is Rick Riordan's latest book a cash grab or a readers just getting old (Wottg deep dive review)

[@summerchild_]

"My friend Nico, the one seemingly don't like and didnt invited to my party" and "My friend Leo, currently presumed dead."

[@LeaderColden]

I think Rick's main problem is wanting to keep the stories at a Middle Grade level. I bet these books would have been much better if he wrote them as YA. Especially since he keeps having them talk about their adult lives.

[@YourFavoriteCamper]

I liked Chalice of the Gods but Wrath of the Triple Goddesses felt too childish

[@Dinosaur2771st]

Okay but like also did anyone notice Percy skipping junior year because in botl he is touring good high school for his freshman year then in tlo he should be about to be a sophomore and then a couple months into the semester he gets kidnapped the next fall he goes back to school and is a senior and is talking about getting kidnapped his junior year and having to catch up but he got kidnapped his sophomore year

[@LauraAravisHill]

I did notice it

[@biamulin5105]

I totally agree with you. I was so disappointed. It's my least favorite in PJO universe for sure. Mediocre indeed. Percy was ooc. Annabeth was ooc. Percabeth were meh. The plot was nonexistent. And it really felt like a cashgrab. I have to continue in portuguese because my English isn't englishing. Apesar de amar muito o cast do show de Percy Jackson, eu acho desrespeitoso com a obra original quando o Rick diz que já não imagina os personagens como eles eram. Livros e série devem ser diferentes, universos diferentes. Isso é algo BOM. Tentar fazer os livros e os personagens mais parecidos com a série é sem sentido, até porque o Percy dos livros já passou por uma infinidade de coisas que o Percy da série não passou. Só não faz sentido.

[@Parishi_09]

help, i haven't even finished the book, lost interest and lack of time, but it was refreshing to watch this video. It provided motivation to get back to finishing wrath already 😭 Anyways great video, loved it!

[@imattyyy]

I felt that when I was reading Heroes of Olympus, I assumed I was just too old for PJ already 😭😭

[@adrian-o9d]

did not think my back was gonna be called a dorito

[@nnnuke]

I liked it the first time I read it, probably because I haven’t reread any of Rick’s books, like ever, so I didn’t notice any of the inconsistencies, but looking back at it I definitely wouldn’t enjoy it as much if I were to reread

[@biamulin5105]

Grover had already seen Percy shirtless in Chalice of the Gods, so it was a weird scene... made no sense

[@Unclaimeddemigod]

Just there to mess with some fangirls

[@Thatgoose22]

I’ve been so excited for this can’t wait to watch I just started it

[@Unclaimeddemigod]

and you're probably still watching it (it's a long one hahaha)

[@Thatgoose22]

@ yep but it’s a great video thanks for responding to

[@Unclaimeddemigod]

@@Thatgoose22 thanks and of course!

[@atlassure3916]

the nico thing confused me didnt they make up under the battle of half blood hill? and after percy saved him from the jar? like nico obviously didn't think he had any friends but percy deffo would call him his friend after everything.

[@atlassure3916]

sorry enlgish isnt my first langauge and i am dyslexic please correct me if i wrote something wrong

[@summerchild_]

I read the The Chalice of the God's this summer and I was genuinely quesitoning if the entire series was that bad and I was misremembering so I went back and I read the Last Olympian and I happy to report the first five Percy Jackson books are still fire, it goes downhill after that, obviously. Anyway, I'm tired of PJO's books.

