Reading Percy Jackson for the First Time! (Part 2: The Sea of Monsters)
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2024
- The saga of me reading Percy Jackson for the first time and not being prepared for how unhinged it was continues! 🔱🏕️📚 From beginning the story with Grover in a wedding dress to the absolute shock that was the ending, let me tell you I was NOT emotionally ready, but I loved every second of it!! Let me know all your thoughts on this book, I'm curious to hear other people's perspectives on what they enjoyed, and what people in the fandom liked and disliked about this one! This story and discussing it with you has been an absolute highlight of this channel for me, so thank you for always sharing your thoughts!
(And if you're new here, yes this is a bit of an old vlog! I've finished reading all 5 books at this point, and will be reading Heroes of Olympus next!)
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sorry I am confusing everyone by late posting this, I finished reading the books last year I just never finished editing these reading vlogs! 😂 the amount of footage I took was stressing me out, I’m gonna not leave my camera rolling for so long when I start heroes of olympus hahaha
It's fine! I couldn't even make a 2 minute video if I tried. Loved the video!
Yeah, obviously. Just lay that camera down flat. Less rolling makes the footage much easier to watch, I was dizzy the whole video.
I was honestly about to write a comment that I'm so surprised you hadn't read the rest of the series and that you wouldn't be ready for the journey ahead! With that said, I can't wait for you to meet Leo Valdez, maybe my favorite character out of everyone!
Don't sweat nuthin'. It's all good. No notes.
Can't wait to see your thoughts on all the new characters !!
“Now whenever a character dies I won’t worry because they’ll be back in a few chapters!”
Oh your hubris when you got to Titan’s Curse….
Lets not forget the pièce de résistance or pain the last olympian, my good friend.
"I can see the stars again m'lady" and "Family Luke, you promised." 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@Starley1107 "If anything happens, give that to Nico. Tell him... tell him I'm sorry." - Bianca di Angelo
Jason Grace...
I know you meant nothing bad by it, but we don’t know how far she is past the original series.
Ergo: *do not spoil anything from later books*
I'm glad you're reading this. Grover wearing a wedding dress would've been one of the most humorous, happy begrinings of a book if there wasn't a cyclops chasing him.
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Do we need a Magic by Mikalia video of her dressed as grover dressed as a centaur bride?
ive started resding the series five days ago and im already on book 3 lol its so good
@reaganlpeterson YES. Yes. Yes we do.
Hii ☺☺
"now when a character dies it'll be okay, because they'll be fine in the next few chapters"
titan's curse: *maniacal laughter*
IM SCARED FOR HER WHEN SHE READS TRIALS OF APOLLO.
@@MarinaMessina-nz8eg SAME
@@MarinaMessina-nz8eg As someone who has not done this yet, I am, too, scared of the future.😃😃🤠
@@daakshadhaanvi7469 GOOD LUCK
@@daakshadhaanvi7469 IT'S SAD
I can imagine Rick just thinking "hey, what if I turned Percy into a guinea pig? Would people like that? Eh, I don't care, I'll put it in anyway!" 😂
That semi-whispered “ANNABETH ” is so me lol
I LOVE HER SO MUCH 😭
@@magicbymikailaME TOO❤
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@@magicbymikaila YESSS ME TOOOO
@@magicbymikaila”spiders BIG ANGRY SPIDERS” Anabeth said “we need to find Grover”
i love how you filmed this a year ago but somehow predicted Sally’s incredible line from episode 1 of the show-“not everyone who looks like a hero is a hero, and not everyone who looks like a monster is a monster.” 2:33 i’ve been living for your PJO content btw!
haha I was so happy when I heard that line in the show!! that’s been one of my absolute favorite themes in the books and I love that the show put a focus on it!
@@magicbymikaila YES! i love the way the show-writers have managed to really pull out those themes, and set up things like fatal flaws and nuanced characters. i think that since they have a full series to work with (not just one book) they’re being conscious of which things to emphasize in order to hammer in character arcs and over-arching themes that carry throughout the entire story.
When do you think your reaction to book three will be posted? No rush just curious 🤗@@magicbymikaila
If anyone is curious to know if Tantalus’s punishment fits his crime…it does. He sacrificed his own son to the gods, then had him cooked and served to the gods in a soup, to test their omniscience.
