Board Thread:The Trials of Apollo/@comment-35324803-20180509140036/@comment-35229543-20180603104746

Cheetahstar2334 wrote: Well yes, of course the title character wouldn't die (or would die but then be brought back) but I'm just saying that it's really strange that he would still be alive after all he went through (but of course these are books, and weird stuff like this happens :P ) Yeah, it's kind of obvious that the title character wouldn't die--especially not if, you know, the book is told from THEIR POINT OF VIEW. But referring to your other point, about Jason going through so much just to die so abruptly, Rick actually addresses that in the book. While Piper's going through the denial phase and saying that Jason's done too much to just die, Apollo/Lester notes that he's seen a lot of mortal deaths over the centuries, and nearly none had any real meaning or reason. He also says that people who deserve to die take forever to actually kick the bucket, and people that deserve to live almost always die too soon.