{"id":1860,"date":"2011-11-21T12:46:32","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T18:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/?p=1860"},"modified":"2011-11-21T12:46:32","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T18:46:32","slug":"the-son-of-neptune-by-rick-riordon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/?p=1860","title":{"rendered":"The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordon"},"content":{"rendered":"

66 in my 2011 book blogging challenge<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Rick Riordon’s latest<\/a> was my reading pick for the days I stayed home sick this week. It’s an undemanding book written for middle-schoolers. It was easy to read and sleep at the same time.<\/p>\n

Why is a grown woman reading a book like this, you ask? Well, mainly because I’ve read all of his other books.<\/p>\n

I wouldn’t say that these books do make the leap from being books for kids to being books for everyone, but they do have a certain charm. I enjoy them, and I suppose that’s all the reason I need.<\/p>\n

In The Son of Neptune<\/a>, we once again follow the adventures of Percy Jackson. This time, however, he’s lost his memory, and he has found his way to a camp of demigods who follow the gods in their Roman aspects rather than in their Greek aspects. This is really a brilliant way to teach the differences in the Greek gods and their Roman counterparts. I know I came away with a better grasp of how Neptune is not just another name for Poseidon but another personality for the sea god as well. <\/p>\n

That said, I didn’t like this book as well as I liked the previous one, The Lost Hero<\/a>, but I did finish it eager to read the next installment. I think this a bridge book. The third one in the series where the Greek and Roman camps come together should be the real story. On its own, book 2 is really just the same old Percy Jackson stuff told all over again. As part of a series in which we get Greek and Roman demigods coming together on adventures, it’s a pretty cool twist on Riordon’s normal pattern.<\/p>\n

If you’re a Percy fan, you’ll enjoy this one. If you aren’t already a Percy fan, there’s no point in starting here. Go back and read The Lightening Thief<\/a> instead (the first book in the original series). And if you have middle school kids studying mythology, consider that not just a suggestion, but a must. There’s no one better than Riordan at making the old Greek (and now Roman) myths come to life for a new generation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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