"The Tower of Nero" has probably my favorite Epilogue in the entire series. Seeing Apollo simply not being able to fit in with the other Gods after spending so much time as a human and having learned about empathy and the value of life is fascinating
Agree, honestly just following the sequence where Meg and Apollo go face down the foe from the very first book, Nero, and his threat to do something that the historical figure is know fir(starting the Great Fire of Rome) felt poetic. I also very much remember when Nero’s immortality was traded in the most funny way possible. But, even after he was defeated, the fight with Python, and missing his first shot was a great depiction of the entire series. A joking, but serious task
I threw "The Mark of Athena" on the wall when I finished 😂 I picked it up praying it wasn't ruined, and thank God it wasn't but it took me almost ten minutes to process that ending, get up, get my book, put it on the shelf and calm down 😂
That ending was genuinely so saddening for me. I really thought they’d all succeeded, so when Percy and Annabeth got taken into Tartarus like that I was so upset, especially as I literally shouted out loud with joy and was so impressed at how Annabeth tricked Arachne. That’s certainly my favourite Annabeth moment. I’m bloody glad I didn’t have to wait a year for the next part. I’ve read them all for the first time this year so I was able to continue right away. That would have been a hell of an annoying wait when it first came out though!
The Lost Hero is one of my favourite books in Percy Jackson and I think it is because really felt like I connected with Piper, Leo and Jason and I loved the mystery of who Jason was and Percy missing
Curse Of The Labyrinth is by far my favorite Percy Jackson book;has been for years. It encapsulates everything Percy Jackson is to me and I still actively read it today. Fantastic book.
I love Titan’s Curse. It truly started Percy Jackson for me. Zoe’s transformation from being skeptical of Percy to saying she was honored he held Riptide is definitely one of my favorite moments in the book.
100% agree with you on The House of Hades, I loved the parts of Percy and Annabeth in Tartarus. Whenever it would go aways for them I would just keep reading till it went back❤
Dudeee Frank’s transformation in the house of hades has got to be one of the best character moments in the entire series. That solidified him as one of my favorite characters
2:35 trust me, I read the LH BEFORE any of the main series (it was the first I found in the library), and I loved it. It's just the shock of it not having Percy
My other favorite reviewer of the Percy Jackson books made the point that unlike other young adult couples in YA books, when Percy and Annabeth fall into Tartarus, rather than fight with each other, they immediately say; "Ok, we are going to get through this, together." She also pointed out how Percy struggled the most with his anger in the House of Hades, (See where he uses his water powers to manipulate poison in somebody). As I was writing this, I just realized how Rick Riorden can turn a dramatic scary situation into something completely bizarre and it totally works. (See Annabeth saying, 'lets get a picture of you with your favorite child'.
I’m glad that in the TOA that Piper and Jason break up. I thought they work way better as friends than as lovers. I wished I got to see more of their friendship though. Jason’s sacrifice is so heartbreaking. I loved his character. I loved how he got glasses, and him being Thalia’s brother. His and Leo’s friendship was so good as well!
What I personally love most about Son of Neptune is that it really put in perspective how powerful Percy had become throughout the books. The way you see other people talk about him is so interesting (Like Nico saying he was dangerous to his enemies or Hazel comparing him to a god). And I remember reading a line that was something like "The other cohorts laughed, like 'Oh look, another loser for the fifth cohort'" and then when they mentioned the war games I was like "Oh, he's gonna show them SO bad" and I was right, scenes like that are personally sooooooooooooo satisfying to read. Also the Nico cameo came as such a surprise but I really loved it!
Although I don't agree with all of your rankings, I enjoyed the reasoning behind them and am glad you're still making new percy jackson stuff. Always a good day when you post thanks for the great videos!
it always make me so sad how people don't like The Lost Hero because Percy is not in it. I went into the book thinking it was another whole series apart from PJO, i never expected Percy or anyone from that world to be in it and i think that's why i liked it so much more than most people. Also i love Jason's character and doesn't deserve the hate he gets 😭😭
It was actually my intro to PJO, so it didn't bother me either. On the contrary, it was actually quite great because i could fully embrace the new cahracters and after it, i read all of PJO and then the rest of HOO, loving all of the characters equally.
I just didn't like the dynamic between Piper, Jason and Leo. each of them was individually interesting, but the 3 of them as a trio really didn't fit. Thats why it got way better in Mark of Athena because Piper and Annabeth have a nice dynamic, Jason and Percy have a great dynamic, and Leo and Frank have one of the best dynamics ever.
While it hurts to hear The Lost Hero as low as it is it makes sense. The Lost Hero was actually my introduction to Riordan's book series, as I had only heard of Percy Jackson but never read the books until after I finished the Heroes of Olympus and I read all of the Heroes of Olympus books except for the Son of Neptune as the library I got them from always had it out of stock. I did manage to read PJO and rereading HoO all in chronological order 6 years ago and I loved it so while I get it's low spot it's my first book so maybe it holds a greater meaning to me I guess.
Thank you, Morgan. Thank you for making Rick Riordan content. I’ve read the books when I was younger…admittedly because of the movies (I had bad tastes but it introduced me to the series). I’ve read almost all the books Riordan has made for this world and I’m glad for it. It’s nice to see another UA-camr online talking about this series. Please do more Riordan content.
Yeah, Titan’s Curse and Battle of the Labyrinth were the first Riordan books I’ve read. I was introduced to the films but those books are what got me into this series. It might’ve a messy way to be introduced but that’s fine by me.
I’m reading the blood of Olympus rn, and I keep remembering when I read the lightning thief. I never knew it would be one of my favorite series of all time.
Could you make video breaking down the contents of every prophecy in all of the Riordan verse, foreshadowing of lines and the eventual conclusions. I think it would be very compelling
In the olympians series it’s titans curse #1. For Heros mark of Athena is #1. For trials of Apollo, it’s probably the tower of Nero. The Shakespeare arrows sacrifice was so sad. Also will you be doing a review on the trials of Apollo, chalice of the gods and the sun and the star?
Can someone tell me what they did in the versions in other languages? Here in Germany we were lucky enough that Dam is "Damm" and "damn" is "verDAMMt" but it can't be like that in French or Spanish or Italian, right?
I almost completely agree with your rankings. The only main differences are that I have no nostalgia for The Lightning Thief, so I would rank it much lower. And I had an easier time adjusting to not having Percy in a book and can say The Lost Hero does the classic adventure formula better than practically every other book in the series. Every single encounter is interesting and well paced, with a fun antagonist.
The Son of Neptune has to be my favorite, seeing the already established goat, secure his position of power in a different camp in one book instead of 5 is fantastic. Its jam packed with just straight up dubs, like the Frank vs Alcyoneus fight, etc. It also was a great book to demonstrate Percy's matured power, he was at his peak of power in this book. Finally, the mystery of Hazel's backstory was peak.
Sup Morgan, no disrespect to you or anyone but I’m not a Percy Jackson fan but I will still watch this because you my bro and I support everything you do. Sending my love from San Jo California 🤙
Can you do a life of Nico Di Angelo video ? He has one of the most interesting character arcs in the whole series ! I would love to see a video about him
I actually did stop reading Rick Riordan after the 2nd TOA, I hated it, and making me stop was a real challenge cause I was obsessed with Heroes of Olympus (the House of Hades is also my favourite of his by a considerable margin because of the Percy/Annabeth stuff too), I do put quite a considerable gap between all the original 5 and HOO that you don't have though.
@@misatomafuyu I for sure would have picked it up again if I didn't hear about Jason dying, kinda demotivated me personally, if they wanted to kill him they should have done it at the end of HOO impo
@@limitlesscord7319 I was anxious the entire time I was reading BM because of that, I had to step away from the book and do a couple laps around my house, but I would definitely say that the 2nd half of the TOA series was stronger since we actually saw Apollo starting to change into a better person.
