It's ok to dislike books, but people need to realize that this is a middle grade series. I feel like these reviews are treating them like YA books.

@GTrevise

3 жыл бұрын

And yet they're still better than most YA fiction. Go figure

@anonymous5t565

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah heroes of olympus is more that category if anything

@candyzheng5589

3 жыл бұрын

Yea

‘Very mild acts of rebellion’ Percy: drops school into shark tank, shoots cannonball at school bus, is watched by man in trench coat, sells candy from dorm room, gets book review pre-written Mild.

I hate that ppl compare PJO to HP they are written in the same formula 3 kids go on a quest and go to a place for "kids like them" they have a smart friend and a loyal sidekick but that is where the similarities end if you read with an open mind I can almost guarantee they would have fun.

@Prxppy_mxckingjay

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr it's not similar to hp

@atst88

2 жыл бұрын

exactly like there are simalarities but mostly because they are derived from the same myths and Riordan said it started of as inspired by J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter

@noconsequence4486

Жыл бұрын

1/5, the books in the series are all written by the same author 😡

@berengustav7714

7 ай бұрын

They go on quests,not just staying in one place,how is that similair?

@blankahegyi5561

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I agree they are popular because they have things people like and there may be overlap between them but that doesn't mean they are copies of each other.

Oh no you've got me. Forcing people to read these books is my first step to world domination

@luuuuux_

3 жыл бұрын

May I join you in world domination?

@GTrevise

3 жыл бұрын

@@luuuuux_ Hmm. Perhaps. What would be your first step?

@luuuuux_

3 жыл бұрын

@@GTrevise I’d say forcing people to read the books. First, we’d tell them about how good they are, then we threaten them. The next step is make sure hatred of the movies spreads, followed by the ritual burning of the movie CDs as sacrifice to the gods(and by gods, I mean Percy and all the demigods).

@GTrevise

3 жыл бұрын

@@luuuuux_ wow you certainly have put a lot of thought into this. Congratulations. You've been hired as one of my minions

@luuuuux_

3 жыл бұрын

@@GTrevise thank you for hiring me. We must now force the world to bow down to Percy Jackson.

People comparing this series to harry potter clearly haven't read a whole lof of books lmao.

I'm 90% sure the person who said it was 'dangerous' is a demigod IRL

@Darkmonnbeams

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, like, I get that person's sentiments honestly, like the books said that Apollo was older than Artemis, Hecate wasn't a virgin goddess, and villianised Circe, Medusa, etc pretty badly so....

Middle-grade and young adult are aimed towards diffedent audiences ! I started reading these when I was 12 (17 now) and rereading them I can clearly see that they are aimed towards a younger audience. But I still love them fornthe characters, writing and nostalgia

Percy-green eyes and black hair Harry-green eyes and black hair Percy-almost dies several times a year Harry- almost dies several times a year Percy-has a girlfriend Harry-has a girlfriend Percy-has a mentor Harry- had a mentor Just because they are similar doesn’t mean one is a knockoff of another

How can anyone ever say anything bad about these books?! It’s definitely NOT in my nature!😂

@unknown-qw7rg

10 күн бұрын

It's childish

@ptuccori

6 күн бұрын

@@unknown-qw7rgyeah cause it’s for…. *children.*

If I was Rick riordan reading through these reviews I would overdose on sarcastic replies to the screen

@margaretasta6142

3 жыл бұрын

he could pull off a Percy Jackson

Me and my friend had to read the first book in 6th grade. I loved it and read all the other ones. She enjoyed it but it wasn't her cup of tea. She didn't read the other books in the series. This is how I thought human logic was until I watched this video. Apparently some people like to surround themselves with content they don't enjoy 🤔😂

Percy was 12 when the series start and series is written in eyes of 12 year old . This makes sense to me

@ganapathiumaselvan8318

3 жыл бұрын

True

My father read all of the Riordanverse books to understand what I was talking about and while they definitely weren't his favorite, he did like them. And he was all caught up by the time that Tower of Nero came out so we got to read it together.

