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Great readFinally I was able to land my hands on a good thriller and once I finished this book I bought its sequel (girl who played with fire). Full credits to the author. I am taking away one star because at times it gets verbose (so you need to be know how to skim) and that the last 50 pages of the book are really a stretch since the mystery was already solved.
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Might as well start with the setI bought the 3-book set because the first two books in the series were being passed around by my students so much, they were getting pretty dog-eared--and (verbal) fights were breaking out about who got what book next. (These are high school kids.) As a teacher whose heart goes out to learning-challenged kids, I have to appreciate the fact that Percy Jackson, the protagonist, has ADHD and dyslexia--issues that only enhance his heroics, not detract from them. The books are easy and engrossing, with plenty of sword brandishing and sarcasm, so they keep teens reading. There are, of course, mini lessons on Greek mythology throughout the books (often as the ever-valiant heroes are being attached once again by another fury or hydra or what-have-you), so I appreciate that, too.
I stop just short of a five-star rating here as I have read as far as Book Four and I would have liked to see Riordan be a bit more creative with his plot devices. The fourth book opens with Percy beginning school at yet another new school and this time it's the cheerleaders who are not what they seem to be, but that's only slightly different from how the other books open. Some situations have been used so repeatedly that I've begun to predict how our heroes will be backed into a corner with no way out this time--and who will save them.
Overall, though, I think this is a great series for young folks.
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Below parJodi Picoult is one of maybe 4 or 5 authors that I make a point of buying in hardcover, but to be honest, that may be over after this book. I don't always like Picoult's books, but I can always see value in the way they are written. That is not the case this time. I found the jumping from character to character to be hard to follow (even though it seems to have worked well for her in the past.) The lawyer and detective seemed to appear out of nowhere and it took me awhile to figure out who they even were. The mom seems very weak. The older brother seems like a recreation of the older brother from My Sister's Keeper. And to be honest, I haven't even really fallen for the main character yet.
Normally I can't put a Picoult book down. This time, I am having trouble making myself pick it up. I didn't like the story line in Change of Heart, but I wanted to see where she was going with it - but in this one, I'm not sure that I am going to finish.
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