The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, #1)

by Rick Riordan

Rick Riordan has now sold an incredible 55 million copies of his books worldwide

• ISBN10: 014196555X
• ISBN13: 9780141965550
• Publish Date: 12 October 2010
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Puffin
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 576
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sarah Says]

I was found it really hard to decide between 4 or 5 stars - This book is fast paced and I found it really enjoyable.

I was hesitant to delve into the next Demigod Hero series by Riordan knowing that Percy Jackson wasn't going to be that main character all the time. I’m glad I did. With every Percy Jackson book I got drawn into his world a little bit more and that continued with this book.
So it seems with this series we still get all our favourite characters from the Percy Jackson and the Olympian series, plus we get new demigod heroes.
In this book we get three new heroes and it really does open up endless possibilities and breathe new life into the world that Riordan has created. I really enjoyed this book, maybe even more than the Percy Jackson books, but they all tie in together and I think I really liked this book as much as I did because I already cared about the background characters, Percy, Annabeth, Chiron, Rachel etc.

In this the first of the ‘Heroes of Olympus’ series The Lost Hero (1 of 5), Riordan gives us four new characters you can’t help but like - Jason, Piper, Leo & Coach Hedge. “What about a compromise? I’ll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I’ll apologize.” (Coach Hedge) Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero.
It took me four-Five books to fall in love with Percy, I liked him for the very start, but he really got me in the last two ‘The Battle of the Labyrinth’ and ‘The Last Olympian’.
Just after this one book I’m already in love with Leo Valdez. “Can we just call them storm spirits?” Leo asked. “Venti makes them sound like evil espresso drinks.” (Leo Valdez) Rick Riordan, The Lost Hero.

Obviously when I say ‘in love’ I don’t mean romantically, just that I adore the Characters. I’m too old to romantically fall for the characters but I can see girls going crazy for them, can imagine a younger version of myself going crazy for them!

[tellemonstar]

Enjoyed this one. Enough to have read it in a day, and that the three different POVs didn't annoy me.

[Chelsea]

I really, really enjoyed this book. I haven’t read the Percy Jackson series yet and I’ve heard a lot of reviews saying that it’s like the same thing but I thought this was good. At first I was really confused and I wasn’t sure if I’d make it through but I pushed through it and it got better.

One thing I didn’t like was how every 2 chapters the book would switch points of view. It was consistent at least but I hate it when authors do that. Another thing was that the writing was really simple and not really anything special. I did like the plot and everything else which gave it more stars for me. Other than that I loved this book. I love anything about Greek mythology and I was happy to learn that this book was a mixture of Greek and Roman mythology which I think is great.

I liked all the characters, maybe not at first but at the end I did. It was really confusing at the start because Jason has no memory of anything. It got a little better once more characters were involved but I still thought that part was a little hard to get through. The plot was pretty straightforward but I liked that. It was simple and to the point which made for a nice beginning novel. Hopefully it gets more detailed in the future.

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[angelarenea9]

I wasn't sure how I felt about leaving the original characters behind for this book, but I have to admit it did grow on me. I really enjoyed the intertwining of the Roman and Greek gods into the story line. I also really like that we are seeing some of the things that were forshadowed in previous books (Annabeth saying 'demigods don't go to San Francisco') be explained. I really look forward to seeing how Jason's troubles are resolved and meeting up with Percy agian!

[ktshpd]

Another gd Percy Jackson

[inlibrisveritas]

I've come to love Rick Riordan's style of writing thanks to Percy Jackson, and now that he has moved on to Jason Grace's story I'm practically squeeing with excitement.

It has the same flow and style of the first series but a few things are different. There are multiple points of view in this one, which is how the chapters are labeled in this book. It took me a moment to get into that aspect but after a few chapters I really enjoyed reading the other characters' point of views. It gives you more insight to what's going on. it has the same feel as the Percy as well where the characters are concerned, you have a trio of kids. 2 boys and 1 girl, that are similar to Percy's dynamic trio. The overall world from Percy Jackson connects directly to this as well, but instead of purely Greek gods Riordan has incorporated the Roman side of their personalities. I thought that was super creative, and was really impressed with the amount of creativity that it takes to come up with something like this.

This for me was an awesome way back into the world Riordan originally created and seriously peaked my interest in where it's going to go. I have this in Kindle version but I really want it as a paper copy so I can read it again and hug it when I'm done.

I do recommend this, but I must warn those interested in this book that if you have not read the Percy Jackson series DO NOT read this yet. It's part of the same story and you will be slightly lost if you do so. As with the other novels this is perfect for preteens, teens and adults.