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Very exciting Swedish thrillerThis book was a bit slow starting up but then I couldn't put it down. My book group read it and everybody commented that the book was addictive. People found themselves sneaking off to read it at 2 in the morning. I found Steig Larrson a very appealing writer. In fact, I got a crush on him as I was reading. The book is more than just a thriller; the characters have some real depth. And I love all the Swedish places and names. The book makes you want to take a vacation in Sweden. I'm now in the middle of the second book, "The Girl who Played with Fire," also terrific.
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Great research, believable characters, but somewhat predictable and lacking a last chapterI agree with some of the other reviewers. Great research and insight into Asperger's - we all know a "Jacob" these days and she really nailed it. Picoult always has excellent insight into the impact on families, especially teenage siblings - although it seems like she's told this story before of the ignored/overlooked/resentful sib acting out without the parent noticing. We get it - sibs of kids with special needs, medical fragility, etc., often have a hard time and sometimes you just want to reach into her stories and shake the parents for not getting it. I'd like to see her branch out a bit beyond this story line. I do think the twist wasn't really one - you could definitely tell what was happening - but what really surprised me was that the book ended - plop - with no resolution. I thought she definitely needed an epilogue. Do we really think that Theo and Jacob would go out of this happily ever after just by taking a ride to the court to confess all? This is hard to believe when Theo was breaking into houses and witnessed a death without telling anyone (and is it believable he kept this secret and watched his brother go on trial etc. without speaking up?)? DO we think that mom and her new laywer boyfriend were going to last on the basis of sharing blue food? Seriously, I think she needed an epilogue. My personal bet would be that the family would have packed up and left town and started over somewhere else. No way could either boy have returned to the community with what went on. Picoult is so meticulous in her storytelling, it seems strange to me that she didn't finish this off with an epilogue.
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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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A-maze-ing bookAt Camp Half-Blood, Quintus has substituted for Mr. D. Percy and Annabeth team up in a new game. They find an entrance to the Labyrinth, and they start a quest along with Grover and Tyson. They make it to Triple G ranch and see Nico. Percy defeats Geryon and continues the quest, but Nico wants his sister back to life. Soon, they split up, but Percy almost gets himself killed. He meets Calypso, but can't stay with her. Percy gets Rachel to lead them since she can see through the mist. They meet up with Nico again, and find Luke's body for Kronos to reform. They return to camp for battle with Grover and Tyson after they find Pan. Grover causes a Panic to stop the whole thing and continues the quest in the next book.
I liked this book because it had some funny parts. Percy's adventures continue in The Last Olympian.
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