The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)

I bought this for my daughter (a long time Percy Jackson fan) for Christmas. She absolutely loved it and was over the moon with this gift. An all around great purchase.

Lovely illustrated version. Bought to encourage my son to read as the colour illustrations hold his attention more easily.

Bought for my son who has already read the book and seen the film and loved them so he already knows the stories but is loving the audio book. Arrived promptly and well packaged using Amazon Prime.

My son loved he film and he loves his even more. The story is a bit different than the film and he says it's better. He listens to it as he goes to sleep.

Great read!

It seems to me that this elegant, and pricey, volume would work well as either a wow! introduction to Percy Jackson for a new reader, or as a nice birthday or special occasion gift for a confirmed fan. The appeal here is two-fold -- the illustrations are right on target, and the book is well made. As to the illustrations, I'm always a little leery about illustrated volumes when I've already read, and possibly reread, a series. I have the characters and scenes fairly well established in my head, and someone else's vision, no matter how well executed, can clash dramatically with what I've already got. (Maybe that's why I've never warmed to any illustrations for "The Lord of the Rings".) Well, I was happy with John Rocco's take. The characters look right enough, (especially the secondary characters), and the action pieces are true to what I saw as the author's intentions. A nice touch is the Camp map at the front of the book and the quest map on the endsheet. The illustrations aren't too numerous, (this isn't a graphic novel), but the choices that were made about what to illustrate, and when, seemed valid. As to quality, this has been made for heavy use. The binding is reinforced. The boards are good. The dust jacket isn't anything special, but it's substantial enough. The paper is glossy and high quality. This isn't a Turtleback style book or library bound, but it's been made to last for a while. There are varied and interesting type fonts that jazz up the text, and give the book a touch of elegance. So, the Percy Jackson series is engaging and ripping and a great series for a younger reader. A classy edition for that young reader is a nice touch, and this book seemed to fit the bill.

My 9yr old son really enjoyed the story but said the reader was, "too squeaky and American and not like teenagers voices at all except for the guy with horns. He wasn't very good at doing different people."

Half of the story has been cut out and the main character is referred to as piercy throughout. My year 4 class were not impressed. Currently awaiting a refund.

beautifully illustrated

Estava com muita dúvida se comprava ou não, mas vi alguns videos no YouTube e resolvi arriscar, e valeu muito a pena!!! A capa é um papel que é possível retirar (o papel é bem sensível então tome cuidado com ele na hora de tirar ou guardar) a capa em si com o papel retirado é um azul com uma testura mais aveludada, com o relevo de um tridente. desenhos lindos (algumas páginas não tem desenho porém eu não achei problema já que os desenhos são muito realistas e bem feitos) espero ter ajudado!!!

This was a present for my 10-year-old son who now loves the whole Percy Jackson series, and indeed everything Rick Riordan has written. This makes a nice gift, with its oversize, colourful illustrations.

The illustrated book of Percy Jackson is so absolutely a must have for all the fans. The drawings are great. I love the story. It has everything. Action, good Charakters and an interesting story!

This was AMAZING. I've long been a Rick Riordan fan but I am now mama to an 8 year old boy who HATES to read. He loves being read to, and we have started with some of the stories I was enchanted by as kind/teen/young adult. He like Harry Potter but I stumbled across this illustrated version after I read the Heroes of Olympus series for myself. I thought he would love it and I was right! He is enthralled by the pictures, which were BREATH TAKING and excited by the story line. This book is pretty advanced for average 2nd graders, lots of big words, full of Greek words because it's fiction based off of Greek Mythology. So amazing though. Everyone looked just like I had always pictured in my head! Usually we do 1 chapter a night, but when we started reading The Lightning Theif, often we read 3 per night because he was BEGGING to see/hear more. We were SO EAGER to get our hands on the second one, and I was SO BUMMED that I could find it- as it turns out they didn't illustrate any further, the closes I can get are the graphic novels, AKA the comic book versions and it is just NOT the same thing. 😭 PLEASE DO THE NEXT BOOK EXPEDITIOUSLY!