This book is about a young boy, Percy Jackson that just got kicked out of another boarding school. Lately, mythological monsters have been threatening him and trying to kill him. They seem to be walking out of Percy's mythological textbook. All this leads Percy to a place he doesn't belong. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen and Percy is the main suspect. To get his name of the list, he has to find the real thief. He has only 10 days for him and his friends to return the bolt to Zeus. Not only he has to find the thief, but he must come to reason with his father who abandoned him when he was young. Here is my review of Percy Jackson, The Lightning Thief... My rating out of 5 is: 4 Stars The reason I love this book so much is that it's interesting, creative and unique. It even relates to Greek Mythology. Also, the book had great characters, it's easy to understand and it was really well written. The only two things I don't like about the book is that they don't express Percy's feeling sometimes and they added freaky and unnecessary parts to the book. People who would like this book are those who like Greek mythology, originality and freaky books. This book really expresses never giving up. It shows that when your at tough times, you just got to finish it and move on. My final rating out of 5 is: 4 Stars

I liked Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the lightning thief because the book was very suspenseful and it was so interesting that I had a hard time putting the book down. My favourite part was when Percy figured out who stole Zeus’s master bolt and Hades’s helm of darkness. It was also really funny and action-packed. Although the movie was nothing like the book I’d have to say I enjoyed the book a little more than the movie because it was a little more interesting and it had more funny parts. It surprised me the most when Percy figured out who he is.

Loved this, definitely the best thing I've read in a while!!!

This book is in perspective of Perseus Jackson, son of Poseidon. He discovers who his true friends are and why he is so different then all of his classmates. He goes on a quest to retrieve Zeus' Lightning Bolt with Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood. Together they face many challenges along the way.

About Percy and his troubled past and his challenges of dyslexia and ADHD where he find out that he is a half-bood (no, not a vampire) more like a godling. He is on the run, until he is safe at Half-Blood Hill or though he thought. He takes Annabeth and Grover on his quest to find out what is going on. Follow him as he searches for items on his quest and battles monsters. (from a 10-year-old perspective - kewl adventures ... adult perspective - lacking a bit in storyline) Overall, good read and entertaining

I hate to admit, but I saw the movie first which I thought was decent. Then a friend said that the book was much better (aren't they always?) so I went and picked it up. I thought this was a great children's book! A light, quick adventure with enough depth and character development to appeal to kids and adults alike. Although other reviews have compared it to Harry Potter I feel that although similar, this book is distinct. If I were to do a HP comparison I would first say that this book contains many 'scary' adventures but lacks the serious undertones of death/racism/etc that are found in HP. I feel that makes this book suitable for younger kids for which the HP series might be too 'dark'. On the flip side to this is that it may be enjoyed less by an adult audience since it is less complex. This is not really a criticism, just a comment on reader age group. I would high recommend this book to both kids and adults! In fact I may be picking up the next book in the series on a future trip to the bookstore.

I really don’t think I give kids enough credit. When I started reading The Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan I was amazed at how scary it was – and it was labeled as a children’s book! Right off the bat, Percy Jackson, a kid at Yancy Academy vaporizes one of his teachers and then is told that that teacher never did exist. He also reiterates a story from Greek mythology about the king titan Kronos who eats his kids, not believing they are gods – seems scary to me! There is violence and subject matter that may not be suitable for certain ages (family violence, even Greek mythology in general), but I really enjoyed reading this fast-paced novel. There is humor mixed throughout (similar to The 6th Grade Nickname Game) and you can’t help but fall in love with the characters. Fans of the Harry Potter series will love this book. To me, even though the majority of the main characters are 12-years-old, it feels almost more grown up than the Harry Potter books. Being a person who took Greek mythology in university, I appreciated all of the stories of the Gods and actually checked to see if I still had my textbook from the class. Reading just the first novel in this series has peaked my interest in the subject again. But don’t get me wrong – there are definite similarities between the Percy Jackson and The Olympians series and the Harry Potter series, but it’s all part of the genre. In a book like this for kids, a boy will have his friends and he has to go somewhere to hone his talents. This is far from being the spitting image of Harry Potter and I think with it’s references to Greek mythology, it might interest a few more readers. After reading so many negative reviews from people saying that Rick Riordan copied the Harry Potter books, I just have to say that I knew nothing about these books when I bought them. In fact, if it wasn’t for my husband giving me some money as a bribe for me to take the dog to the vet, I probably would never have bought them. As it turns out, I stopped by Wal Mart and had seen this series on display and thought they might be interesting. I didn’t even know there was a movie made about them. For the record, I loved the Harry Potter books and I am loving this series as well. Just take the many books that are out in the vampire genre nowadays – they all have many similarities but there are good ones and bad ones. As a reader, you have to be able to read a book for the sake of not comparing it to another book. Isn’t that what a love of reading is all about? In fact (and I’m almost done here), I read a passage by Riordan about the similarities between these two series’ of books and he’s really just following the patterns that have been set up for a lot of books written for children in the past. From that, it’s easy to see how there will always be similarities in children’s books – it’s just that the most popular one of the time will be the comparison book, rather than the first of its genre. (As a sidenote to books, I’m a musician who plays the piano and sings – do you know how many times I’m compared to people like Tori Amos? Or basically any female singer-songwriter who uses a piano? When, really, it was Kate Bush that pretty much started the whole thing – NOT Tori. But I digress.) I highly recommend this series and I can’t wait to read more books written by Riordan!

It's the best thing since Harry Potter. Not as good as Harry Potter, but it's definitely up there! If you read it, you'll be hooked!

I've read this book for a while now. Now I get to write a review! I first checked this book out from the library and then didn't touch it again until the day before it was due. I regretted it immensely. I was hooked from the first few pages. I ran to the bookstore and bought it. It's funny and everything about it is enjoyable. The Greek mythology worked well and Rick Riordan made it interesting. Percy is an extremely likable character. Annabeth and Grover too. I definitely recommend this series. It never gets boring and will leave you wanting more.

Rick Riordan's talent astounds me. This series stemmed from bedtime stories that he told his son about the greek gods and a fictional demigod named Percy. And it became something so funny, spectacular and satisfyingly complete, that it was one of the only series` that I`ve ever been able to read straight threw without switching authors in between. I now compare all young adult books to the Percy Jackson series, and very few are even in the same ballpark.