My ranking is from worst to best (Only from the Lightning Thief to Blood of Olympus, reread 3 times) 11. The Blood of Olympus (Honestly, weakest. I absolutely love it, don't get me wrong, but still, I think the ending is a bit weak for me) 10. The Lost Hero (Again, I absolutely love it, but just wasn't as good as the other ones) 9. The Sea of Monsters (A fun book but definetly the weakest in PJO) 8. The Chalice of the Gods (Just a fun adventure book too, nothing really special. Still love the return to the sort of light feeling, and the same vibes that HOO lacks sometimes) 7. The Lightning Thief (A good start but other ones are better) 6. The Son of Neptune (VERY good, I absolutely love it, but still, again, better options out there) 5. The Battle of the Labyrinth (I love this book, Percabeth moments are absolutely neat, and the Labyrinth def is one of the best plots in the series) 4. The House of Hades (Tartarus plotline is the strongest plot point in the Heroes of Olympus. However, doesn't beat the Mark of Athena for me) 3. The Mark of Athena (Annabeth is 100% my favorite character, and seeing her POV for the first time makes this book pretty high for me. I absolutely love MoA) 2. The Last Olympian (Perfect way to end PJO, I loved the climax and just in general, I just love this book) 1. The Titan's Curse (By far the best book in the series. I could write a whole essay on why I love this book. The plot is just THAT good!!!)
House of hades was always my fav book in the riordanverse. I even did a project for it in school. It was so eventful and you got the point of views from Tartarus and above the surface which I loved. At the end when they are all there just watching the stars and Percy and Annabeth think of bob, it always makes me a little sad, even though he’s a titan and comes back
11:18 Honestly thou, I love the fact that in every PJO book there would be a 20-50% chance of getting a happy ending and even if you did it would mostly be either a fakeout or a “it’s the end… or is it?” type of ending.
It is really interesting for me personally. My brother read Percy Jackson A LONG TIME AGO and I tried it as well but stopped about 4 chapters into the first book because I simply couldn't adjust to the writing style. But then we got the Series recently and the good part about that was that the writing-style of the book no longer mattered (as well as the fact that he wrote the Screenplay with way more experience than the early books) and I honestly enjoyed the series and surprisingly the dialogues in particular a lot. That prompted me to start the series again as AudioBooks and I did enjoy some parts of the first book, though I still personally prefer the series (again, I did get used to the writing-style a bit but it really isn't my favorite). I found the series improved A LOT with the third book personally and then again quite a bit with book 4. But then something special happened. HE CHANGED HIS WRITING-STYLE for the next series. That coupled with the scale of Heroes of Olympus made every single book of Heroes of Olympus for me personally better than any other book that came before it. This series also introduced a lot of my favorite characters but also made older characters a lot more special for me than they were before (believe it or not in the book-series itself, I was not that connected to Percy to be honest but he got way more interesting for me with every Heroes of Olympus book). After that, unfortunately the writing-style changed again but back more to a Percy Jackson Style of writing only with a character I could connect with even less (a selfish god) and I know that is his character arc but honestly I couldn't get into it that well. It got a bit better with book 2 but in book 3 the other big problem of this being a bit too over-the-top came into play as well (I know Heroes of Olympus is also over-the-top a lot but I think because we slowly get introduced to that part of the story with your heroes growing into that challenge it felt a bit more coherent to me). I right now took a break from Apollo after book 3 (a bit forced because the Person I heard the AudioBooks from is still working on the last two). I did however skip to "Sun and Star" because there was already the AudioBook out for that and because Nico is one of my personal favorites (and I wanted to learn more about Will) and I was so happy that it went back to more of a Heroes Of Olympus writing-style What is so interesting is that these are basically 3 series that are all VERY different in how much I enjoy them. I can't rank them all RIGHT NOW in order but more generally: 1. Mark of Athena, House of Hades, Blood of Olympus 2. The Lost Hero, The Son of Neptune, The Sun and The Star --- as already stated there is quite a gab here for me --- 3. Battle of the Labyrinth, The Last Olympian 4. Titan's Curse 5. The Lightning Thief The other once are somewhere below that I think but I can't rank them well anymore. When it comes to favorite characters I personally have: 1. Nico, Leo, 2. Hazel, Frank, Percy, Annabeth, Will (though I need to hear more about him still) 3. Reyna, Piper, Jason (yep, also here very much Heroes of Olympus focused) So as final thoughts as I said before I think a big reason why the "Percy Jackson" saga (first 5 books) aren't as high as for others is because of the writing-style that didn't work for me and I honestly can't say if the story and characters would work better enough for me that it and Heroes of Olympus could be on equal ground with a different writing-style but that is basically what the Series is for so I guess/hope we will see (I hope they actually get 5 seasons because that is a serious long production-cycle). I however find it personally sad that we will probably not get a series for Heroes of Olympus. For one because I don't think they are going to continue after 5 seasons but also because I actually don't think this would work as well in Live-Action. I personally really want to see an animated series based on Heroes of Olympus with a more distinct art-style as I think the more over-the-top style of that story would work well with animation (maybe a blend of western and eastern animation like we see a lot right now, for example in series for with Arcane) First of all this comment is LONG (sorry) but I really wanted to explain myself here. I also know this is probably not the most popular opinion but I thought it would be interesting to some people how I (somebody only hearing the books after the series) would think about it.
I've just read the PHO series and HOO series. I'm going ahead. But uptil now, I absolutely love The Son Of Neptune. I think that the final battle when Percy, Hazel and Frank return and get into the battle is done great and one if the best battles if not the best.
12:41 same, i loved this book honestly(read it like a week ago for the first time, already knew i was gonna like it more then the blood of Olympus, i was right annoyingly enough)
1. The Tower of Nero (The ending was just- but ToA itself is my fav series, it has all my favs- Nico, Apollo, WIll, Leo and Chiron) 2. The Titan's Curse 3. Chalice Of The Gods
My ranking: 1. House of Hades 2. The Last Olympian 3: Mark of Athena 4. Son of Neptune 5. Battle of The Labyrinth 6. The Lightning Thief 7. Chalice of the Gods 8. Burning Maze 9. Sun and the Star 10. Tower of Nero 11. Titan's Curse 12. Tyrant's Tomb 13. Sea of Monsters 14. The Hidden Oracle 15. Blood of Olympus 16. Lost Hero 17. The Dark Prophecy
The second I finished reading the house of hades, I knew this was my favorite book. I was going to get SO mad if he didn’t put it number 1! The second a Tartarus section ended, I would be dying to know what happens next, and the same thing for the outside world. It is in my top 3 favorite books of all time if not my favorite.
I think overall my ranking would be very similar. Just a few swaps from neighboring ranks. But I mostly agree with the ranking done here. Glad to have *almost finished the entire series, your videos on Percy Jackson made me finally pick up the series and as you said I didn't look back. They are really fantastic books!
I would like to see a theory video, like you did for some of the hunger games theorys. I would like see your opinions on some of percy jackson theories. Or like a ship ranking Canon or non Canon, also would like too see your opinion on Canon and noncanon ships.
