User blog comment:Hyperborean/"The House of Hades" – official expectations blog/@comment-5073970-20130910163208/@comment-1411267-20130913070035

I understand why people like her. We have not had as much Annabeth this series, thus, we need another strong, good female character to latch on to. Piper is the closest we have gotten...(which is not much considering she is only a strong character when the plot calls for it, and never a good one) I for one don't despise Piper (despite what it may seem like) and I actually WANT to care for her. Problem is I can't because she is just too underdeveloped compared to all the other characters. She is obsessed with her boyfriend (I mean holy $h!*...If girls obsess that much over their boyfriends in real life I am gonna stay single). And at times she is just more annoying than I can handle. With so many great characters on the Argo II Piper is just soooo underdeveloped. It is rather sad that RR keeps one character so weak. We have two books left, I fear RR has run out of time to make Piper a good character, and we will have to endure this underdeveloped, annoying, plot device of a character

PS: The logic that if I hate Piper I hate 20% of the series, is completely stupid. If that 20% of the series is flawed... Why should I not hate it? In a series filled with perfection, the one bad apple deserves hate. Because it is the one big problem (which is true, Piper is the WORST part of the series, even if she is not terrible.)