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Description: Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes : Paperback : Disney-Hyperion : 9781484776438 : 1484776437 : 21 Feb 2017 : Percy Jackson, a modern-day demigod, tells the stories of all the daring deeds of Perseus, Atalanta, Bellerophon, and the rest of the major Greek heroes. The Book Depository Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9781484776438
MPN: 1484776437
GTIN: 9781484776438
Author: Elizabeth Owen
Rating: 5
Review: Engaging and readable this book has given my son encyclopaedic knowledge of all greek myths. We lost him for days while he read it. Also bought as a present for a friend and the same thing happened.
Author: Alyssa
Rating: 3
Review: Rating system: 1 star = did not like 2 star = it was okay 3 star = liked it 4 star = really liked it 5 star = it was amazing First, and most obvious thing, I got this in hardcover, and it's huge. I'm talking almost full ruler tall, 9 inches wide, and over 300 pages. It's pretty unwieldy to hold, depending how you like to hold your books. I like to hold mine higher, so it's better for my neck, and I almost smacked myself in the face a few times while turning the pages. The pages are also very glossy, so they stick together when trying to turn them. I forgot to mention that for the Greek Gods book as well. I'm sure this book could have been a 600 or so page regular sized hardcover just fine, but my guess is they didn't want to scale down the pictures. They aren't frequent, but there are full page pictures scattered throughout. Something I didn't understand the need for was, there were random funny quotes from the text positioned and blown up. Like, Percy would say something funny, and then a couple lines down, the same way you would insert a small image, that sentence would be placed there as if to repeat the joke. Like, "haha did you catch that funny part? Well, here it is again just in case."I can see it being effective for someone skimming the book in store to try to grab their attention, but to someone reading the book at home, it seemed unnecessary. Anyway, Percy Jackson is the narrator for these Greek Hero stories, not all of them are demi-gods. I think this is likely far more interesting than a school text book version, but maybe not as detailed. Hercules was definitely glossed over because his section only covers his 12 labors. Percy puts his own spin on the tales, and makes them as family friendly as possible. He also inserts his own two cents every so often. I didn't get to learn any Greek mythology in school, but I've always been interested, so I thought this book was a neat way to learn more than just what the series has been tossing out. I think I liked the Greek Gods book more than this one. I'm not exactly sure why.