When I started reading hero’s of Olympus (after the original series ofc) I was living with a pretty much bipolar emotionally abusive man that my mom was dating, it was a very hard time because sometimes he was great but other times he was a cold person. Anyway when I read the hero’s of Olympus books it was like I could escape, so the those books will always have a very special place in my heart. It took me about 1 month to read everyone and it was one of the best months of my life, staying up until 10 at night with my cat sleeping next to me reading those books. On a side note besides very few instances he did a good job ranking them
my favorite books to read was also titan's curse and the last Olympians even though it's been years since the original book series I still remember the stories so well. and that's saying something to his writing it's incredible
Morgan have you read DOTD by Rick Riordan ( full name is Daughter of the deep) It’s his first not mythology based book and it’s pretty good Also you should read Aru Shah by Roshani Chowkshi, her first book even has Rick Riordan Compliment her
Great video my ranking is this is after many re reads 1 The House of Hades 2 The Titian’s Curse 3 The Last Olympian 4 The Burning Maze 5 The Tower of Nero 6 The Lighting Thief 7 The Tyrants Tomb 8 The Son of Neptune 9 The Burning Maze 10 The Battle of the Labyrinth 11 The Chalice of the Gods 12 The Sun and the Star 13 The Blood of Olympus 14 The Lost Hero 15 The Hidden Oracle 16 The Sea of Monsters 17 The Dark Prophecy
I have all 5 Heroes of Olympus books on my shelf waiting to be continued and finished as I have only read The Lost Hero. Seeing it ranked so low really shocked me as it became my favorite book of all time when I read it back in middle school after renting it from the library, it really engaged me to want to get the whole series and read it to my mom (she loves it when I read to her), though as I got older my responsibilities have kept me from being able to do that so the books just sit there on my bookshelf alone, and I really want to one day get back to them and finish the rest of the series starting from the second book. My opinion on ranking The Lost Hero might change over time shall I finish the rest of the books, as well as the other Percy Jackson books, so maybe I shouldn't cling onto The Lost Hero forever, but it will always hold a dear place in my heart. I especially enjoyed Leo because he is so much like me (my name even abbreviates to Leo lol), and I felt his energy resonating in me after reading every one of his moments in the book. Ever since I read that book in middle school, I always wished someday in the future this book would get a movie adaptation, though after those first two Percy Jackson movies I don't think anything will be in store for a long while lol
My all time favorite is The Last Olympian. I hated Luke yet I still cried for him. The Scene with Selena where she came in leading the Ares house into battle and them knowing she wasnt Clarisse yet they still went along with it and followed her and her death scene just destroyed me to absolute pieaces and the scene where Clarice finaly gets recognized by Ares because of her divine rage and she cuts down the monster by herself and gains the Aura of Ares is still living in my mind! I cannot get enough and the Apollo head councelor dying on the bridge, nico bringing the forces of the underworld to battle The death of Dionysus kid and Percy honoring his promise to keep his other son safe... everything just kills me emotionaly.
Great list, my ranking was a little different keep in mind I still think every one of these books is incredible: 17: Tyrants Tomb 16: Dark Prophecy 15: Sea of Monsters 14: Sun and the Star 13: Hidden Oracle 12: Blood of Olympus 11: Tower of Nero 10: Son of Neptune 9: Chalice of the Gods 8: Lost Hero 7: Burning Maze 6: Titans Curse 5: Mark of Athena 4: Battle of the Labyrinth 3: Last Olympian 2: Lightning Thief 1: House of Hades Reasons for weird picks Tyrants Tomb: Hate what he did with Frank Sun and the Star: Too much of a romance novel but still incredible book Lost Hero: Didn’t expect to see Percy after reading the title Titans Curse: Between 5 and 6 but I just prefer Mark of Athena Lightning Thief/Last Olympian: Can’t beat “Look, I didn’t want to be a half-blood…”
I only read the first 5 books before life ended up getting in the way. The Titan's Curse took so long for me to read because i kept losing the book. Sometimes for days at a time. It got to the point that if any of my teachers saw the book, they'd immediately have it brought to me and it became a running joke among me, my friends and teachers that the book would outright vanish. There would be times i never took it out of my bag during a part of the day, yet it vanished and would end up in one of the classes i had. I swear that book was legitimately cursed. I never had this problem with any of the other 4 books. Just that one. I read through Sea of Monsters without issues, and once I finished the Titan's Curse and got to the Battle of the Labyrinth, i didn't lose the books again. Anytime i had the Titan's Curse in my possession, i read as much as possible in order to finish it so i would stop losing it
I love The House of Hades so damn much. It changed my life. I read it when I was 10/11? Not very sure but I was in Primary 5. I received The Blood of Olympus book as a birthday present from my aunt. I had no idea what the PJO series was and I had 0 knowledge about Greek/Roman mythology. The entire time I read it I was reasonably extremely confused, but the entire setting, writing and the characters sucked me in. So I read the entire series starting from PJO → HoO → ToA (and also the rest of the spin-offs) in the whole series. It was seriously a huge feat bc I remember myself not eating meals on time and not sleeping and having to sneak my book under the table to read without being caught by teachers. My mom would have to confiscate my books bc I was reading instead of studying. I would eat during meals and when I’m walking to the train station from school. I fell immediately in love with the world Riordan created. I felt like I was 6 again, reading Harry Potter for the first time. I fell in love with Nico di Angelo right away in the 3rd book in PJO. He’s such an adorable kid. And it GUTTED me when Bianca died. In HoH, when Nico was forced to come out and admit he loved Percy, it was such a gut-wrenching and tense moment for me. The fact that Jason was there to witness that scene- oh my god. My friends and I even have that page number and the lines memorized bc we kept revisiting that scene. We even dug out the Chinese translated version of the books to see what the lines would be in Chinese. This revelation shocked me so much I literally had to put the book down and think about its significance for a good 15 minutes before resuming. Nico genuinely changed my life. He is gay in the books and he’s dating Will Solace. And since I grew up in a very homophobic, racist and just generally super discriminatory social and home environment, I actually hated the fact that Nico is gay and I thought that Will didn’t deserve Nico, which was extremely wrong in retrospect. But seeing how even though it’s revealed that Nico is gay, my love for him still never changed and how I still adored him as a character made me realize that it really does not matter. Seeing Nico’s happiness with Will helped me get over my internalized-homophobia and it helped me realized that I’m asexual. And because of Reyna, who’s revealed to be asexual, made me more comfortable of my identity. These books changed my life. And I would always adore these characters who grew up with me. There’s a new book in which Percy’s applying to college and it’s ironic bc I just ended my first term in university. It’s seriously like they grew up along with me. Nico is still my baby and I love him so so so damn much.
Hey I don’t know if this sounds like a good video suggestion… but I would really like to see a hypothetical third Percy Jackson movie video. I thought your video on the hypothetical second Avatar was really funny and well made so I was hoping for a video on Percy Jackson as well. For example, Zoë can have fair hair and skin (when in the books she has dark hair and olive skin, the DiAngelo siblings are Japanese instead of Italian, having a monster that was originally in the fourth book be in the third movie (Kampe, Sphinx, etc.), and having Thalia be a smily annoying character instead of a tsundere like in the books.
Honestly I love that you have Titan's Curse this high. I think it's criminally underrated. My ranking would be: 1. Last Olympian 2. House of Hades 3. Titan's Curse 4. Mark of Athena 5. Tyrant's Tomb 6. Burning Maze 7. Blood of Olympus 8. Lost Hero 9. Tower of Nero 10. Battle of the Labyrinth 11. Chalice of the Gods 12. Sea of Monsters 13. Son of Neptune 14. Hidden Oracle 15. Lightning Thief 16. Dark Prophecy 17. Sun and the Star
Completely agree. The Titans curse is my favorite, the House of Hades is the best book Rick has ever written, and The Last Olympian is one of the best nonfiction climax’s of all time. Every time I reread them it feels like I’m reading them for the first time.
