Reason of the choice
The last book I read was The Lightning Thief, which is the first book of the “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series and I really liked it. The end of that book was amazing and it left a huge gap for the continuation of the series and I was so curious to know what would happen after that I have decided that I would only start reading another book or series only after finishing this one. So, that’s the reason why I have picked the The Sea of Monsters.
Reaction to the first pages
Since this is the second book of a series that I already know, I was used to the writing style and I remembered the story, so I wasn’t really surprised by nothing that was related with it and it wasn't disappointing at all.
Summary
Since the beginning, Percy was having some dreams with his best friend, Grover, who was a satyr that was looking for Pan, the goddess of nature. However, Percy knew that something was wrong because in those dreams he saw Grover being chased by a Cyclops and Grover was asking for help.
Percy, who had returned to a normal school and had a normal year since he left Camp Half-Blood, had some trouble in the last day of school because a group of giant cannibals, known as Laestrygonians, attacked him but he was saved by Tyson, who Percy had met earlier that year, and by Annabeth.
After that, Annabeth told Percy that Tyson was a Cyclops, which he hasn’t noticed due to the Mist, which was something that would make the humans unable to see the true form of monsters. Then, Percy, Annabeth and Tyson went to Camp Half-Blood in a taxi driven by the Gray Sisters.
When they arrived, the camp was being attacked by some monsters because the magic that was protecting the Camp was very weak because the pine tree, that once was Thalia, daughter of Zeus, was poisoned. After defeating the monsters, they were told Chiron, a centaur and the director of the Camp, was leaving and Tantalus, from Tartarus, would replace him.
When they were in the Camp, Poseidon, Percy’s father, claimed Tyson as his son. Before going in a new quest, Hermes appeared and gave some gifts to Percy. In the very moment before departing, Tyson and Annabeth showed up and went in the quest with Percy. They went aboard the Princess Andromeda boat where Luke, Hermes’ son and the one who poisoned the tree, was. They were able to run away from that boat and Clarisse, daughter of Ares, the god of war caught them.
In Clarisses' boat, they entered the Sea of Monsters but, in the moment that they were entering it, Percy and Annabeth lost Tyson. Then, the two went through many challenges, like Circe’s island and the Sirens, but they were able to go through all of that and they arrived in the island where Grover was trapped: Polyphemus island.
In the island, they were able to trick, once again, Polyphemus but they had help of Tyson, that hadn’t died when Clarisse’s ship sank. So, tricking Polyphemus, Percy, Annabeth and Tyson were able to rescue Grover and they also managed to get the Golden Fleece, an item that would cure the pine tree.
However, when they were going back to Camp Half-Blood, they were caught again by Luke. Percy, while fighting Luke, showed everyone in the Camp, that Luke was the one who poisoned the tree and not Chiron, which meant that he should get back his job. Once more, Percy and his friends were able to run away from Luke but this time they were helped by some friends of Chiron.
After some time in the Camp, they found out a new girl, Thalia, which the Fleece, brought back to life and everyone was concerned because she could also be a girl of a prophecy that might save or destroy the Olympus.
Highlights
Thankfully, Rick Riordan kept writing like he did in the previous book and that is something that must be highlighted because it’s really funny and it helps the way we feel how light reading this book is. Moreover, like I have written in the review of the previous book of this series, this is a great way to learn something more about the Greek mythology in a different but funny way.
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