Another solid addition to the series! I wasn't sure at first, but I think I liked this book better than the first. Great story line, great characters (Tyson! ( )

My first impressions (Writing down my first impressions of the book. NOT an in-depth review. Reviews base on personal enjoyment.)
RANK: Astonishing
1/22/2021
Another great book.
Spoiler-Free: Should you keep reading Percy Jackson? Yes. The adventure that Percy went on with his friends is fun. Just as fun as the first book.
I really like that ending. Cronos trying to sway the prophecy at the last minute is cool. Thalia return shakes up the events in the next 3 books. Hermes, for now, acknowledges that the gods are terrible parents. Yeah, gods are terrible parents. Percy having another brother, who is a Cyclops. Cool to see another kid of Poseidon. Showing that even monsters can be kids to the gods. I didn’t find Tyson annoying. He’s a fun character. I like how Grover trick the Polyphemus by acting as a lady Cyclops. This goes to show that the gods will have kids of any kind of living being.
Overall, Fantastic book. On to book 3

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Another fun success with relatable, young characters. A fun family read. ( )

I love this series to death. First of all I love the whole Greek mythology thing. It’s fantastic. And I love how it’s used in this book. It’s a little modern and it makes it kind of funny sometimes. I LOVE the world the author created here.

I love how much time he puts into his characters too. He changes them but keeps them the same at the same time. They grow with the book. They get smarter but not perfect. I like that. Percy is amazing. He’ll do anything for his friends and family. Annabeth is great too. I feel like I know them both so much better now after reading this book. I loved the new characters introduced. Tyson is hilarious and I still hate Clarisse but a little bit less now.

What I loved most about the plot was that it was a mix of genres. It’s a fantasy book but there’s a lot of funny parts and I can feel some romance coming. Plus it’s got all these fancy morals in it everywhere. Like everything with Tyson. I like that when the characters grow, we do too because of all the new stuff we’re learning. Plus there’s action all throughout the book! I love it! You’ll never, ever get bored reading this! ( )

In this Percy Jackson book, Percy and Annabeth must travel the Sea of Monsters (a.k.a. the Bermuda Triangle) to save Grover and obtain a mythical item that will heal Thalia's poisoned tree, restoring the border of Camp Half-Blood.

Reading this second installment in the series, I still felt like Riordan creates well-plotted books--it seemed like he must have taken the time to plan the whole story in advance. I like that. I also like the pacing again. On the other hand, maybe it's just gotten a little too silly for me. Percy's sarcasm and the comic elements were funny in the first book, but as part of the author's voice they get monotonous.

Some of the reviewers of the first book were saying that the story didn't give them any real sense of danger, and I could see that while I was reading the second one. Percy saves the day constantly, and when he's in trouble someone always saves him. The things that save him are plausible in terms of the plot, but often ridiculous at the same time, taking away from the drama. I wish Riordan had found a way to include the humor without ruining the tension, but maybe that's what makes the series so popular among kids--it's exciting without being too scary. Twelve-year-olds everywhere may be fearing for Percy's future at this point in the series, but others may be becoming weary of his string of success. Although I count myself among the latter, I might read more at some point--I still want to find out what the prophecies mean, etc.

My favorite quote: "Hermes shrugged. 'Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related, for better or worse . . . and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.'" ( )