Lost Hero Reaction Post: Part One

[greenconverses]

Okay, so I finally got my hands on the thing and I'm nowhere near finished at this point (I'm on page 211), but I had Some Thoughts about everything that's happened so far that I wanted to share. Again, if you've finished, please be mindful of spoilers and all that.

Comments

[artemisrae]

Okay when I went to bed last night you were looking at a long night working WTF HAPPENED.

...Not that I'm squeezing in computer time when I should be getting ready to look for spoilers myself.

[greenconverses]

Well the section editors ended up getting everything in on time, so I was out of there by like 11:15ish. Yay for 24-hour Wal-Marts!

[angel_2606]

Okay.

I've finished the book. It's nearly 6:30 am where I live. I need some sleep, but damn. Times like this make me wish I hadn't discovered the series till all the books were out, like with PJO. *sighs*

However..............we DO only have 6 more months or so till we get another Kane Chronicles book. *grins*

[greenconverses]

TBH, I'd rather have another PJO book than TKC. Like I liked it but nowhere near the level of PJO.

[oneoffour111]

Yes, this comment. /nod

[green_climber]

"Maybe fifteen"? Wasn't Thalia supposed to be 12 when she turned into a tree? I sort of don't see her, Luke, and Annabeth having fun photo booth moments after she returned as a 15 year old, given that he was all evil and stuff. Come on, RR. You WROTE this. Get with the program.

And...really? We're still doing the Annabeth/Luke dance? Why is it even necessary? Annabeth told everyone in book five that Luke was like a brother, which is totally consistent with how she treated him and thought about him for the previous two books. So why--you know what? Just forget it. I love RR, but there are some things he does not do well.

[greenconverses]

Maybe fifteen"? Wasn't Thalia supposed to be 12 when she turned into a tree?

I want to say this is one of Jason's character quirks because he's kind of bad about estimating ages instead of RR's astounding lack of detail recall and that he has shitty editors who aren't catching these kinds of things. Or maybe Thalia DID look fifteen at twelve, idk, I need to stop with excuses.

Jason doesn't know anything about the Annabeth/Luke dynamic, though, so whatever tone Annabeth had in her voice he probably just interpreted as romantic anyway.

[green_climber]

Yeah. Even if we can't expect RR to remember the timelines he created for his own characters--which, in all honestly, I think he should be able to do--that should be caught in editing. 12 year-olds and 15 year-olds look pretty different.

On the second point, since Percy was pretty much entirely unable to distinguish between types of affection and assumed every thought Annabeth had about Luke meant she was in love with him, I can get on board with Jason thinking similarly. I do wonder, though, if it's an underlying RR thing. I sometimes wonder if he couldn't make up his mind about what was up with Luke and Annabeth, and if what we saw previously and apparently continue to see regarding the thoughts of other characters on that relationship is a reflection of his lack of a clear direction. That being said, I feel like he did give it a clear resolution, and should therefore stick with that.

[lambbaby]

Seriously agree on the whole Piper/Jason thing. It feels wayyyy too forced, which is why I was kinda excited that Annabeth was like "the Mist made you believe it was real but it's not." It gives them a chance to grow naturally.

You're about 100 pages ahead of me so I can't speak about them questing or anything but I can say this :LEO VALDEZ IS AWESOME AND I WANT TO BAKE HIM COOKIES!! His gift?! Loves it. And I love the way his tour gave us an emotional link to some of the campers that were lost (namely Beckendorf). Also how cool is Rachel and Annabeth's friendship? So glad RR decided to go that route instead of having them be all distant and unfriendly.

And I would like to live in Cabin Nine please.And play with the dragon.That is all.

[greenconverses]

I would have a whole book of Rachel and Annabeth friendship, tbh. They're fun together. :D

I hope Jason/Piper gets better, otherwise I'm going to start shipping her with someone else.

[saturninepen]

I have a few comments on this, but I don't know how far in you are yet, so I don't want to say anything ,___,

BUT SERIOUSLY ABOUT THE "WHY ARE THEY NOT EVEN LOOKING FOR PERCY, WTF."
Though, I think I can safely say I can forgive Nico's nonexistence in this book now that they've explained where he is.

I need more people to finish this so I can rant and discuss with them :| SO MUCH TO RANT AND DISCUSS.

[greenconverses]

They've just gotten to Boreas's palace and Jason's about to go talk to them. I'll probably finish it tonight so we will have much to RANT AND DISCUSS.

[saturninepen]

YAY! LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU FINISH :D

[greenconverses]

FINISHED TYPING UP MY THOUGHTS ASAP