Friday, March 29, 2013

The Red Pyramid By Rick Riordan

I do not recommend this book
The entirety of this is just completely disappointing. This is why I didn't want to read the Kane Chronicles or the Heroes of Olympus because I was afraid they would suck and I would be sad. Well, the Kane Chronicles suck and I am sad. After being such a huge fan of Percy Jackson knowing that this book is written by the same author just makes me want to curl up in a ball and cry.

It's bad. It's really really bad. The only good thing about this book is that it's told by two characters, and I've always kind of liked multiple character narration. Sadie and Carter are brother and sister. After their mom dies Sadie has to live with her grandparents in England while Carter travels the world with his father, who studies Egyptology. Sadie (I hate this name. I hate this name. I hate this name. It is my dogs name. It is not a human name. Sorry if your name is Sadie but I just cant) only gets to see her father and brother like once a year. Now this is where the plot takes a nose dive. I'll give you the basic run down: Oh no dad tried to summon a god and now he's gone. Oh no we have to live with his uncle who also goes missing. Oh no there is a guy named Set who wants to kill everybody. Oh no we are magicians who have stupid powers. Oh no the other magicians want us dead even though we are like twelve and fourteen and we didn't do anything. Are you seeing the badness?

I am really disappointed with this book.

I give this book one star

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 29, 2013 at 12:14 PM

    I liked this book. Have you finished the series yet? So sad to hear you didn't like it.

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    1. UnknownMarch 29, 2013 at 1:59 PM

      Nope, just this one. I don't plan to read the rest. I guess I expected more of this book.

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  2. Andrew KooApril 3, 2013 at 6:41 PM

    I hate this book as well. I myself am a Heroes of Olympus fan, though. That is a very good series and you should REALLY read it.

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    1. UnknownApril 10, 2013 at 8:10 PM

      I don't know if I'm ready to trust Rick again. D:

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  3. AnonymousApril 23, 2013 at 1:49 PM

    I'm with you, Imogen. I didn't like this book. In fact, I didn't even finish it. I'm such a big Percy Jackson fan that I expected it to be just as good as those books. Ah well, I guess authors can't hit a home run with every book, even if they are well-known. Though, I hate being disappointed. :)

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