[@Cabin.seven_isonfire]

33rd ?😂😭 also i loved the video i’ve been waiting for this vid ever since you announced it ✨👽ིྀ

[@Unclaimeddemigod]

Why are we counting comments so high today? 😂

[@Cabin.seven_isonfire]

@@Unclaimeddemigod idk but it’s funny ig 😂😂

[@DemigodNinja]

I haven‘t read it yet bc I waiting for the release in German but for that I have to wait till May 😭but I am gonna watch the video after I read it

[@Unclaimeddemigod]

Yes! While it has very light spoilers I still would recommend waiting until May! (be strong)

[@DemigodNinja]

@ I‘m trying thank you 🥲

[@Unclaimeddemigod]

@@DemigodNinja as someone who only read in Spanish for a long time, I understand your pain

[@DemigodNinja]

@ the thing is also read in English but I only have the German books and I don’t want to buy a English one bc it doesn’t match

[@DemigodNinja]

Sounds ridiculous I know

[@star_28288]

i haven’t read it yet cause im in the last olympian and a TWO WEEK slump cause i don’t want it to end 😭 but i’ll definetly watch this video after i read hOo and the chalice of gods and the wrath of the triple goddess (no one told me getting into pjo was falling in a rabbit hole) 😭

[@Athenas_kid]

I haven't read it yet but from what I’ve heard, I don’t know if I’ll actually read it.

[@Unclaimeddemigod]

I would say you should read it, it's short and easy to get through, and if you're a fan you'll probably at least enjoy some parts of it (that's not the best sell hahaha)

[@LauraAravisHill]

It's a fun ride and has a lot of funny bits, I even had fun pointing out the inconsistencies to myself. Is it as good as his other books? That's a decision each person needs to make for themselves

[@summerchild_]

I wouldn't be surprised if this Goddess book is bad. I tried reading the Trails of Apollo and I literally physically cringed so many times I couldn't keep on going

[@LauraAravisHill]

Because of the writing or because of the narration of Άπόλλων (Apollo)? Because he is a painful POV in the first book

[@summerchild_]

@LauraAravisHill it was so childish!! The plot, the jokes, the handling of the Greek mythology. The previous books were juvenile but never that insultingly stupid. I'm an adult now but if I was a tween reading the Apollo books I would have felt insulted, the book was constantly insulting the readers intelligence

[@JanessaStuckey]

Maybe this is my opinion, but I really do wish Rick Roidan had written all of the PJO books that he wrote in another book/series that aren't PJO related. Because I do feel like Rick doesn't feel that same eneregy for this universe anymore and he has written this trilogy as a farewell to the fans and to this universe. Like I think he is ready and his next project after the PJO universe is done will to write another universe with different characters and a different story.

[@Unclaimeddemigod]

Yup

[@JanessaStuckey]

@@Unclaimeddemigod I would love to see Rick Roidan writing high fantasy. I think he at worldbuilding.

[@HMA16]

Wasn't he saying after TOA that he wouldn't write anymore books in this universe? I think that he was ready to leave it behind around that time.

[@Jacobb8129]

He said he’s making Celtic mythology

[@LizaaFernando]

The book was... okay, I guess? There wasn’t much divine intervention, but I really loved the Trojan Fields part and some other bits. I just feel like Rick can do better, you know? And yeah, I totally thought the same thing! If Austin could be there, why not Will, Nico, Jason (he's still alive at this point), Piper, Frank, Hazel, Travis, Clarisse? I could seriously list more names all day. Anyway, I’m with you on this one! 🤭 EDIT 1:08:37 Preach! it wasn't Annabeth who planned the defences of Manhattan it was Percy who planned it

[@LauraAravisHill]

Percy also has terrible self-esteem, so he could be giving too much credit to Annabeth because of that. Or Rick forgot who did it, he does that (even tho that is a very key detail)

[@LizaaFernando]

@@LauraAravisHill IKR

[@Rock-Child]

Most books he wrote post-Kane Chronicles never reached his previous quality or are downright bad, I feel like he’s just cashing out at this point

[@tagentnormal6850]

The problem about Annabeth in the whole Percy Jackson series is, Rick trying to write a really really smart girl when he is not that smart. Annabeth wisdom is limited by Rick. Rick always need to make others dumb in order to make Annabeth smart. Btw, I think Rick insert too many propaganda in his books and it is clear distract him to write a good story arc and be faithful to his own characters. A lot of propaganda is unnecessary and actually really stupid (like a no muscle Percy, seriously a good looking Greek character, swimmer, good sword fighter, has no muscle? )

[@Bauxit456]

What other propaganda has he written in his books in your opinion?