Pelops, Tantalus’s son, was resurrected (sans a shoulder that had been eaten by Demeter, so Hephaestus made him a replacement out of ivory) and went on to live a full life.
At least that injustice was undone. My God !
@@JabamiLainthank gods you mean
This act also started The Curse of the House of Atreus which is bloody and only lifted after 5 generations.
The book was for kids, and there are several different versions of the story, so I'm not surprised, but I really wish the part where posideon has relations with pelops had been brought up, it would have been funny.
I read that book in less than a day
When Mikaila said if any character died she would be in distraught and in denial thinking the character is still alive, I instantly got Bianca Di Angelo flashbacks 😢😢😢
and zoë 😭
spoilers for Battle of the Labyrinth*and titan's curse*
I thought that the line "the lost one shall raise," meant Bianca at first. I still think it does. If Nico, the ghost king, had chosen to let them "fall by the ghost king's hand," then he would have risen Bianca from the dead, "The lost one shall raise," and, " One shall be lost in the land without rain." I thought this because both the prophesies talk about a lost one.
i'm pretty sure the ghost king is minos.@@Magentapurplesue.7
I was thinking of Selina tbh
*sigh*
Can’t wait to see this book adapted for season 2 of the Disney+ series!
I already know the guinea pig scene is gonna be so good to watch on screen 😂
@@magicbymikaila And Grover in a wedding dress🤣🤣
i NEED to see the siren scene on the screen!!
@@swiftie_moonchild same I can't wait to see Leah kill that scene
The perthabeth hugs underwater and Percy covering Annabeth with fleece before they both sleep riding hippocampus were my fav moments
Don’t forget the kiss on the cheek after the race
“Now whenever a character dies I won’t worry because they will be back in a few chapters”
Damn, I wish that was true 😔
I think you mean dam , sir!
Wait til she sees how unhinged the Magnus Chase books are!
Also Percy not killing the cyclops...that's part of Odysseus' story with the cyclops, he only harms him and doesn't kill him, which gets him in trouble with poseidon...which is funny because Percy is son of Poseidon but Percy doesn't get yelled at by him, I also feel stupid, just now realizing polyphemus is also Percy's brother. I really need to re-read these books.
Although I wonder if they’ll play out Polyphemus’ fate as in the myth/book or do a twist on it. Just that, it’s kind of wild that he’s been blinded by a sharp implement at least twice and you gotta wonder if there’s another way to trick him… then again I also know he’s not very bright (Grover in a dress, but also Odysseus making him think his name is “No One/Nobody”, doesn’t speak well of his intellect).
This is also the book which arguably had the least inventive of implementing the myths; SOM is also between TLT and TTC which have consistently tricky twists along the way, whereas this one just follows Odysseus’ footsteps largely… except for the Golden Fleece and Luke, granted.
@@borjankosarac3645That may be why it’s probably the least interesting book. The interpersonal stuff is the good part, but the adventures feel like a repeat of Odysseus.
I too could not stop reading when I first read this series. Rick was scheduled to speak at my school so our teachers started encouraging us to read the books. One of my teachers lent me the Lightning Thief over winter break and I got hooked. I immediately bought the second, third & fourth one after that (fifth one wasn’t out yet). I finished them so quick that I had caught up to the where the series was at the time and even lend my copies to friends so they could read them before Rick came to our school. Rick ended up coming when 2 of my friends were borrowing my books (one had Sea of Monsters & the other The Battle of the Labyrinth) and they each got a chance to meet him and have books signed. They each took my books I lent them and had Rick sign them for me (they even told him my name). Best experience I had with these books.
A friend lent me the first book on monday, by friday I had finished the series 😅
Before I knew Percy Jackson, the Lightning Thief book was actually part of my school book list. But we didn't really do much with the book and then I started reading it. I finished that series in a few months and I read it online.
7:43 Bianca crying in the corner
I was reading Titan Curse for the first time about 4 days ago. I got to that part, and im like "theres no way they killed a 12 year old kid, we didnt see a body its a cop out." Im texting a friend who read the series, and he was like "dude shes dead. They confirm it in the next book"
Are you going to read Heroes Of Olympus? I genuinely think its perfection. Rick just cooked so hard with everything about it.
