The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and The Olympians Book 5), Rick Riordan
Friday, January 22, 2010 2:13 PM /
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OH MY GODS...This is, like, the perfect ending for the series. All the loose ends were tied and all the questions were answered. The conclusion of the saga was perfect. Not at all sappy and lived-happily-ever-after. Simply perfect. (Okay, I need to stop saying that word). Perfect! XD
While the Olympians battle against the hundred-headed Typhon, Kronos is now planning an assault on Manhattan where Olympus stands virtually unguarded. Now it's up to Percy Jackson, an army of young demigods and Artemis' faithful Hunters (led by Thalia, the daughter of Zeus) to stop the Lord of Time. Percy had also finally set out with the son of Hades to the River Styx and convinced the Lord of the Underworld and his father Poseidon to help save Olympus.
I thought the Last Olympian refers to Percy but (he's not a god..yet) to Lady Hestia, keeper of the Hearth. When all the other gods are out there having a hard time fighting Typhon, when it looks like Olympus is sure for destruction, there is only Hestia left which also means family and friends. Percy realized in the end that "Hope survives best at the hearth," and gave Lady Hestia Pandora's box bottle jar where Hope is kept. Because when your friends are dying around you and when you are fighting something like Kronos, there might only be one thing you could hold onto - family.
This book is full of love and lost, of friends and faith and sacrifice. I couldn't help but look forward for another generation of demigods because there's a Second Great Prophecy near the ending...*drums roll/lightning flash/spooky music*
Seven half bloods shall answer the call.
To storm or fire, the world must fall.
An oath to keep with a final breath,
And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.
RICK RIORDAN, SIR..DON'T LET THIS BE THE LAST ONE! AND DON'T TORTURE ME IN WAITING TOO LONG FOR ANOTHER SERIES!! AND IF YOU DON'T HOOK UP A BETTER PERCABETH ROMANCE NOW THAT THE MORTAL GIRL RACHEL IS OUT OF THE PICTURE, I'LL SUE YOU!!Labels: book, fantasy, feature, ken chua, literature, reading, review, rick riordan
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