[@Annabeth8]

Annabeth is really smart throughout the series. Yes there may be a few dumb moments by other characters, but her intelligence has been really portrayed throughout the books. No muscle? Seriously? Rick never wrote that line. Grover expected Percy to be "very buff" like a body builder, but Percy was never one. Percy has a lot of muscles, but he is not that buff. There is a difference. Compared to Jason, you could say Jason is very buff. In Mark of Athena, Piper said that Percy didn't look as strong as Jason, probably because he was not as ripped as Jason. So, there a clear difference between 'being buff" and having a fit body. Percy is perfectly muscular (Annabeth said that in Mark of Athena) but is not 'buff' like a body builder. Grover expected Percy to be ripped, but being ripped does not always mean you have to be strong.

[@Ryko175]

@Annabeth8 Also Grover probably assumed Percy was buff cause the action movie stereotype of protagonists being very buff. I always assumed coach hedge showed him too many chuck norris movies.

[@Annabeth8]

@@Ryko175 True. Also, Grover said: “I thought you had muscles and stuff”. The problem is people took that literally and thought Rick made percy scrawny. Not true. Percy was still very muscular, but not as ripped as grover thought he would be. No one can write : “I thought you were ripped” or something like that. 😅But that does not mean that this book is perfect. It had many inconsistencies, i hope he fixes that in his sequel.

[@ToobyTerrible]

….hm. I haven’t read it and probably never will, but….i dunno….maybe I’ll just learn to forget about it- …..wait what were we talkin about? (But seriously, if I don’t like something, I forget it ever happened. Not every book can be a masterpiece after all. Maybe, since I’m basically writing an entire next gen series, I’ll fix all the stuff mentioned)

[@Thefunkiestanimator]

THIS VIDEO NEEDED TO BE MADE

[@LauraAravisHill]

Some of the issues people have can be explained with Percy's poor self-esteem which he has had from day 1, and what he focusses on in his memories. For those saying that Percy hasn't had much character development, that's because he had to act more adult-like from page 1 than his age, and so now his physical age is close to his mental age (the YT channel 2 Wise Girls has a bunch of stuff abt trauma and how it effects Percy & the other characters in the story, if ppl want to have a look at that) Just my thoughts, and I do see how the book can be disappointing

[@Wisegirl_13]

Omg! Are you excited for 9.5 of Kotlc in only like 3 days!!!! ❤❤

[@e443productions9]

Honestly I stopped reading Rick’s books after trials of Apollo because it has been a cash grab for a little while 😢

[@gracearabella3809]

I think he’s just lost the Percy touch

[@Daughter_ofAthena57642]

Personally, I loved the book, but maybe that's just me.

[@YuenyuenHong-xi3rp]

Thirddd😊

[@Unclaimeddemigod]

hope you like the video!

[@YuenyuenHong-xi3rp]

⁠@@Unclaimeddemigod ofc I liked it! I love all ur videos

[@daicecreambowl]

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[@Unclaimeddemigod]

thanks for watching!!!

[@joefeen8419]

I'm sorry it's giving English teacher😂

[@dassykouam]

Second

[@Unclaimeddemigod]

thanks for watching :)

[@dassykouam]

@Unclaimeddemigod np I love your videos. Keep up the good work👍

[@redpuppysa6228]

5th!

[@Unclaimeddemigod]

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[@YameenYahya-wt8gz]

7th

[@Unclaimeddemigod]

what is this countdown you guys are doing in the comments

[@Children.of.Apollo.and.Athena]

Chalice of the gods was better. By a lot.

[@Unclaimeddemigod]

Facts

[@Children.of.Apollo.and.Athena]

@ omg you responded

[@Cabin_13_edits]

6th

[@Unclaimeddemigod]

love to see it

[@VeryLoudMage]

8, y'all!!

[@CoahuiltecanCat-vu9cd]

11th

[@Unclaimeddemigod]

great number to be