Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan’s Curse

I don’t know how to evaluate this volume because it seemed like I was indulged in it. I indeed spent only two days reading it, but I can’t say it’s interesting. Probably because I finally figured out the stereotype of stories from the writer, which were just like American road movies. I can still remember some wonderful plots from the last volume The Sea of Monsters. However, for this volume, I can barely remember anything after reading. I think the only thing which motivate me to continue reading is the ending, which I hope will be the same as expectation.

In my last blog of The Sea of Monsters, I predicted that Thalia would be hesitating between good and evil. But finally, she would sacrifice herself to help Percy and let Percy become “the main in the prophecy”. I guess my prediction is almost perfectly correct. Luke tried to recruit her many times, and she never refused him decidedly although she “killed” Luke at last. To some extend, Thalia sacrificed herself in the front of the gods of Olympian by swearing an oath to become a Hunter. Then, Percy and she will not be killed by the gods.

While reading this book, I have some predictions. When Percy just found these two sibling half-bloods in Westover Hall and their parent was unknown, I was guessing they were probably the children from Hades. Because Hades is the only god who had no known children. And according to the prophecy, Bianca and Zoe would be dead because the other three are main characters. It’s so obvious, right?

At the ending, there are two suspenses for reader: Pan and Nico. So, here comes my prophecy. I think Grovor will find Pan and Nico will be the biggest boss in the next volume. In this book, Annabeth still insisted Luke was a good person(half-bloods) and he could be saved from the Titan, although Percy was strongly against it. However, I’ll be on Annabeth’s side and I think a good Luke will come back at the end of the next volume.

However, I don’t know if I should continue on this series. Although it won’t take too much time for reading, I felt I was learning less from these books. My primary goal is to learn English, but I felt like I was putting more attention on the plots instead of English phrases and words. What’s more, I’m going to start my career next month. So, probably I should give myself a time-out and try something new, such as reading The Economist, listening to news or talk shows, and reviewing the summary of recent readings. But I’ll continue writing new blogs, because it’s now my only way for outputting what I’ve learned.