Me who's favorite is The Dark Prophecy 💀 For me, it's the book that still has you guessing on what Apollo is and is not lying about, so it's one of those books that makes you think. It also introduced us to a whole new cast of characters, and provided a refuge to not only Apollo & Meg, but also a long-term one for Leo and Calypso to help them figure out their lives. Additionally, it's the book with my favorite villain >:) Caligula is a boss, and Nero is a beast (haha, pun intended), but Commodus is the one with a deep, emotional connection with Apollo, and by god did Rick sell me on their romance with just two flashbacks and what? Seven interactions? Every scene he's in is just amazing, from his casual carelessness to his abrupt, angry temper - and absolutely when the rage, pain, and heartbreak he's been (unhealthily) holding onto for thousands of years comes into the spotlight. "You'll always have my blessings" was a shot to the heart, okay? Especially when Commodus threw those words back into Apollo's face. RIP, Alder has died. Also Meg!!! And Lityerses!!! Apollo gave both of them a second chance!!! He forgave Meg in a heartbeat because he knew her betrayal of him was in no way her fault, and he offered Lit another chance even after he tried to kill him and Calypso! Apollo's whole deal is putting up a front, and he talks to us and says shit like "i'm a terrible person. believe i am a terrible person only doing this good thing because i am feeling Humanity. i would not do this as a god." that's all a blatant lie! Cross-examine his actions with what he tells us and he's not doing this "because he's now human". He's doing it because it's right. I feel like a driving factor on how people see Apollo is how they see the ToA series. Some see it as Apollo learning humanity, and conclude that gods don't have humanity. It's not. It's about Apollo accepting the humanity within him, and letting go of the toxic influence of his father to grow and change into the god he needs to be. Because you don't need to be human to be human. TDP is a big factor in that. Trophonius, Agamethes, Emmie & Jo, Georgie, Lityerses, and Thalia all play a role in that, and especially Commodus. Most of all, it's Meg. It's Meg who helps Apollo come to terms with his own abuse, and it all starts in TDP. “Or I could tell you a story about a similar thing that once happened to me." - Apollo to Meg, after the zoo quest i love the sunflower sibings
Here is my list 1. House of Hades 2. Titans Curse 3.Tower of Nero 4. Sun and the Star (might be biased cause I love Nico and Will) 5.Mark of Athena 6. Hidden Oracle 7. Blood of Olympus 8. Battle of the Labyrinth 9. Lost Hero 10. The Last Olympian 11. Tyrants Tomb 12. Chalice of the Gods 13. Lighting Thief 14. Burning Maze 15. Dark Prophecy 16. Sea of Monsters 17. Son of Neptune That took forever but was so fun to make tell me if you agree
Agree with alot but not with house of Hades because I felt betrayed with this book, I'm stumbled across an image from pintrest of Leo the closing the door (which I assumed was the door of death )and the other characters tearing up which I thought was going to be the actual ending , seeing that I expected that will see some kind of epic battle between the 7 and monsters in Tartarus the next book will follow the story with Gaea emergence and demi gods saving Leo from Tartarus and putting an end to Gaea.Maybe I just enjoy this book as much is because I had way high expectations.
I loved house of hades but it’s at #5 for me mainly because it felt like some of the things Percy and annabeth did felt TO impossible. Which I know some people would like but for me being so far into a series I had gotten slightly fed up with the plot armor and this book just had to much plot armor. I mean Obviously I don’t want them to die but at least make it slightly more feasible. By the way here’s my ranking P.S. I’ve only read PJO and HOO P.S. I’ve only each book once Sorry I’m new 10. The lightning thief 9. The battle of the labyrinth 8. The titans curse 7. The lost hero 6. The sea of monsters 5. House of hades 4. The blood of Olympus (I agree it did feel rushed but I still loved it) 3. The last Olympian 2. The son of Neptune 1. The mark of Athena
THE SUN AND THE STAR WAS SO GOOD BUT IT TOOK THE LONGEST FOR ME TO READ BECAUSE IT WAS SO DEPRESSING The fact people dont like the lost hero because percys not in it is sad
Currently listening to the last hero the reason I didn’t like it when I was in middle school was because it was assigned reading and a franchise I didn’t know going in, so I was confused and disinterested. Now as an adult who just finished the first five books and tv show. I like this book so far (please no spoilers) my only issue as of now with the lost hero is I feel Jason’s pov/ character isn’t interesting and some characters could be cut and or put together. As long books are hard for me.
Honestly the trials of Apollo just started way toooo slow in the first book and I really haven’t gotten around to pick it up again in two years. I hope that I get around to reading the series soon before I forget about it. All the other books sound so interesting.
I loved reading the Percy Jackson series and the House of Olympus series. For some reason, the fourth book always resonates with me. The Battle of the Labyrinth would be in my top 5 though. I haven't gotten to the Trails of Apolo yet. Is the Trails of Apolo after House of Olympus or is it the Kane Chronicles?
So I never read past the Heroes of Olympus series, but I read Percy Jackson and the Olympians and then Heroes of Olympus. and with that being said, I can easily see why people think Heroes of Olympus is better, and I agree. Seeing the Roman perspective was really cool, I thought it added more to the story. I’d probably put The son of Neptune first, then The Last Olympian. I think I got halfway through the Trials of Apollo then was told to read something else by my parents.
"The Tower of Nero" has probably my favorite Epilogue in the entire series.
Seeing Apollo simply not being able to fit in with the other Gods after spending so much time as a human and having learned about empathy and the value of life is fascinating
The fight with python… that was chaos, literally, but I loved it
Same that book is in my top 5 I just loved the way they ended it
@@aanishka22 it’s #1 for me
Agree, honestly just following the sequence where Meg and Apollo go face down the foe from the very first book, Nero, and his threat to do something that the historical figure is know fir(starting the Great Fire of Rome) felt poetic. I also very much remember when Nero’s immortality was traded in the most funny way possible. But, even after he was defeated, the fight with Python, and missing his first shot was a great depiction of the entire series. A joking, but serious task
@@mcbuuiop 100% agree, the part when Lu traded her immortality was hilarious
Percy Jackson fans bout to come for blood if their favorite is in last
havnt watched yet lets see
Me btw
Was relieved when House of Hades was first tbh. I didn’t think other fans enjoyed it as much as I did.
@@shalom5214 everyone loves HoH, it's beloved by the whole fandom.
Dude dark prophecy is a great book
I would also love to see you rank Percy Jackson characters like how you did with the Harry Potter characters (Like with the tiers)
Please!!
That would be awesome
yes. please do it
Yes
YES!!!!!!!!!!!! Great idea
Percy's POV will always be number one
Imo the last 3 trials if Apollo come first
I prefer Magnus
@@UncreativeHandle48 Magnus + Apollo > Percy and hoo (I mean the series, not the characters) but I do prefer Magnus over Percy
Frr
I agree that’s my favourite style
I threw "The Mark of Athena" on the wall when I finished 😂 I picked it up praying it wasn't ruined, and thank God it wasn't but it took me almost ten minutes to process that ending, get up, get my book, put it on the shelf and calm down 😂
That warmed Ricks heart 🥰
That ending was genuinely so saddening for me. I really thought they’d all succeeded, so when Percy and Annabeth got taken into Tartarus like that I was so upset, especially as I literally shouted out loud with joy and was so impressed at how Annabeth tricked Arachne. That’s certainly my favourite Annabeth moment.
I’m bloody glad I didn’t have to wait a year for the next part. I’ve read them all for the first time this year so I was able to continue right away.
That would have been a hell of an annoying wait when it first came out though!
Bro didn’t like Percy and annabeth falling into tartarus😂
The fit makes u looks like a British professor in the best way possible 😂
I was trying to figure out how to describe the outfit, that’s perfect. He looks great!
So true xD
The Lost Hero is one of my favourite books in Percy Jackson and I think it is because really felt like I connected with Piper, Leo and Jason and I loved the mystery of who Jason was and Percy missing
I agree
Unpopular opinion but i had no trouble connecting with Jason, Piper and Leo. I did miss Percy but i absolutely loved The lost Hero
Real!!
Yes I so miss Percy 😢😢
SAME
Curse Of The Labyrinth is by far my favorite Percy Jackson book;has been for years. It encapsulates everything Percy Jackson is to me and I still actively read it today. Fantastic book.
Ain't that from the binding of Isaac
It’s battle not curse
I don't mind this. The Titan's Curse hurt me though. RIP Zoe Nightshade
And Bianca
✊🕊️
😢
Yea but I still love it
I cried soo hard
I love Titan’s Curse. It truly started Percy Jackson for me. Zoe’s transformation from being skeptical of Percy to saying she was honored he held Riptide is definitely one of my favorite moments in the book.
