‘Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief’ was a nostalgic reread for me. I have  had an audiobook hold on it since the series came out months ago and watching such made me realise I remembered very little of the plot of these books. I need to be mindful of the target age demographic of Percy Jackson being down as ‘middle grade’ hence I am only basing my review from a perspective of enjoyment and nostalgia, and both were there. I flew through the book and did enjoy being reacquainted with Camp Half Blood and my first introduction to mythology which is now one of my favourite areas in literature. The plot was consistently engaging as Percy travels to the Underworld in search for Zeus’ stolen master bolt, but also in the same lens didn’t really ever take a breather, and was just brief monster fight or notable place visited after monster fight. I also forgot it was narrated by Percy in first person, and though I was very much a fan of the bare bones sarcastic first person chapter titles, I really didn’t love the narration. 

The huge difference between my first read years ago and this reread other than my age is my awareness of Greek mythology, given my first read was my introduction to it on a technicality, and with wider knowledge Riordan is very brief on the roles of monsters and their myths, but is also much more accurate than I expected (as accurate as one can be with a myth as their nature is to be retold and passed down). 

Ultimately it was an enjoyable and nostalgic reread and thats what counts in the case of such a book.