Styx. ![]()
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