Olympus Has Not Fallen

By Someone Else Who Will Not Get a Grade

      
Percy Jackson is an average teenager from New York City. Well, not really. It's not everyday that someone can say he's the demigod son of Poseidon. Yet, Percy can.

      He's spent every summer since he was twelve at a camp for demigods, Camp Half-Blood. Most of that time was spent saving the world, which he has proved that he's extraordinarily good at. Now, in The Heroes of Olympus series (which is the second, by the way), Percy and his friends are saving the world yet again― this time, however, from Mother Earth. Gaea herself is planning to wake Percy's end, all of the demigods from the Greek and Roman camps unite on their flying warship called the Argo Ⅱ. Together, they fly to the ancient lands to take down Gaea and her giant sons. Some things went wrong in The Mark of Athena and Percy and his girlfriend Annabeth ended up falling into Tartarus, the eternal pit. During The House of Hades, they find their way back to the mortal world and help their friends again. Now, in the final installment of the series, the group of demigods prepare for the final battle— them against the Earth.

      But, alas, it's never that simple. In the absence of both of their praetors, Jason and Reyna, the augur of Camp Jupiter (Roman), Octavian, takes control and drives the Romans to go to war with the Greeks in Long Island. The seven demigods, with the help of the gods, kill all of the giants and make their way back to Long Island to face Gaea and unite the Greeks and Romans. Meanwhile, Reyna finds a way to control both the Greeks and the Romans by using the famous statue, the Athena Parthenos, Now, as one team, the demigods defeat Mother Earth in a fiery explosion courtesy of Leo, the son of Hephaestus. Except this was at the expense of two lives— that of Octavian, and Leo himself (who did, in fact, come back to life thanks to a special potion that he sort of stole).

         Now, my opinion on this book is rather biased due to the fact that I grew up reading and rereading the Percy Jackson books. Nonetheless, these books are fantastic. They incorporate history and mythology into ways that not many could think of. The characters' backgrounds are also very interesting and diverse. The entire book series is jam-packed with humor and there's action as every turn— yet, that's where one of the problems lay. You have to be paying very close attention to what's happening, because so much is happening. Sometimes there's just too much going on, it seems like the books could be split up even more than they are. But despite this flaw, I still adore The Heroes of Olympus series.

      The story of Percy Jackson doesn't have any age limit or requirement, really. Elementary school-aged kids can read them. So can high school students, like me. Even adults can thoroughly enjoy the witty stories of Percy and his fellow demigods. No matter what age you are, it's never the wrong decision to read this book.