User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Mark of Athena Official Discussion/@comment-173.64.122.195-20121004033234


 * alskdfjldfjlsgn I CANT THIS BOOK THIS AUTHOR IS THE CLOSEST THING TO PERFECTION ON THIS EARTH

My only comments? Percabeth is not workin for me. I miss the old Annabeth and Percy, when they'd fight, insult, and make fun of each other. They need to take the whole "coupley" thing down a notch. Bring back Seaweed Brain. It was too mushy- Jason and Piper are here for you sappy ones. And also, I wanted to know what was happening back in America between the camps-and Iris message from Chiron, maybe? It feels like the entire camp deserted them on their quest. Maybe I'm just nostalgic about the original series. (Where's Grover???!!!)

Characters:

Percy-he's my favorite character of all time; no one will ever in a million years beat him. Ever. I really liked how Piper described him, as unimpressive. Just how I imagined him. He was just like the old Percy, too. BUT YOU CAN"T MAKE HIM AFRAID OF WATER OR I WILL CUT YOU.

Jason-I love Jason so much he's one of my faves. I liked how he called Piper "Pipes"- that was really cute. He just needs more of a leadership role, I think. THE BROMANCE OMFG I'M DYING. And i totally ship McGrace. They are totally my OTP.

Annabeth-I didn't really like Annabeth as much in this one. I mean, sure, she was still the kick-ass daughter of Athena, but is way to girly and mushy in this. She only mentioned "Seaweed Brain" twice, once when they were kissing, in a giddy way. Her quest rocked.

Piper-I dunno why everyone hates on her! I like her, just Riordan needs to make her tougher. SHe needs to be more like the book 1 Piper who don't take shit from no one, not the looking glass, feather-in-hair, solely-diplomat who always scared and wanted to retreat. She didn't even fight in the twins' cave. Not like her.

Leo-After Percy, he's my favorite character. Definately. He was great in this book, so sarcastic and funny, but he also had a huge part, which was great.The whole Sammy thing was disgusting though, if you ask me. I kinda wanted a Hazel-Leo relationship thang.

Hazel and Frank-There wasn't much of either HAzel or Frank, I thought, compared to the others. I really like Hazel, but don't see her as very powerful. Though I'm expecting something big for her in the upcoming books! I've never really liked Frank for some reason-not my type of character. I feel like Riordan is trying to hard to make him "cool."LIke shapeshifting and being a desccendant of Neptune?Puh-lease. It's not making him any cooler.Their relationship is EW.

I'm really looking forward to see how all the characters' roles play out. Percy and Jason, obviously, to be the leaders. I do want more of a story and part them, though. Leo, also obvious, is to be the captain of the ship, but there's gotta be something more. I can't wait to see Annabeth evolve. I know that the Mark of Athena was her big thing, but it won't stop there. There has to be more to Piper, Frank, and Hazels' stories, and knowing Riordan, it's gonna be frickin awesome. I CANT WAIT FOR NICO TO BE BACK. I always thought of him as olive-skinned, though, my mind can't imagine him pale.

Sorry for the long review, I just needed space to rant my feelings.