I understand parents wanting to read with their kids. I started reading these with my mom when I, like, 9 or 10, and we both loved them. But if she hated them, I would’ve understood and just read them on my own. It was a great way for us to spend time together, but I wouldn’t have wanted her to be miserable. These parents need to explain to their kids that sometimes people have different tastes, and it’s okay to have like or dislike something others don’t. It’s just part of life

@Unclaimeddemigod

Жыл бұрын

very good way to look at it! I wish my parents had read with me :/

@hunterlawrence3573

Жыл бұрын

@@Unclaimeddemigod Yeah, I guess in some families it’s just not really all that practical to read with the kids. Especially if there’s multiple at different ages. But I’d recommend it to anyone who can; not just for the bonding experience, but also for helping kids’ reading skills. My mom used to read books aloud, that were too difficult for me to read on my own, and make me follow along as she read. Every few minutes, she’d pause and make me point to the word she was on to make sure that I was really following XD! I did end up reading way above my grade level, so I guess it worked.

@Darkmonnbeams

4 ай бұрын

​@@hunterlawrence3573yeah, my mom is the one who introduced me to books and made me fall in love with them, like she was too. And then when we got the Percy Jackson series and she saw the first chapter title, I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre Algebra Teacher, she was like, ooh I gotta read this too now.

This was great! I used some of the same ones in my video! I actually feel the pain though, I had to read through so many god awful reviews as well and it was a nightmare! Keep up the awesome work Unclaimed! 👍

Read good reads reviews of the bible. I'm a Christian and its hilarious

@caelynn42

3 жыл бұрын

This made my day. Everyone’s treating it like modern low fantasy, and it’s hilarious. I’m also a Christian😊

@daughter_of_apollo2546

3 жыл бұрын

@GalaxZ_ ICE your welcome!! Ha.

@luuuuux_

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, those are the funniest

Anyone looking for a good time just read good reads reviews for the bible

"Lame Rip Off of Harry Potter" Me: [Pulling out a gun] I just want to talk to them.

Exactly there middle grade novles. people (talking to the 1 star reviewers to be clear) stop acting like these are sopposed to be some very mature adult novles. And what’s wrong with middle school humor. (Okay I guess being in middle school makes me bias but still) Also I enjoyed this a lot this is something O commonly do for fun but not many have done yet on the internet so it’s really cool to see you doing this.

We read chapters of TLT in like middle school and I wanted to read it myself so I did. I never looked back. I've kinda been obsessed since then and these reviews are ugghhhhhhh. (Personally I thought the first book was the worst but I'm glad I read the second one and everything else in the Riodanverse) :D

@pixiethealienkitty1894

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@super-sizedmcshizzle6235

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. And I’m sorry but the, “I never looked back,” reminded me of “And for once, I didn’t look back.”

I’m not sure if anyone knows, but you can add The Cheesecake Factory menu as one of your books on Goodreads. Also, this video is so good!

@ITZ_VIOLET_

3 жыл бұрын

Wait, so I can add the menu to get me back on track?

@moirainabox4367

3 жыл бұрын

....The secret to beating my goodreads goal during a busy month

@nct_verse

2 жыл бұрын

I love it so I want it Hahaha!!

Love your video and i hate when people compar Harry Potter and Percy Jackson. And it's normal it's formulat (prophicie and fate) is the way is made in the legend. And i agree whith you, if you don't like why you read and please if you are not the demographic don't read it if your are not a open mind. Sorry for the english.

@cringeygachakidthatalsodoe7154

3 жыл бұрын

I hate when people say Jackson is a knock-off Potter but I also hate when people act like Potter is trash compared to it.

Thanks for doing my suggestion! I laughed a lot! Also all the references these people made without knowing it were 😗👌

You should do this but kinda opposite. You should look at the reviews of the movie but the good reviews and see people’s opinions there

i will still recommend anyone of any age to give these books a try, i think the fact that its all from percys perspective makes the middle grade writing feel like mostly a character trait, since we are listening to a child talk about the things hes going through. unless you really hate children or don't have a sense of humor this can't really be a bad read imo. rereading these in my 20s was just as entertaining as it was when i was 12-16. i don't get how anyone can get bored of percy, everyone i know wanted to protect him at any cost after 3 chapters 😅

I feel like these are the people who would watch the movies and say there fantastic

im just confused at why people think percy jackson is a rip off of harry potter. Is it because there is a main trio? Or because they both are 'magical', because in like every middle grade fantasy book at least someone is going too have some sort of power

I feel like the people comparing it to Harry Potter are Harry Potter fans and heard a lot of good things about the series and decided to read it while comparing it to Harry Potter in every aspect and didn’t even try to enjoy it.

Read the comments on Amazon. Just read them. It seemed like they weren't even talking about Percy Jackson. And I told my mom to read Percy Jackson and she loved it ;)

@savuantonianicole3017

Жыл бұрын

@@Unclaimeddemigod She dose

Last time I was this early Jase was alive

One if reviews I read was 'This is so complicated teachers give us complicated books without even helping us this summer. I hate it it’s summer vacation why do we have to do work this should not be called summer vacation.' Lol.😂 This could be another reason people are hating it Ig. Cause their mythology teachers are making them read PJO.

