The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3) Hardcover – Bargain Price, May 1, 2007

At the start of this episode of Percy Jackson’s adventures, Percy, Annabeth, and Thalia receive an emergency message from their satyr friend Grover to rescue two new half-bloods from a boarding school. Naturally, the school appears to be run by evil people who are out to kill the children of the Olympians. Somehow these people manage to abduct Annabeth.They have all kinds of adventures in this one attempting to get the brother and sister, Nico and Bianca di Angelo, to Camp Half-Blood. In the process, they run into an unusually high number of the Greek gods and other people from the ancient myths – pretty normal for them. They spend a while with the goddess Artemis and her followers, a group of young girls known as the Hunters. The Hunters have all sworn never to grow up (a bit like Peter Pan?), and especially never to get involved with men. Percy suffers a lot of abuse because of this. They also meet Artemis’ brother, Apollo, who takes them for a ride in the sun chariot – in this case a car that can change shape on command.At some point, Percy is charged with taking care of a mythological sea creature that is part cow and part snake. It doesn’t seem very dangerous, but the gods are sure it will cause the destruction of Olympus – and that Thalia will participate in this somehow.To get away from the forces of Kronos they have to flee across the country pursued all the way by armies of deadly skeleton warriors and other unfriendly beasts. They wind up in San Francisco where they meet Annabeth’s father and stepmother. They also go to the garden of the Hesperides, where they discover that these are the sisters of Zoe Nightshade, Artemis’ right-hand Hunter, who has accompanied them on their ill-starred journey.Even after they rescue Annabeth and Artemis, they are still not out of the woods because they have to attend the gathering of the gods.

When I first read the *Percy Jackson* series, I was a bit underwhelmed. I mean, I had heard so much about how awesome it was, and it seemed just such a let-down. It appeared to me to be, quite frankly put, a weaker version of *Harry Potter*. Now, I know that isn't fair or accurate, but that was my first impression. While the second book in the series, *The Sea of Monsters*, helped to change my mind on this, it was still a bit underwhelming. Yes, this is not just a takeoff of *HP*, it is it's own unique series. Not only are there many differences beyond the surface-only similarities, but I learned recently (as of the writing of this review) that Riordan started writing this series before *HP* was published, so, yah, not based on *HP*. So critics who use this argument, including *myself* at first, are just silly. I'm admitting I was an idiot, yes.As I said, though, the second book still didn't quite wow me. The whole narrative felt like basically an endless series of cliff-hangers with little to no character development and not enough plot. The cliff-hangers seemed to be far more numerous than most quest books in fantasy settings. Now, this isn't to say that I didn't enjoy the first two volumes, but just that they didn't quite (other than some interesting stuff such as likable characters and references to myths) *do* it for me, so to speak. This third book, however, really did make me a major *Percy Jackson* fan, and was absolutely a great read. The rest of the review will show why.The plot is simple. In a rescue mission to save two fellow demi-gods, Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and their new friend Thalia, encounter trouble. Though they save the twin half-bloods, Annabeth goes missing, and to make matters worse, so does a powerful goddess ally, Artemis.Of course, a quest is in order. But the questions are rather more complicated than one might think in this case. Normally, these quests are, of course, quite dangerous. But in this case, the sense of danger, really the *fact* of danger, is more persistent. Because a prophecy from the Oracle is that at least two of the members of the quest will not make it back alive...While the plot is relatively straight-forward at first, the narrative and plot developments this time were quite a bit more complicated. Not only did Riordan expand on the mythology of the series, and the connections to Classical Greek myths, but the structure was different. Gone was the nearly every chapter cliff-hanger, with the accompanying desperate rushes from one danger to the next, one clue to the next. In it's place was a slower and more long-term story progression.Don't get me wrong. The sense of excitement and adventure was just as strong, but the story was a better one in this way. This is because there was more time taken to spend more time exploring the characters and their thoughts and the world-building, as well as both delving into the past of this world and laying down groundwork for future plots. This all was a net plus for the book and made it far, *far* better than the predecessors.Included in this are tidbits that answer the big questions that some might have, including, why, oh why, do the Olympians not *do* anything to remedy these problems themselves. Well, the answer is that they are a) kinda personality-driven, and this interferes with some proactiveness, as they have their own stuff to attend to and their personalities dictate this, and b) related, they are *busy*. Not only do they have the duties they have always had, but they are also dealing with the fact that the coming hostilities with the forces of Kronos are causing other supernatural gods and god-like beings to cause problems that make their jobs harder. For that matter, there is a delicate power balance that too much action on the part of *anyone* will upset.The reason I liked this one as well is that the characters are kinda coming into their own and beginning to grow up. Annabeth is becoming more mature and able to forgive and see others' points of view more. Meanwhile, Percy is faster on his feet where he can handle things without constant directions. Though he still isn't the strategist that Annabeth is, and thus doesn't do as well as when he's teamed up with her, he still acquits himself admirably.Grover, though, is a disappointment here. He's reduced to little more than comic relief. That annoys me in that while he was the weakest member of the quest, he's still a knowledgeable and capable guy. Or should be. I hope that he gets more impressive again in coming books.I can't say much about other characters so as to not give away their roles, but just to say that Riordan does a good job with fleshing out their characters and arcs in a way that really makes them vivid to the reader and gets you to care about them.I can honestly say now that I really enjoy this series and that it has become one of my favorites.Highly Recommended.Rating: 5/5 Stars.