0:12 ‘and for once I didn’t look back’😭
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100% agree with you on The House of Hades, I loved the parts of Percy and Annabeth in Tartarus. Whenever it would go aways for them I would just keep reading till it went back❤
My top 3
1. Titan's curse
2. House of hades
3. Last olympian
probs mine in a different order
It's useless impossible to refute any top 3😂
FAX! YOU ARE MY GOAT! 🐐
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mine but backwards
Early! The quality is literally getting better each vid! Keep it up Morgan!!
Dudeee Frank’s transformation in the house of hades has got to be one of the best character moments in the entire series. That solidified him as one of my favorite characters
Do you plan on doing any other videos about the Percy Jackson books?
Would love to see more
2:35 trust me, I read the LH BEFORE any of the main series (it was the first I found in the library), and I loved it. It's just the shock of it not having Percy
My other favorite reviewer of the Percy Jackson books made the point that unlike other young adult couples in YA books, when Percy and Annabeth fall into Tartarus, rather than fight with each other, they immediately say; "Ok, we are going to get through this, together." She also pointed out how Percy struggled the most with his anger in the House of Hades, (See where he uses his water powers to manipulate poison in somebody). As I was writing this, I just realized how Rick Riorden can turn a dramatic scary situation into something completely bizarre and it totally works. (See Annabeth saying, 'lets get a picture of you with your favorite child'.
Who is the other reviewer?
@@jayrubin01 CassJayTuck. Pretty sure her UA-cam channel is still up. she made videos about 10 or so years ago doing a lot of book and movie reviews.
@@jayrubin01 ua-cam.com/video/88aUr_QlLvk/v-deo.htmlsi=n0_WEbGakNp1K_xK
@@corywalker8551 thanks!
"let's get a picture of you with your favorite child" is literally the only piece of media i can imagine not being cringy with a skullface edit 😭😭
I’m glad that in the TOA that Piper and Jason break up. I thought they work way better as friends than as lovers. I wished I got to see more of their friendship though. Jason’s sacrifice is so heartbreaking. I loved his character. I loved how he got glasses, and him being Thalia’s brother. His and Leo’s friendship was so good as well!
What I personally love most about Son of Neptune is that it really put in perspective how powerful Percy had become throughout the books. The way you see other people talk about him is so interesting (Like Nico saying he was dangerous to his enemies or Hazel comparing him to a god). And I remember reading a line that was something like "The other cohorts laughed, like 'Oh look, another loser for the fifth cohort'" and then when they mentioned the war games I was like "Oh, he's gonna show them SO bad" and I was right, scenes like that are personally sooooooooooooo satisfying to read. Also the Nico cameo came as such a surprise but I really loved it!
Although I don't agree with all of your rankings, I enjoyed the reasoning behind them and am glad you're still making new percy jackson stuff. Always a good day when you post thanks for the great videos!
it always make me so sad how people don't like The Lost Hero because Percy is not in it. I went into the book thinking it was another whole series apart from PJO, i never expected Percy or anyone from that world to be in it and i think that's why i liked it so much more than most people. Also i love Jason's character and doesn't deserve the hate he gets 😭😭
That's not why I disliked it. I found Jason and Piper annoying. I respect your opinion but for me it was really boring
100% agree! TLH is definitely a top 10 book, it was hard to get used to but man did it pay off
It was actually my intro to PJO, so it didn't bother me either. On the contrary, it was actually quite great because i could fully embrace the new cahracters and after it, i read all of PJO and then the rest of HOO, loving all of the characters equally.
I just didn't like the dynamic between Piper, Jason and Leo. each of them was individually interesting, but the 3 of them as a trio really didn't fit. Thats why it got way better in Mark of Athena because Piper and Annabeth have a nice dynamic, Jason and Percy have a great dynamic, and Leo and Frank have one of the best dynamics ever.
We also went into it thinking Percy wouldn’t be in it, so loved it then got the fun surprise that Percy was in the rest.
My favorite book is The last olympian, it is just magical to me, it was the first I read when I was eleven, after that I bought all the others
While it hurts to hear The Lost Hero as low as it is it makes sense. The Lost Hero was actually my introduction to Riordan's book series, as I had only heard of Percy Jackson but never read the books until after I finished the Heroes of Olympus and I read all of the Heroes of Olympus books except for the Son of Neptune as the library I got them from always had it out of stock. I did manage to read PJO and rereading HoO all in chronological order 6 years ago and I loved it so while I get it's low spot it's my first book so maybe it holds a greater meaning to me I guess.
I'm surprised the Lost Hero is that low, the book especially the parts at Camp Half Blood are some of the chapters I have personally reread the most.
Thank you, Morgan. Thank you for making Rick Riordan content.
I’ve read the books when I was younger…admittedly because of the movies (I had bad tastes but it introduced me to the series). I’ve read almost all the books Riordan has made for this world and I’m glad for it.
It’s nice to see another UA-camr online talking about this series.
Please do more Riordan content.
They made me read them a 3rd/4th time and as I was older (11) it made me love them more!
Out of all the Camp Half-Blood Series The Titans Cruse is my all time favorite Percy Jackson book!
Yeah, Titan’s Curse and Battle of the Labyrinth were the first Riordan books I’ve read. I was introduced to the films but those books are what got me into this series. It might’ve a messy way to be introduced but that’s fine by me.
I’m reading the blood of Olympus rn, and I keep remembering when I read the lightning thief. I never knew it would be one of my favorite series of all time.
Could you make video breaking down the contents of every prophecy in all of the Riordan verse, foreshadowing of lines and the eventual conclusions. I think it would be very compelling
Guess i'm not sleeping for another 14 minutes 11 seconds
Who needs sleep when you got Percy Jackson books?
I didn't even read the lost hero until i ended the heros of Olympus series and I still understanded everything. This tells a lot
In the olympians series it’s titans curse #1. For Heros mark of Athena is #1. For trials of Apollo, it’s probably the tower of Nero. The Shakespeare arrows sacrifice was so sad. Also will you be doing a review on the trials of Apollo, chalice of the gods and the sun and the star?
Been watching your videos for so long! Love your work
Ahh the titans curse, the origin of the dam joke.
dam it!
@@benjaminbrookes-staddon7228 well Dam
We got of dam dam back
Can someone tell me what they did in the versions in other languages? Here in Germany we were lucky enough that Dam is "Damm" and "damn" is "verDAMMt" but it can't be like that in French or Spanish or Italian, right?
Dam dude!
I almost completely agree with your rankings. The only main differences are that I have no nostalgia for The Lightning Thief, so I would rank it much lower. And I had an easier time adjusting to not having Percy in a book and can say The Lost Hero does the classic adventure formula better than practically every other book in the series. Every single encounter is interesting and well paced, with a fun antagonist.
Wait, there are graphic novels of the books?!?! Well, I know what I'll be doing this week!
Yes, they're up to the Mark of Athena so far, but the House of Hades is done, and should be releasing in late September.
I swear The Burning Maze gives me PTSD
Loves the video, would LOVE to see more videos like this for some of the other franchises you talk about!
The Son of Neptune has to be my favorite, seeing the already established goat, secure his position of power in a different camp in one book instead of 5 is fantastic. Its jam packed with just straight up dubs, like the Frank vs Alcyoneus fight, etc. It also was a great book to demonstrate Percy's matured power, he was at his peak of power in this book. Finally, the mystery of Hazel's backstory was peak.
I have been waiting for this vid! Thanks Morgan!
Edit: House of Hades is (in my opinion) the GOAT
Agreed
Any book that shows off how powerful everyone is or their wholesome and cute dynamics are always the best ones.
