First
Published: April 7th 2009
Pages: 361
(paperback)
Publisher: Disney
Hyperion Books, Puffin Books
ISBN: 1423101499
Synopsis
Percy Jackson isn't expecting freshman orientation to be any
fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears on campus, followed by
demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to diabolical.
In this latest installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half-Blood grows more vulnerable by the minute as Kronos's army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop them, Percy and his demigod friends must set out on a quest through the Labyrinth-a sprawling underground world with stunning surprises at every turn.
Full of humor and heart-pounding action, this fourth book
promises to be their most thrilling adventure yet.
Review
Rick Riordan has done it again. Each Book seems to
get better and better and I don’t even know how. Each book lives up
to the expectations that the Percy Jackson series holds. I never got
bored reading The Battle of the Labyrinth. There was always something that got
me interested and pulled me in. I never wanted to put the book down when a book
makes me feel like this, I loved it.
The signature humour of Rick Riordan still is very
much present in this book but I also feel that The Battle of the Labyrinth had
this serious tone to it. I think it’s because Percy and the rest of the
character are becoming older and that the prophecy is impending. I
also think it could a metaphor in such sense of Greek Mythology stories in the
terms of tragedy and consequence. As well
the characters are maturing and changing realistically from year to year so The
Battle of the Labyrinth is also richer in romance and the dark elements
increase as the characters age up.
Again it’s an action packed, cliff hanging
book that you don’t want to put down. I love action and the action in The
Battle of the Labyrinth is pretty awesome. Practically from the
first few pages we have action. You have no idea when danger is near and you
want to scream at those characters that go straight into the danger. And then
you have those moments when the ends of chapters leave you on the edge of your
seat wanting more.
I love Greek Mythology and one of my favourite
myths is Thesues and the Minotaur. So having a whole book based on the setting
of the Labyrinth is pretty epic. In the book we get more in depth of some
of the well-known Greek Characters, like Daedalus, the father of Icarus. I
think that Rick’s take on Daedalus about his life after the fall was very
original and intriguing.
There is trouble again forming in Camp Half Blood.
There is another way to get into camp and that's through the Labyrinth (I don’t
think this is too much of a spoiler as it is said in the title that they are
going into a Labyrinth) So the Gang set off to try and find a way to stop this
from happening.
There is trouble again forming in Camp Half Blood. There is another way
to get into camp and that through the Labyrinth (I don’t think this is too much
of a spoiler as it is said in the title that they are going into a Labyrinth)
So the Gang go down to try and find a way to stop this from happening.
As I read the journey through the Labyrinth I was
captivated and so into the story as the Labyrinth is believed to be one of the
only architecture that constantly changes. So you don’t know what was
going to happen next, what tunnels would change, new tunnels pop up, traps are
in the most unexpected places and monsters could be anywhere.
I love how we get to see new and old characters.
Percy is growing and maturing. He is finding more about himself and others.
Annabeth is finding it hard to let go of her past and how much Luke really
means to her. We also get to see Tyson again and I just love him alot. The way
that Rick writes him, makes me put a smile onto my face.
I also believe that in all the Percy Jackson books
the young characters are always faced with
difficult decisions that affect more than just their individual lives. You can
change your actions but the impact of your choices can sometimes be
everlasting. This is shown alot through The Battle of the Labyrinth
and I think that is something that everyone can get out of reading
the books.
Some Quotes that I liked;
“Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.”
“People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.”
So I Give Percy Jackson: The
Battle of the Labyrinth 5 stars out of 5.
Have you read The Battle of the
Labyrinth? What did you think of it? If you haven’t do you want to read it?
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