11:58 is sooooooo funny, i cant stop laughing at it

That first review summarizes my impression perfectly. I was surprised that the book is so popular. Then I saw : "It's a middle grade series"....suddenly, I understand.

"American rip off of Harry Potter." HAVE YOU ***** EVER READ THE BOOKS? IT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT BUT OH WOW THER IS A MAIN TROI TOO. OMG SO Harry Potter IS A RIP OFF OF THE THREE LITTLE PIG OR WHAT?!? P.s. I don't mean you

@pjo379

3 жыл бұрын

YESSS! SPREAD THE WORD!!

They're acting like J.K Rowling is a goddess of creativety. Execpt she,Rick and Tolkien drew from the same well.

My favourite book in the series is the third one because of Nico, Bianca, Rachel and Zoë

10:10 It took him a MONTH to read TLO??!!!! I read it in 2 days!!

prepare to get VERY mad watching :)

HEROES OF OLYMPUSSSSSSS!! LOVE THAT SERIES SO MUCH!

@nct_verse

2 жыл бұрын

@@Unclaimeddemigod Haha, Of course not. I'm reading Son of Neptune btw. Almost to book three Mark of Athena!

Why parents read books b4 there child: my mom would kill me (not literally) if she knew about nico di angelo, will, and Alex.

@mailyak442

3 жыл бұрын

Yup 😬🤭🤭 (also, sorry, that sucks :(( )

@daughter_of_apollo2546

3 жыл бұрын

@@mailyak442 yeah it does. I still love my mom tho.

@mailyak442

3 жыл бұрын

@@daughter_of_apollo2546 yeah ofc ❤️

I love Percy and all the series! 💖💖💖💖

And Tiffany was just......wow.....

@apekshan

3 жыл бұрын

@@Unclaimeddemigod she stole the show, I mean....

@Stelterna

2 жыл бұрын

That came up just as I read this lol

I was only able to watch half this, these reviews give me pain

I think what they mean by ‘masculine girls are evil’ in the book (not true, btw) is that Clarisse is pretty stereotypically masculine

I hate when people compare Percy Jackson and Harry Potter too! They are very different and there are a few similarities but because these books are about a camp and they have a lot of adventures in them people compare them to Harry Potter.Also I do not remember anyone saying something like "Percy Jackson our new celebrity". Snape said this to Harry. I also don't understand how people can find Percy Jackson boring, of course there will be some parts of a book that you don't like even if it's the best book in the world but I don't think the Percy Jackson books were boring overall but everyone has their own opinion I guess. I like the fact that the writing is similar for all the books because that's how I know it's a Rick Riordan book unless they were talking about the fact that the things happening in each of the books is similar which is true but also I don't mind that because the books do have a good plot.

Lmao this was awesome! :D

Percy jackson our new celebrity moment did not happen

@BookLover-bj5fx

20 сағат бұрын

As someone who recently re-read the first book, I can also confirm that that line was never in the book and that review was just pulling it out of absolute nowhere (probably out of irrational anger that this was supposedly a Harry Potter ripoff).

Being a children’s book isn’t an excuse for bad writing, but Percy Jackson has good writing so I guess that’s irrelevant

Do Pepole not Know that Percy Jackso is Targeted to 8-12 year olds

Percy Jackson is not a rip off of Harry Potter

Percy Jackson and Harry Potter have some similarities because they are both amazing books written on ways that people like to read. Also, both are beloved by fans across the world The guy who said he 'wasted' a month of his life on TLO: it took you a frickin month 2 read that? It's, like, not even 400 pages! That's about 2 weekdays, 1 weekend day for me, and I'm a dam 13-yr-old. And why would you spend an entire month on something that obviously (however stupid it is) brought you so much displeasure?

Plus,drew is beautiful and still we all hate her

alternative title: its middle grade books not ya way are you reading them if you don't like middle grade books

8:46 I agree with them it was kind of mostly pointless In the beginning except Percabeth Happening.... Seriously-- They went to Labyrinth to prevent a battle which they fought eventually anyways just got lucky and found Briaris on the way who saved the day (my opinion).