Weirdly enough, my first pjo book was the graphic novel for the lost hero, and thats what pulled me in. Those books are a work of art, im re reading tlh rn and i forgot how good it was
Yes!! I don’t know why it takes me so long to start a new book, like I need to be emotionally ready for it 😂 but I have it on my bookshelf maybe I’ll start it tonight haha
@@magicbymikailayou’re gonna love it! the HoO jokes and meme-able content is superior
HoO > PJatO
Can't fully explain it. It just felt like everything I love about the first series cranked to 11
@@magicbymikailaget ready to love leo, everyone loves leo
Tw “The last thing I remember was sinking in a burning sea, knowing Tyson was gone forever, and wishing I was able to drown” had me sobinggggggg
Edit: (he’s just a kid)😭
It’s that last part that especially does it for me
So glad you're continuing with the reactions of these! I just finished Last Olympian, I'm starting to be a part of the fandom more and more lately. If your shorts hadn't released I wouldn't be reading it today. Thank you Mikaila!
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@jeankitten-gamesshoutoutsa4041 Cool! I really enjoyed it hope you do too!
Read Heroes of Olympus.
@@ryaneaston3487just finished that too! I’m starting on Trials of Apollo now
@@---Dragon--- how was it?
This whole book is basically just ‘Percy Jackson does The Odyssey’ and I love it
I'm a slow reader too, I was soo surprised when I finished Percy Jackson's series so quicky
I think it’s because Rick Riordan wrote them for his son with ADHD. They’re designed to hold the attention of people who have trouble with that
Clarisse was my favorite back in the day. In my head, she looked more like Luisa from Encanto, than the tiny actresses who've played her.
Agreed, we’ve had three incarnations of her now and while Dior comes closest in personifying her in the show, none of them look the part. Why is everyone scared to cast a bigger actress?
@loveandwar007 Because Clarissa is like 14 years old? Teenager, especially girls, are not that buff at that age. Give her a couple of years and she can build muscle. Carelessly doing so while growing can be harmful.
@@Ikajoshe’s a child of war though. I always assumed it was her god "genetics” that caused her to be larger
@@emmawagner8915 Sure, but you can't demand that of a child actor
@@Ikajo oh I didn’t mean a child should actually build muscle like that. I just meant cast someone who already is that way. It doesn’t matter if the actor is a bit older than the character in that case. Heck, walker is already 15
she’s gonna loooove Leo when she gets to hero’s of Olympus
Right!!!
she definitely gonna make an "unhinged moments" on the whole narcissus scene.
I mean its not hard to have parental issues when one of your parents is a freaking god
🎵🎶 The gods are real and they have kids, and those kids have issuessss... 🎶🎵
Book 3 is where the series truly gets good
Watching someone else experience this after knowing what will happen is so fun. Especially that character death point. Can't wait for book 3 XD
Grover in the last episode of the show: "We'll all meet here at Thalia's tree next year."
Girl who had had everyone leave her + boy who’s fatal flaw is loyalty, (also girl who’s never been the first choice)
11:38 before the text came on the screen I was thinking ‘oh u sweet summer child’ XD
the Grover in a wedding dress 💀💀💀
GUYYS IT MIKAILA HAS DONE IT! CAN’T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE 👌🏽
I've been waiting for this! Your book vlogs are the literal best
thanks so much for watching!! 🥹
@@magicbymikaila You should be careful in this comments section, there are spoilers everywhere lol
Spies at camp? Could it be.... *urge to make a spoilery joke intensifies*
I love this entire universe. I think I read The Kane Chronicles in less than a week, it sucked me right in and I couldn't put them down.
NOT THE WAY YOU SAID, "well, annabeth does have *mommy* issues.... wait she also has daddy issues.."
Edit: a lot of people say that this is cringe but I can just imagine the people who liked this were like, yeah parent issues are kinda hilarious when you’re not near them, also thanks for the likes
Works both ways cause with the mommy issues cause
Annabeths step mom
YOU’RE RIGHT
"Great books are not those that give you answers. Rather they ask you questions "
Great quote by you,Mikaila. Gonna add this to my favourite quote list for sure❤
2:40 All I can think is how she is going to be on the floor crying at "Bob says hi"
I’m so glad you’re vlogging yourself reading this series. It’s so cool to see other people’s reactions and perspectives of the books, it gives me even more reasons to love Percy Jackson.
