User blog comment:Hyperborean/What to expect/@comment-4515675-20120514060830

Honestly I was disappointed with the sneak peak, it felt like some poorly written fanfiction. I know it's way too early to predict anything but I believe MoA will be nothing more than a fill book. Something RR has written in order to keep us busy for another year, a bit like the Sea of Monsters.

It comes as no surprise that the foes are trying to set doubt between the heroes and if RR is indeed hinting that only the seven will be aboard the Argo II (which I find incredibly stupid) then fights between them will start out of nothing. I'm not even going to go into details with the whole love boat and how everyone seems to be paired into a couple leaving Leo as yet another third wheel.

How will they be able to close the DoD? If the DoD were so easy to open then don't you think Kronos himself would have done it as well? Thanatos told them that a special kind of demigod will lead them to the DoD but nothing about how they're going to close them.

As for Annabeth's role, guys might as well give in and admit that RR is planning no huge surprise with MoA and that she'll most likely be the 7th and lead them to the doors. He could have started the book with another PoV, he could have made it so that it wouldn't be obvious but it's like he's hurrying things up. Oh look we have Annabeth's PoV, oh look there are only 4 people on the Argo II and we let all the other Greeks at home because obviously the camps don't have to unite only the seven need to realize who their special other is and that will bring unity amongst everyone, in case you doubted it Jason did become Piper's boyfriend despite the fact that he might have had someone back home. It's like he's writing for 12 year olds and I know that's mainly the target readers but honestly I feel like MoA will be more of a left down than TLH hero was. I don't want to sound bitter but it's ridiculous that every obvious theory that people had so far might coincide with what will happen in MoA whereas most of the theories about SoN were pretty far off.