The book is a great read for me and my fourth grader. We like to learn about the Greek mythology, and how Percy battles against the monsters and his adversaries.

This book was action packed from page one. I read it in about 3 days because I couldn't put it down. Percy has really grown as the series has progressed. Some of the little petulant things he was doing early on in the series he has out grown.

I really enjoyed this book! Even though it’s written for a younger generation I became a fan of the new TV show and picked up the series. What I most enjoy is that although it is descriptive, there is not too much exposition in between the action. Also there is a great twist or three in the conclusion!

I can't even say how many times I've read this series. It's so amazing. I've always loved Greek mythology, and Riordan's take on it is just perfect. A wonderful way to get young minds into Greek mythology as well. All his other series' are just as amazing and I'd recommend anyone I'd any agree to read them!

I am rereading this series and I just want to know what type of person you are to not finish a series so please buy this book. Thank you very much.

Read the entire book in three hours. Not much more to say than that, but Amazon requires more words :-)

For my 13 year old . She loved it

A edição é muito bonita, a arte da capa principalmente, mas folhas possuem qualidade muito abaixo do que era a primeira versão dos livros, de 2005-2009. Parecem facilmente rasgáveis se não tomar muito cuidado, e a impressão também deixa a desejar em algumas páginas, tendo diferenças de intensidade que podem incomodar o leitor.Já a história, com a qual sou bem familiar, é muito boa. Divertida, astuta, com ação no ponto, e a escrita do Rick Riordan é bem fluida e exelente para o público infanto-juvenil. Eu, 25 anos e fã da saga, também estou me divertindo ao reler.História: 10/10Qualidade da edição: 5/10Arte de capa: 10/10

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Rick Riordan proves his mastery of the art over and over again. He’s the best fantasy story teller of this age. Hand’s down. No contest.

The Titan’s Curse is the third instalment of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympian’s series. It starts with Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and Thalia finding Bianca and Nico, two young half-bloods, but continues to follow Percy, Grover, Thalia, Zoe the huntress, and Bianca as they set off on a quest to save the goddess Artemis, and Annabeth. They come across Olympian’s such as Apollo and Aphrodite, Titan’s such as Atlas, and monsters such as the Ophiotaurus. They travel from New York to San Francisco, and Percy discovers some feelings he wasn’t sure about until now. Again, my favourite character was Percy and my least favourite character was Luke. I recommend this book because it might be my favourite of the series so far, as it delves deeper into Greek mythology, opens a lot more storylines, heightens the stakes, and hints a little bit more at a budding romance. Onto book 4 next! ‘I thought about how we’d danced together for half a song, and my heart felt even heavier.’