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And here it is. The last entry of this year's Reading Bingo. And I left the best for last, with the last book in a saga that I've deeply loved for years.
For the "A Book With More Than 500 pages" square, I waited patiently for Rick Riordan's last book in the Percy Jackson saga to come out. It's Herous of Olympus - Blood of Olympus.
As I said before, I love these books, and I have for years. I grew up with Greek myths, I graduated in Archaeology with a thesis in Roman Topography, and I have a weird sense of humor. The Percy Jackson books are written by someone who loves Greek mythology and knows every single detail, every forgotten myth, and knows how to put them in a modern context in a way that's believable and doesn't betray their roots at all. He has incredible respect for the original source, and he still loves playing with it. Plus he has an incredible sense of humor, cunning and sharp, while never offensive. For years I've loved these books with a fierce passion. With the new saga, the Heroes of Olympus, he breathed new life in his stories, moving from the single character to the chorus, introducing heroes of all different races, and last year he even revealed that one of them was gay. In this book he let him talk at lenght about his sexuality, exactly like he had done for all the other main characters, and I loved him so much for it. AT the same time he didn't make his sexuality the central point of his character, just one of the many ways he's himself. His female characters are all different, and they all have their own stories, their own agenda, and they're all strong in their different ways.
In this book we faced the final battle, and said goodbye to our heroes. I was prepared to be devastated, but the story was so perfect, the ending so well-written, I actually feel happy. He didn't try to wrap every single story up, he didn't give us a horrible epilogue (yes, I'm pointing fingers), he left some doors open, he left us to imagine all new different paths our heroes could take, while still giving us a wonderful finale to a fantastic story. Such brilliant writing!
I told Tati yesterday, while I was mid-journey, that I planned on re-reading all the saga from the start when I reached the ending of this book. But the ending was so perfect, I feel like keeping it fresh in my heart for a while longer, before going back to the beginning. That's how much I loved it. ^^
And seriously, if you love Greek and Roman history and myths, and are looking for a fantasy saga that's both funny and gripping and wonderfully written, I can't recommend these books enough. \o/ (Just, do not watch the movies, they're horrible and offensive and still give me nightmares with how bad they are. Just FYI.)
For the "A Book With More Than 500 pages" square, I waited patiently for Rick Riordan's last book in the Percy Jackson saga to come out. It's Herous of Olympus - Blood of Olympus.As I said before, I love these books, and I have for years. I grew up with Greek myths, I graduated in Archaeology with a thesis in Roman Topography, and I have a weird sense of humor. The Percy Jackson books are written by someone who loves Greek mythology and knows every single detail, every forgotten myth, and knows how to put them in a modern context in a way that's believable and doesn't betray their roots at all. He has incredible respect for the original source, and he still loves playing with it. Plus he has an incredible sense of humor, cunning and sharp, while never offensive. For years I've loved these books with a fierce passion. With the new saga, the Heroes of Olympus, he breathed new life in his stories, moving from the single character to the chorus, introducing heroes of all different races, and last year he even revealed that one of them was gay. In this book he let him talk at lenght about his sexuality, exactly like he had done for all the other main characters, and I loved him so much for it. AT the same time he didn't make his sexuality the central point of his character, just one of the many ways he's himself. His female characters are all different, and they all have their own stories, their own agenda, and they're all strong in their different ways.
In this book we faced the final battle, and said goodbye to our heroes. I was prepared to be devastated, but the story was so perfect, the ending so well-written, I actually feel happy. He didn't try to wrap every single story up, he didn't give us a horrible epilogue (yes, I'm pointing fingers), he left some doors open, he left us to imagine all new different paths our heroes could take, while still giving us a wonderful finale to a fantastic story. Such brilliant writing!
I told Tati yesterday, while I was mid-journey, that I planned on re-reading all the saga from the start when I reached the ending of this book. But the ending was so perfect, I feel like keeping it fresh in my heart for a while longer, before going back to the beginning. That's how much I loved it. ^^
And seriously, if you love Greek and Roman history and myths, and are looking for a fantasy saga that's both funny and gripping and wonderfully written, I can't recommend these books enough. \o/ (Just, do not watch the movies, they're horrible and offensive and still give me nightmares with how bad they are. Just FYI.)
