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I would suggest reading the 1st one before reading this one because there were some confusing parts. I thought this book was an easy read and is very interesting if you wait a little for the story to develop, after the beginning everything will fall into place and the action will begin.
Percy is a demi god or a child of a god human creation. They have a haven to retreat to when it is summertime because they get chased by monsters trying to eat them.
The Sea of Monsters is the second book in the series and is a very entertaining and easy book to read. As he goes on this adventure he will encounter hardships and challenges.
When Percy goes to the camp this year he sees that the tree that protects the camp has died. This forces him to go on a journey and retrieve something that will save the camp.
Rick Riordan did a great job of making the action scenes very exciting. All in all I would say this book is worth the time.
this book is totally awesome. It like sucks u in and u dont even realize it until u look at the page #. An hour ago u were at page 2, now page 52.
Even though it was short I still recomend that people read it beacuase it still is an important peice of the series. To me it was to short. I just want to say that I was a little disappointed. The Sea of Monsters is a story where they need to save Camp Half Blood because Thalias tree is dying. I wanted lots of excitment like the fist one, but it was so short that it didn't have enough. I still like it though. If you don't know what that is, read the first book. Read the second book to see why this is important.
The adventures are just as interesting: the kids will certainly get a kick of the encounters of Scylla and Charybdis. But as soon as I finished it, I was quite satisfied. I didn't know if this sequel to "The Lightning Thief" would be equal or better than the original. The character Percy doesn't seem to develop until the very end (I thought he already did in the first book), but his and his friends' dialogue are very entertaining to read through. I would say that "The Sea of Monsters" is a notch below to "The Lightning Thief", but it's not that bad, really. The book is shorter, but the pace is faster and the humor is more quick-witted. Plot twists are plenty, and the action is as high as Sears Tower. Now on to Part Three.Grade: A
It progresses slowly but steadily. It is very clearly a sequel(in the not-very-good sense), and draws plot points directly from The Odyssey. The Sea of Monsters is a good read and a fair sequel to The Lightning Thief, with a similar tone and new territory.Negatives:-The narrative is sometimes distractingly pretend-colloquial.-The plot feels, generally, more contrived than the first book. The last few chapters are the very best in the book, really making up for a crummy first few.-Interesting situations, good pacing, and better characterization than in the previous book.-Exciting, fun, easy to read. It's not a bad thing, necessarily, but it's obvious that the author himself didn't have to make up as much in this book.-Percy goes about 200 pages through the book without once thinking of how his mom is doing, or what she will think after he was accused of blowing up half his school. It's not the same Percy as in the previous book.-Like the previous book, the start is not terribly strong.Positives:-After a rough start, the book gets better. Much better plotting than in book one(although that's probably because it was copied from The Odyssey).-A very good emotional spectrum, getting the high points as well as the lows.-Again, quite a good ending.Overall: A good, dynamic read. 3.5 stars.
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