@pipermclean7980

3 жыл бұрын

Botl in Nutshell 1)Percabeth!!! 2)Find Nico 3)Find Pan 4)Luckily stop Kronos from leading the attac 5) Fight A Battle Includes lot if unnecessary drama obviously caused by Hera and Aphrodite

@silentshark9053

2 жыл бұрын

I first I agreed but then I realized, Grover found Pan, which who he had been searching for him for a long time. You can’t really just say blah blah blah, Grover found Pan. This was also the quest Annabeth had been waiting to read for 7 years, again you can’t just skip over that. And finally Percy learned how create the earthquake thingies and how to pull water out of the ground. Oh during the school year I learned how to pull water from the ground and make an earthquake, no biggie. Honestly though I can see him saying this, but us as readers want context about this.

these are so funny 😂

Haters gonna hate ,hate ,hate ,hate ,hate Cheese graters gonna a grate,grate ,grate ,grate ,grate

@Unclaimeddemigod

Жыл бұрын

That’s actually the original lyrics of the song

Can you do other RR books 1 star revews

Am I the only one finding this series in my mid 20s who thinks this is written for someone my age as well as 12 year olds 🤪 also for the record I’ve read Harry Potter and PJ and I think PJ and the whole Riordanverse is better 🤷‍♀️

@unknown-qw7rg

10 күн бұрын

No hp has more mature content Percy Jackson is childish

@sea5063

10 күн бұрын

@@unknown-qw7rg okay bro

How are Percy Jackson and Harry Potter even remotely similar? They are completely different, and for the last time, it is a MIDDLE GRADE novel!

Ok, every book might be written the same. But what these people don't understand is that every single thing the characters do, affects the main scheme in some way, even if it seems minor at the time being. Every last move they make can affect everything in the long run, and choices from the past no matter how small, will come back up throughout the series. Therefore, it is SUPER important to keep plot consistency. And Rick did that. Everything that happened was important in some way some how. So to the people who get to sea of monsters and say it's the same as the first one, please keep reading. You'll see why later.

@pixiethealienkitty1894

3 жыл бұрын

Same I actually loved sea of monsters and all the other ones. I love fictional universes without plot holes

This video was hilarious

Idk if this is a popular or unpopular opinion but Percy Annabeth Grover>>> Harry Ron Hermione. Their chemistry is just better overall and feels waaayyy natural and wholesome

@danavmanavsyncs1118

2 жыл бұрын

@@Unclaimeddemigod personally, I think their friendship was good waayyy later. I loved Ron and Harry's obviously but I really didn't like how they treated Hermione up till 5th book. Just went to her when they needed her help and didn't act like real friends especially during Hermione's free the elves arc

@unknown-qw7rg

10 күн бұрын

Hp is better

Ah yes..When people treat a middle school grade books like Adult books and make everything single thing serious even tho it's completely unnecessary. :D

@cringeygachakidthatalsodoe7154

2 жыл бұрын

Well, Harry Potter is target to children yet a ton of adults love it

@cringeygachakidthatalsodoe7154

2 жыл бұрын

*targeted

Look, I'm also reading a whole series and I don't like it, because I want to see what will happen in the end. I think these people wanted to keep reading it to see if the plot would go better in the next books

Please do more of these, I'm begging you

they probably miss click😭 HAAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

WHAT WAS I THINKING?? 🤣

I know I shouldn't crap on this guy at 10:09; but seriously dude, A month to read a five book series!?!? I read them in like a week when I was 10 during my 5th grade year, and I was considered to have extreme reading comprension problems. Also who the hell reads something they don't like? To torture themselves? I would say that's the definiton of masochist or a tendacy of one; but and I could be wrong, I'm not and expert on the subject and I'm not going to look it up, but I thought they only liked to physically torture themselves, not phsychologically.

if you haven't read Warrior cats you should, it's pretty cool

Okay but if I could have a brick to my Jason, I would prefer that over PJO bc THAT IS WHAT LOVE LOOK LIKES (jk I wouldn’t choose anything over Percy)

HARRY POTTER IS NOT THE SAME AS PERCY JACKSON

1:40 was she reading the same book as we were?

Just wondering, because I don't know, (You don't have to answer) pronouns?

You should censor those names next videos

YOU HAVE AWOKEN A BEAST HATERS

@Unclaimeddemigod

3 ай бұрын

is the beast you? or is it me?

10:23 one month!? i read it in a week and half.....

