User blog comment:Hyperborean/"The House of Hades" – official expectations blog/@comment-5073970-20130910163208/@comment-3146930-20130911184852

You're reading to deep into the actual story, not the relatable parts. Yes Hazel died and was brought back, but look at it another way. Hazel was raised as a poor child with her mother just getting by. She was teased by the other kids because they thought her mom was a freak, but she kept quiet and even made a good friend. Then without warning, Hazel had to leave everything behind and move someplace completely different from her home. Jason's mother was an alcoholic with severe attachment issues as well as a huge ego. Jason was then taken from his mother and sister. Leo was passed around from foster home to foster home after his mother's death. Yes I'm sure that most of Rick's readers haven't had to deal with these things, but they are somewhat relatable as you may have a friend that was adopted or maybe they lost a mother or father. How many of Rick's readers are the children of Movie Stars or other incredibly influential people?