User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Blood of Olympus Official Discussion/@comment-4902593-20141010142512

I can hardly believe this is the last book. Sure Rick had only one year to write which is very fast but I didn't like the story. I am disappointed with many of the instances in BoO.

1. Lack of the other members of the seven: I am fine with Percy and Annabeth not having any POV but that doesn't mean they should be completely sidelined. They are the main reason we read the second series. I also found it very unfair that Frank and Hazel were totally ignored. BTW did Frank go to Pylos and did Hazel get her curse washed away? (I skipped a few chapters).

2. Gaia and the Giants: They were super weak and disappointing. The way Gaia went down didn't go well with me. I mean Typhon still threatened the Gods even after being hit by the Master Bolt several times while Kronos was trashing Olympus but Gaia got owned by sissy charmspeak and an explosion which is small compared to the Bolt. Really? So much for being worse than the Titan Army.

3. Nico's confession: It's like he just tossed a ball at Percy. I was expecting he would be nervous and  Percy would be calm and comforting during a tense moment. But noooo. Instead Nico acts like nothing really happened and just made some random comment. I don't know about you guys but to me this didn't feel proper. At all. It felt too small.

I can go on and on but the point is, it just didn't do justice to the series and to the characters mainly. The Last Olympian was a much better  and fitting finale. Some parts of BoO even felt like fanfiction to me.

Maybe I shouldn't have expected much. I think I love the original series a lot. I didn't like this book.

P. S. Did Medea appear? Like I said, I skipped some chapters.