But I honestly feel that Ares was associated with ugly a lot, I mean, Gabe deserved it but yeahhhh, so it's just my opinion and I kinda like 25 percent agree with that one comment which said that twisting those myths was dangerous and the fact that Medusa, Circe were villianised, Ares was portrayed as a misogynist while in reality women respected Ares so much that they had an entire different aspect of hin which only women could worship and he was said to be all brawn and no brains and not generally respected, but have you ever actually looked at the Spartans? We always got to see Aphrodite as this girly girl who acted silly but in Greek Myths she was also known as Killer Of Men, and never got to see Aphrodite Areia (i think), her most warlike state. And Hera, in the battle of the Labyrinth, in the end everyone seems to ignore that part where Hera guided them through their entire dam quest and they say she didn't give clear answers when she first met them but when Annabeth refused to say the prophecy stating that too much knowledge was not good, people ignored it. The books also only said that Hera threw Hephaestus off because he wasn't perfect as per se, but i don't think they ever mentioned that Hera sired Hephaestus with her own essence to prove to Zeus that she didn't need him but then Zeus mocked her when Hephaestus came crippled that she wasn't perfect, like mother like son, and only with his help she could make something good, so she threw her source of mockery, that is Hephaestus. They say that Hera never had the guts to retaliate to Zeus himself when he cheats and instead punishes his children or mistresses, actually she did retaliate to Zeus the first two times but Zeus forbade her to. I'm not saying it's justified, but without context, she was just villianised way too much. The books stated that Apollo was older than Artemis, Hecate wasn't a virgin goddess, etc etc. If you look at it from the cultural point of view, you'll see what I mean. But I still loved the books, I'm a fan 100 percent, this is just my opinion.

I literally didn't see ONE one star review for TLO. It says 0% next to the one star tag. There's an overwhelming majority of people who rated it five stars and since that's my favorite book of all time I of course agree.

Were they talking about the movies???

No ,Reyna is masculine enough,and Percy loves her

@isobelmiller7464

3 ай бұрын

To be fair, she doesn't enter the picture until Heroes of Olympus.

Why does some with the same name as me hate Percy Jackson! I'm very sad now lol!😂

Honestly I hate the first series but I read a lot of memes so I knew the seven before knowing the seven so I just read the series just to go to the second one and so far I am at the son of neptune the last one and so far that book was not a disappointment

What's your username on Goodreads?

wait.. if you didnt like it but you paid money for it, just return it and get ur money back. problemo solved

The whole time I thought this was hOO 😣

So I love Harry Potter but I am not forcing anyone to share my opinion. Why is it that because I think it is better than another book series that I have to make sure other people think it too????? These reviews were ridiculous. First of all they can both exist in the same world. It’s ok to have multiple book series. Second no one forced you to read them. And third you are a freaking adult, why are you expecting high grade literary classics from a kids book?????

@Unclaimeddemigod

9 ай бұрын

Preach 🙌🏻

The first comment where it is written that too many Harry Potter references, it is called paying homage. If I am remembering correctly, Snape said this to Harry and Mr.D says is to Percy. It is literally a way Rick is showing his love and respect to JK Rowling/Harry Potter. Also, this was his first book and just a fun book for his kid so cut him some slack eh?

@danavmanavsyncs1118

2 жыл бұрын

@@Unclaimeddemigod ikr😒

The comparing to Harry Potter just no. I love Harry Potter and all but Percy Jackson was less boring than Harry Potter especially with writing style and all. Plus, this series kinda seemed like it was for slightly younger kids like maybe eight-ish and Harry Potter is more for like 10-teen years in my opinion but yeah.

Watching this video physically hurt me

As a fan of Percy Jackson and Harry Potter I think neither is better than the other they are equal. Why do people like to say Harry potter is better than Percy jackson I don't get it.

Oh no,now there's people who think the movie is better! Holy fudge...

4:45 I think that there saying ancient Greek mythology is heretical…

HARRY POTTER IS NOT BETTER!!!!!! AGH I hate Percy Jackson haters!!!

@unknown-qw7rg

10 күн бұрын

It is it's more mature

I literally had to stop watching this at 5 minutes in, the Lighting Thief reviews were enough for me to go on an internal rant so decided to stop

Clearly the people who gave a bad review to the third book either don't have a sense of humor or didn't read up to the part where there was a dam dam. Im not sure why i laughed but i did

@BestFriendsWhoLiveTogether

2 жыл бұрын

Dam people, lol

"this series is so damn boring" Hehehe

3:52 its so....DAM...boring?

BAHAHAHA 1K LIKES!

PJO is obviously not some genius work but it's not bad by any means. I like the series as some entertaining easy reading

Read the book as a kid and it was profoundly generic. Saw the movie and it blowed.