Is the Percy Jackson series well written?

[Anonymous]

I love Percy Jackson! The prose is not its strength. But it is accessible and adequately services entertaining plots and good characters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I picked up a Hardy Boys book recently. Percy Jackson is better.

What's wrong with casual language? It's how humans speak.

My kid learned some old fashioned mafia slang from the original Hardy Boys book, ha ha. He also loved the Rick Riordan books. But he also enjoyed Sherlock Holmes & Jules Verne around the same age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The author also specifically wrote the books with his son in mind. His son has ADHD and Dyslexia which is why Percy has those conditions as well.

If the books connect with kids, great, honestly.

This. My ADHD kid loves his books, and it kept him reading because he related to the characters. And there are other series from the author, plus books written by authors that he has promoted. So many good options to get kids reading.

My kid also reads "classics", mostly assigned at school. He hasn't liked many of them, because the characters aren't relatable or they're whiny. I'm an avid reader and felt the same way when I was his age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP the prose isn't literary. The feature of the series is how impressively he integrates such a wide body of Greek and Roman mythology into the story.

This. At least kids become aware of Ancient Greece and Rome. And it’s finally not about some injustice happening to a non white kid (which a lot of other school assigned books seem to be about).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The author also specifically wrote the books with his son in mind. His son has ADHD and Dyslexia which is why Percy has those conditions as well.

If the books connect with kids, great, honestly.

Oh boy. Where are the books about NT kids not going through social injustice? Always someone suffering