This alone is such an amazing time to see you go through these books, I can't wait to see the rest of them. And the series that comes after too... Because there is the MCU...but now we could have the PJU...
I just want to say thank you so much. I'm also a slow reader, and the Percy Jackson series and Heroes of Olympus I have, and am still, flying through. I love these series and cannot wait for your other videos of the other books. Also, if you haven't already, READ HEROES OF OLYMPUS!!!!!! I'm currently reading them and I want to see your reactions. 😊
Hey girl. I just want to say something...
As I was scrolling through youtube shorts, I came upon your channel with Harry Potter things. I immediately subscribed because I was obsessed with Harry Potter at the time.
A few weeks later, I stumbled across one of your Percy Jackson videos. I laughed so hard, even though I hadn't read them yet. After watching lots of your Percy Jackson videos... I suddenly gave up and bought TLT and...
Let's just say my room is full of Percy, I read the whole series in a month, and I dedicated my channel to him. Mikaila... TYSM FOR MAKING ME FIND OUT ABOUT PERCY 💙🔱
The part where they connected the sea of monsters and the Bermuda triangle is brilliant 😂
The only issue w the books/franchise in general is that in the lore (I’m a Hellenic pagan so I literally worship the Greek gods) Ares is not an abusive father. He’s actually a papa bear very protective of his kids (especially his daughters).
So happy you’re continuing to read PJO I love your reactions. Pls don’t forget to read the short stories in Demigod files (and the rest of Riordanverse lol).
I just love how fully invested Mikaila is by this point
I think it's really interesting that you mention the fact that they fall into traps a lot because it's imo one of the most interesting changes they've made in the show
"i'm reading this so fast! like i've just been sitting and reading. I can't put it down" no lie, these books really are addicting
i re-read them for the first time in like 7 or 8 years (as an adult this time) last year (around the same time you were first reading them) and they got me out of a reading slump. I went from having read zero novels in like 4-5 months to reading all five books (the main PJO series) in like 2 weeks. One right after the other, whenever I had time. AND THE THALIA CLIFFHANGER WAS SO GOOD. It shocked me when I first read SoM as a kid, and it still wowed me as an adult, having appreciated/understood the writing itself/what the author was doing to lead up that point that much more.
The speed with which I clicked on this was crazy
When you said that whenever a character dies that you won’t worry, I was just like yeah just you wait. Uncle Rick is unfortunately amazing at lulling us into a false sense of security and then ripping the rug out from under us.
The sea of monsters is such a good book 📚
Yeah idk why people don't like it. It's genuinely really good, and we get a lot of percabeth friendship moments that feel so good for the shippers (me)
It's my least favorite of the first serie but it's still good
SONG OF ACHILLES IS MY FAVORITE BOOK RIGHT NOW.
"You introduce a character and then over halfway through the book R.I.P."
Ummmmmmmmmmm
I really want to see her reaction to the Titan's Curse
"if a character actually dies ..."
Me: *cries in Zoë Nightingale*
I started watching your videos more recently and absolutely did not realize you hadn’t read all of these yet. Excited to be here for the reactions!
I can’t wait to see the dam incident first reactions.
I am so happy you were able to fall in love with Tyson like I did. My relationship with fictional characters isn’t some much romantic as it is maternal, and Tyson was my first iteration. If anyone hurts him, they die. I am so happy you got to experience those emotions too.
I've been waiting for this! I'm so glad!
So glad your continuing reading them! Can’t wait for your video of Titan’s Curse it’s my favorite one out of the five.
I *LOVE* Clarisse she’s one of my absolute FAVORITES
After you read the fourth book I highly recommend reading one of Rick’s short stories set between book four and five called Percy Jackson and the Stolen Chariot, it gave Clarisse even more character development and sealed my undying love for her as a whole
Plus even more Percy sarcasms and bestie relationships it’s awesome
I am 12 just started reading Percy Jackson and I am so glad someone else has that kinda positive impression of Clarisse
A lot of people don’t like this book but it’s one of my favourites! (I haven’t read the entire series yet though) can’t wait to watch this video!
