User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Blood of Olympus Official Discussion/@comment-26387135-20150515170954/@comment-4902593-20150516084233

@ScarletScar6

1. Yes. There were too many characters and too many POVs. I think Rick was unable to manage so many storylines properly.

One of the things which I found annoying was the so called Giant War, because technically, there was NO WAR in the first place. It didn't even qualify as a battle cause it lasted for a few minutes and there were no armies involved.

2. Yep. Why need seven demigods when most of the stuff was done by Jason, Piper and Leo? I can understand about Percy and Annabeth, but it wasn't fair for Frank and Hazel.

3. I don't like Piper and I found her ridiculously OP. Then again, Percy was able to defeat Ares without proper training.

I agree with 4,5,6 and 7.

8. Nico and Reyna are great characters, but I found them interfering with the story. Although I kind of regret not reading their POVs properly because they had some really awesome quotes and scenes. Still, I didn't find them too different from other POVs.

9. Yeah. When Heroes of Olympus was first announced, I thought it would be a second chance for Percy to prove himself by killing the giants and defeating Gaia. The only book I liked was the Son of Neptune, which lived up to fan expectation.

10. On the contrary it was good enough to establish Orion as a dreaded antagonist rather than some foolish bumbling Giant like Otis or Ephialtes.

I think Rick would write a book a few years later, to address the remaining loose ends.