Percy Jackson was never on my radar as something to read. I knew of the series, of course, but it isn’t my usual genre and I really never thought about reading it until a friend told me how inclusive Rick Riordan’s books are. If you know me, you know that to read any, I had to start with the beginning of all the different series so naturally that’s what I did. 

Percy is dyslexic and I appreciate that it isn’t something that is mentioned once and forgotten. There are a few times where it comes up in the story as it impacts him. 

You’re introduced to a lot of mythological characters in “The Lightning Thief”, which I assume sets up their appearance in the rest of the series. 

There’s actually more happening in this book than I expected and, at times, I sort of forgot that the majority of characters are pre-teen and teen. There are times where it just feels like they’re older than they are. Mostly Percy because he’s younger than a lot of the others, but doesn’t always feel like it.