Sup Morgan, no disrespect to you or anyone but I’m not a Percy Jackson fan but I will still watch this because you my bro and I support everything you do. Sending my love from San Jo California 🤙
Can you do a life of Nico Di Angelo video ? He has one of the most interesting character arcs in the whole series ! I would love to see a video about him
And Bianca
Finally a new percy jackson vid can you do more pls?
0:09 lol even when he’s making a PJ video, he just can’t help but dress like Harry Potter😂
I actually did stop reading Rick Riordan after the 2nd TOA, I hated it, and making me stop was a real challenge cause I was obsessed with Heroes of Olympus (the House of Hades is also my favourite of his by a considerable margin because of the Percy/Annabeth stuff too), I do put quite a considerable gap between all the original 5 and HOO that you don't have though.
I finished the TOA series, but I felt the same way. Each book just made me hate it more.
You should considering picking it back up because The Burning Maze is genuinely one of my favorite Riordan books
This was me! But I picked up Burning Maze maybe a few months later? And it was actually really good. I read books 3-5 in about a span of 4 days max.
@@misatomafuyu I for sure would have picked it up again if I didn't hear about Jason dying, kinda demotivated me personally, if they wanted to kill him they should have done it at the end of HOO impo
@@limitlesscord7319 I was anxious the entire time I was reading BM because of that, I had to step away from the book and do a couple laps around my house, but I would definitely say that the 2nd half of the TOA series was stronger since we actually saw Apollo starting to change into a better person.
My ranking is from worst to best (Only from the Lightning Thief to Blood of Olympus, reread 3 times)
11. The Blood of Olympus (Honestly, weakest. I absolutely love it, don't get me wrong, but still, I think the ending is a bit weak for me)
10. The Lost Hero (Again, I absolutely love it, but just wasn't as good as the other ones)
9. The Sea of Monsters (A fun book but definetly the weakest in PJO)
8. The Chalice of the Gods (Just a fun adventure book too, nothing really special. Still love the return to the sort of light feeling, and the same vibes that HOO lacks sometimes)
7. The Lightning Thief (A good start but other ones are better)
6. The Son of Neptune (VERY good, I absolutely love it, but still, again, better options out there)
5. The Battle of the Labyrinth (I love this book, Percabeth moments are absolutely neat, and the Labyrinth def is one of the best plots in the series)
4. The House of Hades (Tartarus plotline is the strongest plot point in the Heroes of Olympus. However, doesn't beat the Mark of Athena for me)
3. The Mark of Athena (Annabeth is 100% my favorite character, and seeing her POV for the first time makes this book pretty high for me. I absolutely love MoA)
2. The Last Olympian (Perfect way to end PJO, I loved the climax and just in general, I just love this book)
1. The Titan's Curse (By far the best book in the series. I could write a whole essay on why I love this book. The plot is just THAT good!!!)
Titan's curse is amazing
YESSSSS I LOVEEEEEEEEEEE PJO!!! TYSM FOR DOING THIS!!!
House of hades was always my fav book in the riordanverse. I even did a project for it in school. It was so eventful and you got the point of views from Tartarus and above the surface which I loved. At the end when they are all there just watching the stars and Percy and Annabeth think of bob, it always makes me a little sad, even though he’s a titan and comes back
Love the lighting and background of this video
11:18 Honestly thou, I love the fact that in every PJO book there would be a 20-50% chance of getting a happy ending and even if you did it would mostly be either a fakeout or a “it’s the end… or is it?” type of ending.
It is really interesting for me personally.
My brother read Percy Jackson A LONG TIME AGO and I tried it as well but stopped about 4 chapters into the first book because I simply couldn't adjust to the writing style.
But then we got the Series recently and the good part about that was that the writing-style of the book no longer mattered (as well as the fact that he wrote the Screenplay with way more experience than the early books) and I honestly enjoyed the series and surprisingly the dialogues in particular a lot.
That prompted me to start the series again as AudioBooks and I did enjoy some parts of the first book, though I still personally prefer the series (again, I did get used to the writing-style a bit but it really isn't my favorite).
I found the series improved A LOT with the third book personally and then again quite a bit with book 4.
But then something special happened. HE CHANGED HIS WRITING-STYLE for the next series. That coupled with the scale of Heroes of Olympus made every single book of Heroes of Olympus for me personally better than any other book that came before it. This series also introduced a lot of my favorite characters but also made older characters a lot more special for me than they were before (believe it or not in the book-series itself, I was not that connected to Percy to be honest but he got way more interesting for me with every Heroes of Olympus book).
After that, unfortunately the writing-style changed again but back more to a Percy Jackson Style of writing only with a character I could connect with even less (a selfish god) and I know that is his character arc but honestly I couldn't get into it that well. It got a bit better with book 2 but in book 3 the other big problem of this being a bit too over-the-top came into play as well (I know Heroes of Olympus is also over-the-top a lot but I think because we slowly get introduced to that part of the story with your heroes growing into that challenge it felt a bit more coherent to me). I right now took a break from Apollo after book 3 (a bit forced because the Person I heard the AudioBooks from is still working on the last two).
I did however skip to "Sun and Star" because there was already the AudioBook out for that and because Nico is one of my personal favorites (and I wanted to learn more about Will) and I was so happy that it went back to more of a Heroes Of Olympus writing-style
What is so interesting is that these are basically 3 series that are all VERY different in how much I enjoy them. I can't rank them all RIGHT NOW in order but more generally:
1. Mark of Athena, House of Hades, Blood of Olympus
2. The Lost Hero, The Son of Neptune, The Sun and The Star
--- as already stated there is quite a gab here for me ---
3. Battle of the Labyrinth, The Last Olympian
4. Titan's Curse
5. The Lightning Thief
The other once are somewhere below that I think but I can't rank them well anymore.
When it comes to favorite characters I personally have:
1. Nico, Leo,
2. Hazel, Frank, Percy, Annabeth, Will (though I need to hear more about him still)
3. Reyna, Piper, Jason
(yep, also here very much Heroes of Olympus focused)
So as final thoughts as I said before I think a big reason why the "Percy Jackson" saga (first 5 books) aren't as high as for others is because of the writing-style that didn't work for me and I honestly can't say if the story and characters would work better enough for me that it and Heroes of Olympus could be on equal ground with a different writing-style but that is basically what the Series is for so I guess/hope we will see (I hope they actually get 5 seasons because that is a serious long production-cycle).
I however find it personally sad that we will probably not get a series for Heroes of Olympus. For one because I don't think they are going to continue after 5 seasons but also because I actually don't think this would work as well in Live-Action. I personally really want to see an animated series based on Heroes of Olympus with a more distinct art-style as I think the more over-the-top style of that story would work well with animation (maybe a blend of western and eastern animation like we see a lot right now, for example in series for with Arcane)
First of all this comment is LONG (sorry) but I really wanted to explain myself here. I also know this is probably not the most popular opinion but I thought it would be interesting to some people how I (somebody only hearing the books after the series) would think about it.
Putting TLH 16 is crazy
As soon as i started the lost hero i immediately thought "Is percy talking about this jason dude? "
Great video keep it up you're doing amazing things 😁👍
I've just read the PHO series and HOO series. I'm going ahead.
But uptil now, I absolutely love The Son Of Neptune. I think that the final battle when Percy, Hazel and Frank return and get into the battle is done great and one if the best battles if not the best.
You should do more videos about the life of some characters. That would be cool to see!
12:41 same, i loved this book honestly(read it like a week ago for the first time, already knew i was gonna like it more then the blood of Olympus, i was right annoyingly enough)
Looking dapper my friend 😄👌
1. The Tower of Nero (The ending was just- but ToA itself is my fav series, it has all my favs- Nico, Apollo, WIll, Leo and Chiron)
2. The Titan's Curse
3. Chalice Of The Gods
My ranking:
1. House of Hades
2. The Last Olympian
3: Mark of Athena
4. Son of Neptune
5. Battle of The Labyrinth
6. The Lightning Thief
7. Chalice of the Gods
8. Burning Maze
9. Sun and the Star
10. Tower of Nero
11. Titan's Curse
12. Tyrant's Tomb
13. Sea of Monsters
14. The Hidden Oracle
15. Blood of Olympus
16. Lost Hero
17. The Dark Prophecy
yay! new movie flame video!
