So last night I turned off the debate about five minutes in and instead finished The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan, book three of the second Percy Jackson series. Imagine me, if you will, practically dangling off the couch in my excitement because the climax of the book is really excellent and clever, and then... CLIFFHANGER. I put my iPad down
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I totally see what you mean about the taking so long to figure out Simone was involved, but I think (trying to remember how I felt when reading it) that there were these layers of lying to/trying to convince himself, and that, in turn, stemmed really realistically from his horror (and self-horror, and denial, and coping) over what happened to Leslie.
I get that, and I think that's what Aaronovitch was going for, but to me, it was SO OBVIOUS right from the start that having it take the whole book for Peter to finally get there was making me grit my teeth. But I really did like the book a lot and am enjoying anticipating the third one.
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Hmm, somehow I'd got the idea that Riordan's new books weren't about Percy and Annabeth - may have to rethink my reading plans now!
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