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Yeah this series honestly doesn’t even feel like a children’s book. Im also a teenager but this entire PJ/THoO/TOA series is one of the best ive ever read. I get what you mean with the realism, in movies and shows when main characters die I almost always would like it for them to stay dead. Not because i domt like the character but because i know they always come back and the creators never have the guts to kill them off for real. Killing off Jason Grace (who along with Piper, are my favorite characters) was such a forceful blow to my heart since i started reading THoO in 5th grade and it was the book that actually got me into reading. I guess it kind of ruined my childhood loll. It was a really bold move on Riordan’s part and i respect him for it. I just wish he could have executed it in a better way. It was all too sudden and unexpected (which may or may not have been his intention) but it hurt like hell. Usually i would be sad but accept that his death is for the best and want him to stay dead, but he was simply too big a character and i feel like even though he’s a fictional character, i knew him and it just hurts all the more like when a loved one dies. Props to Rick for finally having the guts to do something so drastic, but at the same time i still hope Jason comes back. He’s killed off too many people and then brings them back, for it to be different with Jason seems really unfair (which again may be his intention). I guess my emotional attachment to these characters just makes it hurt a bunch lol. But that’s basically why for the first time i want to be optimistic and hope that Jason isn’t going to stay dead and he and Piper can have another chance. Its an unrealistic hope, but hope nonetheless. I’ve decided to hold onto that very slim thread of hope until book 5 lol on which i will be super glad or all the more heart broken. 2020 has never felt so far away haha.