The second I finished reading the house of hades, I knew this was my favorite book. I was going to get SO mad if he didn’t put it number 1! The second a Tartarus section ended, I would be dying to know what happens next, and the same thing for the outside world. It is in my top 3 favorite books of all time if not my favorite.
As someone with The last Olympian as the favourite of the original series and House of Hades as the fav of the HoO series, this makes me happy
More proof that BoO was rushed is that thee was soooo much typos. Especially at the end
I think overall my ranking would be very similar. Just a few swaps from neighboring ranks. But I mostly agree with the ranking done here. Glad to have *almost finished the entire series, your videos on Percy Jackson made me finally pick up the series and as you said I didn't look back. They are really fantastic books!
A great video and I mostly agree with the ranking!
12:45
same!! i spent the moment i woke up to almost dinnertime just reading this
absolute masterpiece
I would like to see a theory video, like you did for some of the hunger games theorys. I would like see your opinions on some of percy jackson theories.
Or like a ship ranking Canon or non Canon, also would like too see your opinion on Canon and noncanon ships.
When I started reading hero’s of Olympus (after the original series ofc) I was living with a pretty much bipolar emotionally abusive man that my mom was dating, it was a very hard time because sometimes he was great but other times he was a cold person. Anyway when I read the hero’s of Olympus books it was like I could escape, so the those books will always have a very special place in my heart. It took me about 1 month to read everyone and it was one of the best months of my life, staying up until 10 at night with my cat sleeping next to me reading those books. On a side note besides very few instances he did a good job ranking them
my favorite books to read was also titan's curse and the last Olympians even though it's been years since the original book series I still remember the stories so well. and that's saying something to his writing it's incredible
Morgan have you read DOTD by Rick Riordan ( full name is Daughter of the deep)
It’s his first not mythology based book and it’s pretty good
Also you should read Aru Shah by Roshani Chowkshi, her first book even has Rick Riordan Compliment her
As a passionate Jackson fan I would say this is a big W list
Great video my ranking is this is after many re reads
1 The House of Hades
2 The Titian’s Curse
3 The Last Olympian
4 The Burning Maze
5 The Tower of Nero
6 The Lighting Thief
7 The Tyrants Tomb
8 The Son of Neptune
9 The Burning Maze
10 The Battle of the Labyrinth
11 The Chalice of the Gods
12 The Sun and the Star
13 The Blood of Olympus
14 The Lost Hero
15 The Hidden Oracle
16 The Sea of Monsters
17 The Dark Prophecy
You might want to add "Mark of Athena" to the list. Regardless, almost all of the rest of the list you've put out matches with mine 🤝
I have all 5 Heroes of Olympus books on my shelf waiting to be continued and finished as I have only read The Lost Hero. Seeing it ranked so low really shocked me as it became my favorite book of all time when I read it back in middle school after renting it from the library, it really engaged me to want to get the whole series and read it to my mom (she loves it when I read to her), though as I got older my responsibilities have kept me from being able to do that so the books just sit there on my bookshelf alone, and I really want to one day get back to them and finish the rest of the series starting from the second book. My opinion on ranking The Lost Hero might change over time shall I finish the rest of the books, as well as the other Percy Jackson books, so maybe I shouldn't cling onto The Lost Hero forever, but it will always hold a dear place in my heart. I especially enjoyed Leo because he is so much like me (my name even abbreviates to Leo lol), and I felt his energy resonating in me after reading every one of his moments in the book. Ever since I read that book in middle school, I always wished someday in the future this book would get a movie adaptation, though after those first two Percy Jackson movies I don't think anything will be in store for a long while lol
I don’t care what anyone says, Mark of Athena is the best book in the PJO universe, and you can’t change my mind.
My friend thinks the same😂
That's my second favorite I'm a fan of the house of Hades just a bit more
My all time favorite is The Last Olympian. I hated Luke yet I still cried for him. The Scene with Selena where she came in leading the Ares house into battle and them knowing she wasnt Clarisse yet they still went along with it and followed her and her death scene just destroyed me to absolute pieaces and the scene where Clarice finaly gets recognized by Ares because of her divine rage and she cuts down the monster by herself and gains the Aura of Ares is still living in my mind! I cannot get enough and the Apollo head councelor dying on the bridge, nico bringing the forces of the underworld to battle The death of Dionysus kid and Percy honoring his promise to keep his other son safe... everything just kills me emotionaly.
Gotta love the Percy Jackson content
Great list, my ranking was a little different keep in mind I still think every one of these books is incredible:
17: Tyrants Tomb
16: Dark Prophecy
15: Sea of Monsters
14: Sun and the Star
13: Hidden Oracle
12: Blood of Olympus
11: Tower of Nero
10: Son of Neptune
9: Chalice of the Gods
8: Lost Hero
7: Burning Maze
6: Titans Curse
5: Mark of Athena
4: Battle of the Labyrinth
3: Last Olympian
2: Lightning Thief
1: House of Hades
Reasons for weird picks
Tyrants Tomb: Hate what he did with Frank
Sun and the Star: Too much of a romance novel but still incredible book
Lost Hero: Didn’t expect to see Percy after reading the title
Titans Curse: Between 5 and 6 but I just prefer Mark of Athena
Lightning Thief/Last Olympian: Can’t beat “Look, I didn’t want to be a half-blood…”
I only read the first 5 books before life ended up getting in the way. The Titan's Curse took so long for me to read because i kept losing the book. Sometimes for days at a time. It got to the point that if any of my teachers saw the book, they'd immediately have it brought to me and it became a running joke among me, my friends and teachers that the book would outright vanish. There would be times i never took it out of my bag during a part of the day, yet it vanished and would end up in one of the classes i had. I swear that book was legitimately cursed. I never had this problem with any of the other 4 books. Just that one. I read through Sea of Monsters without issues, and once I finished the Titan's Curse and got to the Battle of the Labyrinth, i didn't lose the books again. Anytime i had the Titan's Curse in my possession, i read as much as possible in order to finish it so i would stop losing it
I love The House of Hades so damn much. It changed my life. I read it when I was 10/11? Not very sure but I was in Primary 5. I received The Blood of Olympus book as a birthday present from my aunt. I had no idea what the PJO series was and I had 0 knowledge about Greek/Roman mythology. The entire time I read it I was reasonably extremely confused, but the entire setting, writing and the characters sucked me in. So I read the entire series starting from PJO → HoO → ToA (and also the rest of the spin-offs) in the whole series. It was seriously a huge feat bc I remember myself not eating meals on time and not sleeping and having to sneak my book under the table to read without being caught by teachers. My mom would have to confiscate my books bc I was reading instead of studying. I would eat during meals and when I’m walking to the train station from school.
I fell immediately in love with the world Riordan created. I felt like I was 6 again, reading Harry Potter for the first time. I fell in love with Nico di Angelo right away in the 3rd book in PJO. He’s such an adorable kid. And it GUTTED me when Bianca died. In HoH, when Nico was forced to come out and admit he loved Percy, it was such a gut-wrenching and tense moment for me. The fact that Jason was there to witness that scene- oh my god. My friends and I even have that page number and the lines memorized bc we kept revisiting that scene. We even dug out the Chinese translated version of the books to see what the lines would be in Chinese. This revelation shocked me so much I literally had to put the book down and think about its significance for a good 15 minutes before resuming.
