User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Mark of Athena Official Discussion/@comment-4517591-20121006071543

I've finally finished the book. Great book overall.

But I was wondering if anyone else realised this, but did anyone feel like both Percy's and Jason's combat abilities were like dumbed down? They weren't as much of a threat as they were in LH or SoN respectively. Like RR purposely made them a bit weaker to not out show the other 5 demigods. It felt...out of place.