The Last Olympian

Percy starts to grow up... and everything starts to get mushy. There's really nothing new in this book. No ‘startling' moments, only more of the same from the last four entries in this series. To top it all, the ending was totally predictable. IMHO, this is the worst book in the series, but it's still ‘OK'.

The writing style of these books is still not my favourite. The characters and events are not given the weight they deserve. When Grover was given his title, instead of making this a very important moment, the culmination of his life's work, and having that make it impactful, he just passes out for a laugh. It is such a waste of the potential of that moment. And the series is full of those moments where the tone of the book is just wrong. You can do a serious yet lighthearted book, but not this way.

The story ended how I thought it would. And I did want to know what happened to the characters but I definitely do not have the urge to know any more. I am glad I am finished with this.