Nico genuinely changed my life. He is gay in the books and he’s dating Will Solace. And since I grew up in a very homophobic, racist and just generally super discriminatory social and home environment, I actually hated the fact that Nico is gay and I thought that Will didn’t deserve Nico, which was extremely wrong in retrospect. But seeing how even though it’s revealed that Nico is gay, my love for him still never changed and how I still adored him as a character made me realize that it really does not matter. Seeing Nico’s happiness with Will helped me get over my internalized-homophobia and it helped me realized that I’m asexual. And because of Reyna, who’s revealed to be asexual, made me more comfortable of my identity.
These books changed my life. And I would always adore these characters who grew up with me. There’s a new book in which Percy’s applying to college and it’s ironic bc I just ended my first term in university. It’s seriously like they grew up along with me. Nico is still my baby and I love him so so so damn much.
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I don’t know if this sounds like a good video suggestion… but I would really like to see a hypothetical third Percy Jackson movie video. I thought your video on the hypothetical second Avatar was really funny and well made so I was hoping for a video on Percy Jackson as well. For example, Zoë can have fair hair and skin (when in the books she has dark hair and olive skin, the DiAngelo siblings are Japanese instead of Italian, having a monster that was originally in the fourth book be in the third movie (Kampe, Sphinx, etc.), and having Thalia be a smily annoying character instead of a tsundere like in the books.
Honestly I love that you have Titan's Curse this high. I think it's criminally underrated. My ranking would be:
1. Last Olympian
2. House of Hades
3. Titan's Curse
4. Mark of Athena
5. Tyrant's Tomb
6. Burning Maze
7. Blood of Olympus
8. Lost Hero
9. Tower of Nero
10. Battle of the Labyrinth
11. Chalice of the Gods
12. Sea of Monsters
13. Son of Neptune
14. Hidden Oracle
15. Lightning Thief
16. Dark Prophecy
17. Sun and the Star
Can you do more on the sun and the star please, i love your videos
Completely agree. The Titans curse is my favorite, the House of Hades is the best book Rick has ever written, and The Last Olympian is one of the best nonfiction climax’s of all time. Every time I reread them it feels like I’m reading them for the first time.
Me who's favorite is The Dark Prophecy 💀
For me, it's the book that still has you guessing on what Apollo is and is not lying about, so it's one of those books that makes you think. It also introduced us to a whole new cast of characters, and provided a refuge to not only Apollo & Meg, but also a long-term one for Leo and Calypso to help them figure out their lives.
Additionally, it's the book with my favorite villain >:) Caligula is a boss, and Nero is a beast (haha, pun intended), but Commodus is the one with a deep, emotional connection with Apollo, and by god did Rick sell me on their romance with just two flashbacks and what? Seven interactions?
Every scene he's in is just amazing, from his casual carelessness to his abrupt, angry temper - and absolutely when the rage, pain, and heartbreak he's been (unhealthily) holding onto for thousands of years comes into the spotlight.
"You'll always have my blessings" was a shot to the heart, okay? Especially when Commodus threw those words back into Apollo's face. RIP, Alder has died.
Also Meg!!! And Lityerses!!! Apollo gave both of them a second chance!!! He forgave Meg in a heartbeat because he knew her betrayal of him was in no way her fault, and he offered Lit another chance even after he tried to kill him and Calypso!
Apollo's whole deal is putting up a front, and he talks to us and says shit like "i'm a terrible person. believe i am a terrible person only doing this good thing because i am feeling Humanity. i would not do this as a god." that's all a blatant lie! Cross-examine his actions with what he tells us and he's not doing this "because he's now human". He's doing it because it's right.
I feel like a driving factor on how people see Apollo is how they see the ToA series. Some see it as Apollo learning humanity, and conclude that gods don't have humanity.
It's not. It's about Apollo accepting the humanity within him, and letting go of the toxic influence of his father to grow and change into the god he needs to be. Because you don't need to be human to be human.
TDP is a big factor in that. Trophonius, Agamethes, Emmie & Jo, Georgie, Lityerses, and Thalia all play a role in that, and especially Commodus.
Most of all, it's Meg. It's Meg who helps Apollo come to terms with his own abuse, and it all starts in TDP.
“Or I could tell you a story about a similar thing that once happened to me." - Apollo to Meg, after the zoo quest
i love the sunflower sibings
Here is my list
1. House of Hades
2. Titans Curse
3.Tower of Nero
4. Sun and the Star (might be biased cause I love Nico and Will)
5.Mark of Athena
6. Hidden Oracle
7. Blood of Olympus
8. Battle of the Labyrinth
9. Lost Hero
10. The Last Olympian
11. Tyrants Tomb
12. Chalice of the Gods
13. Lighting Thief
14. Burning Maze
15. Dark Prophecy
16. Sea of Monsters
17. Son of Neptune
That took forever but was so fun to make tell me if you agree
Agree with alot but not with house of Hades because I felt betrayed with this book, I'm stumbled across an image from pintrest of Leo the closing the door (which I assumed was the door of death )and the other characters tearing up which I thought was going to be the actual ending , seeing that I expected that will see some kind of epic battle between the 7 and monsters in Tartarus the next book will follow the story with Gaea emergence and demi gods saving Leo from Tartarus and putting an end to Gaea.Maybe I just enjoy this book as much is because I had way high expectations.
I like son of Neptune
I would love to hear your thoughts on the Kane Chronicles and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. They’re a bit different but I still enjoyed them
I loved house of hades but it’s at #5 for me mainly because it felt like some of the things Percy and annabeth did felt TO impossible. Which I know some people would like but for me being so far into a series I had gotten slightly fed up with the plot armor and this book just had to much plot armor. I mean Obviously I don’t want them to die but at least make it slightly more feasible.
By the way here’s my ranking
P.S. I’ve only read PJO and HOO
P.S. I’ve only each book once Sorry I’m new
10. The lightning thief
9. The battle of the labyrinth
8. The titans curse
7. The lost hero
6. The sea of monsters
5. House of hades
4. The blood of Olympus (I agree it did feel rushed but I still loved it)
3. The last Olympian
2. The son of Neptune
1. The mark of Athena
Chalice of the gods is my favorite book, and im loving wrath of the triple goddess
The lost hero is so real, I skipped it and went straight to the son of Neptune cause I refused to read without Percy for awhile
THE SUN AND THE STAR WAS SO GOOD BUT IT TOOK THE LONGEST FOR ME TO READ BECAUSE IT WAS SO DEPRESSING
The fact people dont like the lost hero because percys not in it is sad
I agree it's hard to get used to the change in The Lost Hero when you read it for the first time, and I'm sure you are not the only one who struggled
Currently listening to the last hero the reason I didn’t like it when I was in middle school was because it was assigned reading and a franchise I didn’t know going in, so I was confused and disinterested. Now as an adult who just finished the first five books and tv show. I like this book so far (please no spoilers) my only issue as of now with the lost hero is I feel Jason’s pov/ character isn’t interesting and some characters could be cut and or put together. As long books are hard for me.
Please make a Hufflepuff house characters ranked video on how kind the characters are because there are rankings for every other house!
Honestly the trials of Apollo just started way toooo slow in the first book and I really haven’t gotten around to pick it up again in two years. I hope that I get around to reading the series soon before I forget about it. All the other books sound so interesting.
I loved reading the Percy Jackson series and the House of Olympus series. For some reason, the fourth book always resonates with me. The Battle of the Labyrinth would be in my top 5 though. I haven't gotten to the Trails of Apolo yet. Is the Trails of Apolo after House of Olympus or is it the Kane Chronicles?
So I never read past the Heroes of Olympus series, but I read Percy Jackson and the Olympians and then Heroes of Olympus. and with that being said, I can easily see why people think Heroes of Olympus is better, and I agree. Seeing the Roman perspective was really cool, I thought it added more to the story. I’d probably put The son of Neptune first, then The Last Olympian.
I think I got halfway through the Trials of Apollo then was told to read something else by my parents.
My top 3:
1.Last Olympian
2.House of hades
3.Titan’s curse