Rick Riordan: Persi Dzhekson i Labirint smerti (Russian language, 2015, ĖKSMO)
410 pages
Russian language
Published April 18, 2015 by ĖKSMO.
When demonic cheerleaders invade his high school, Percy Jackson hurries to Camp Half Blood, from whence he and his demigod friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth, while the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near.
Evoluzione dei personaggi (anche quelli secondari) davvero ben costruita, un protagonista che è un po' più del consueto "prescelto" e quel pizzico di critica alla società che è bello vedere in un romanzo per ragazzi.
The penultimate book of the Camp Half-Blood series, Percy Jackson and The Battle of the Labyrinth brings us to probably one of the most famous tales in Greek Mythology; the Labyrinth with a mixture of surprises that are both pleasurable and terrifying in their nature.
"You shall delve in the darkness of the endless maze,
The dead, the traitor, and the lost one raise.
You shall rise or fall by the ghost king’s hand,
The child of Athena's final stand,
Destroy with a hero's final breath,
And lose a love to worst than death."
- The Oracle.
If I thought I had been on edge reading the previous books in the series, then it was nothing to how I felt reading The Battle of the Labyrinth. Like the nightmare of a place that Theseus down himself facing the Minotaur; there are plot twists a-plenty, and I loved just how much …
The penultimate book of the Camp Half-Blood series, Percy Jackson and The Battle of the Labyrinth brings us to probably one of the most famous tales in Greek Mythology; the Labyrinth with a mixture of surprises that are both pleasurable and terrifying in their nature.
"You shall delve in the darkness of the endless maze,
The dead, the traitor, and the lost one raise.
You shall rise or fall by the ghost king’s hand,
The child of Athena's final stand,
Destroy with a hero's final breath,
And lose a love to worst than death."
- The Oracle.
If I thought I had been on edge reading the previous books in the series, then it was nothing to how I felt reading The Battle of the Labyrinth. Like the nightmare of a place that Theseus down himself facing the Minotaur; there are plot twists a-plenty, and I loved just how much more of the Greek lore is brought into the tale that you will either recognise or like a carrot on a string, chase to learn more about in the plethora of tales out there. Even when you think you know what is happening to our wonderful characters, things suddenly take a twist and you're thrown into the darkness again and like Percy and his friends, will no doubt look again at the Oracle's words to see if you can work out just what clues there are in her in this case, extremely unsettling prophecy.
Percy Jackson and The Battle of the Labyrinth is far darker than the previous three combined, there is more action and more adrenalin inducing situations that will have you no doubt like me, unable to place the book down. It truly feels like everything will go wrong for the heroes as they encounter monsters within the Labyrinth, and anxiety will rush through you as you know they will encounter the truly evil Titan Lord who wants to destroy all they know, love and need.
All is in danger of destruction, and you see that clearly in this book... but love, life, family and all that is good in the world but not perfect is worth fighting for and the fight is wonderfully done by Riordan as always.
I think you're going to love it when you read it.
