Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-29729973-20170816065540/@comment-34692852-20180215223021

Michael Morningstar wrote: BigNEMY wrote: WHY u gys hate lost hero so much this is MY list

-1.Lost hero A+

-2. Blood of Olympus A

-3. House of Hades A-

-4. Mark of Athena A-

-5 Son of Neptune B+ The Lost Hero was a terrible start to the HoO series. Especially since it came out one year after The Last Olympian which was a fantastic book and a perfect finale to the PJATO. Compare the former to the latter, it's like comparing a kids drawing to the Mona Lisa.

This book suffers from terrible pacing, mediocre characters (especially Piper), forgettable villains, and several plot-holes. It a major reason why it has been criticized by many fans. The Lost Hero has an interesting element of suspense and mystery but besides that, it isn't such a good book compared to others Rick wrote. A few characters were decent but most of them were fairly mediocre and they weren't really likeable. Also, the villains were rather forgettable and I feel that the Lost Hero was a desparate attempt from Rick to make the new characters likeable and seem more poweful than the old ones.