Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20150102062028/@comment-25155763-20150113205444

Erick.baez.773 wrote:

8th Hero of Olympus wrote:

Annabeth and Percy wrote:

A lot of people on here didn't like The Blood of Olympus, but I did. The final fight was a little disappointing. And the major thing that I didn't like about it was that neither Percy nor Annabeth had a POV. Well, I, for one, absolutely adore "The Blood of Olympus", and take no issue with their being no POVs from Percy and Annabeth.

After all, as Uncle Rick said himself, "The House of Hades" was the Percabeth book, in which they truly got to shine once more, more than ever before... In this book however, we received far more insight into Nico and Reyna's characters than ever before instead, which was more than enough compensation for me... Also, Percy and Annabeth took down the main villains in the first series, so it was about time for someone else to shine! :))) Lastly, Percy's main role in BoO was just that - to "face a sacrifice that he cannot make" by stepping down and allowing Jason, Piper and Leo to take up the final mission to destroy Gaea, something that Frank, with his sense of duty, helps him realize before it is too late... Had Percy not done so, (as Mars pointed out), the whole war would have gone sideways, with Gaea successfully destroying the world... I don't hate The Blood of Olympus.I like it,but it didn't come out as good as I thought it will be.So many expectations,with only some coming true.There are several reasons why it wasn't very good.

1.Percy nor Annabeth didn't get a Pov.

2.The Final Battle was disappointing. I expected it to be longer and more intense.(Like in The House of Hades or The Last Olympian)But no,it was shorter and not that intense.

What I did like about the battle was Jason,Piper,Leo battling Gaea and The gods with their children. That is what I liked about The Final battle.Besides that,I didn't like it.

3.Piper's and Leo's Pov were disappointing.Their Pov's were really good in The House of Hades. But in this book,They were boring.Their plot wasn't very good either.

4.Besides this,The Blood of Olympus would've probably been My Favorite Book.Nico's ,Reyna's ,and Jason's Pov's Were really good.

If Percy and Annabeth took Piper's and Leo's Pov's, and The final Battle was Longer and More intense,this would've been The best book.But it isn't.That is the truth. I actually quite enjoyed BOO, although i have a few reasons, why i didn't enjoy it as much.

1. I am perfectly fine with there being no percabeth POV's, but  Leo's was overwhelmingly boring, and really had a strange plot.

2. With the amazing, detailed graphics in the house of hades, i expected a bigger, greater final battle. I mean, it took  a whole half a book to battle Kronos, but it took ten pages to defeat Gaea??

The things i did enjoy

1. Nico and Reyna's sections. It was finally time for us to go deep into their characters, see them in action(constantly), and fully understand their true personalities.

2. The whole thing about percy stepping down, and franks sense of duty, was not only clever, but gave the others a chance to shine.

3. The idea that the kids and their respective godparents fought the giants together. Again, i wish those fights would've been more descriptive, that could have added 10 to 15 pages to the book. And that's before the battle with Gaea.

4. The idea to basically remove Gaea from the earth,like they did with Ouranos,only they removed him from the sky. Hopefully their resting somewhere in the cosmos, or wherever primordial gods who exploded go.