This book made me the biggest Clarisse stan I swear I squeal everytime she makes a cameo 😭🙏
I turned 23 years old last week. When I was 12, I borrowed the book from the local library and was given a week to read it. I returned it 2 days later, having flown through it faster than I think I’ve ever read any book ever. It is very funny to see you have the same experience years later. I’m gonna dust off my copies of these books and finish these.
I love your analysis of the themes and how rich and real the characters feel.
I cannot WAIT to hear your thoughts on book 3. It's my favorite (though book 5 is a close 2nd)
I can’t wait for when she sees the god awful Tyson in the movie 💀😭
I need to do a movie watch next, I’ve never seen it 😭
@@magicbymikaila yess that would be great I would love seeing your reaction
I spent ten minutes smiling,giggling and fan girling like a maniac over the part where Annabeth kissed Percy on the cheek 💀🤚
Gatekeep your fandoms!! ... enemies are everywhere!
Ahhhh you’re the best mikaila!!! You’re definitely one of my fav UA-camrs, without a doubt
THE WAY U INSINUATED CHIRON BEIN THE SPY 😭😭😭😭
I love you videos! I’m totally living for your Percy Jackson content! I was wondering if you’re going to post your reaction to book 3?
This is actually one of my favourite books so glad you liked it
I’ve been waitingggggg ahhhh
Love these book reactions! Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the rest of the series! Would also love to hear your thoughts on feelings on Heroes of Olympus! I just finished Heroes of Olympus and am absolutely obsessed with it as well as the original series!
This is such good reaction!! Waiting for the rest! PJO series was the fastest series ive ever reas and its my fave!! I remember i was 12 when I read it (i’m 26 now lol) and it felt like rereading while watching this
Absolutely love this series! You’t shorts inspired me to start reading Percy Jackson and I am now completely obsessed have just finished Trials of Apollo. Thank you!!
Omg its finally here! I started squealing like a little girl when i saw it got uploaded!❤❤❤❤❤
I’ve read these so long ago and now it’s all coming back, it’s all coming back to me now.
The yell whispering "ANNABETH!" is relatable.
Keep posting the vlogs!!!
I really enjoy your videos Mikaila. Waiting for more shorts and Percy content always :)
Hiiii, I’m a big fan and I have a really good book recommendation. The series is called The Daughter of The Pirate King. I read the series for the first time this week and it was so good that I read it twice more. It’s the perfect young adult book because it has the perfect mix of fantasy and romance. It has a powerful female protagonist and one you pick it up you can’t put it down. ❤
I really want to read this book
But I’m just wondering if it’s spicy
Like I don’t mind a bit of light romance
But not the stuff that goes too far if you know what I Mean
Thx
It’s so hard to find books these days that aren’t overload spice
@@AhsokaGryffindorThey do make out but they don’t sleep together.
@@MilaniaMichalko Okay thank you!
when she first talked about the audiobook Circe I literally screamed at my phone because why are you so good at knowing the future and you don’t even know you do😭😭😭
Watching this I just cry and I don’t know why but I love it
I love seeing these books through her perspective
Right on time Mikayla!! I'm actually on the last few pages of Percy Jackson: the Sea of Monsters, and I can't wait to see how you feel about it.
I think part of the reason Percy didn't kill Polyphemus is that he knew they were half brothers.
And especially after losing Tyson and getting him back he was probably like
I'm so glad you finally got to read them. They really were life defining when I was so much younger
her saying that she isnt over the book 1 betrayal is so real because i have read the whole series and heroes of olympus and im still no over it
This is what I needed
I love these reaction videos there a lot of fun to watch! I can’t wait to see your reaction to titans curse!💙
I loveee Percy Jckson series and i have Song of Achilles but have been putting that off for soo long and cant seem to pick it up but now i def do😀😀 Also i want A SEASON 2 OF THIS!!
Out of all the books in this series this book was by far the fastest one I've read through (within 2 days) which for me is a huge achievement as a slow reader who usually takes more than double the time than an average reader to finish a single book. It's cool to see you having a similar experience! Glad you're enjoying the series.
I love watching you read this it reminds me of what it was like reading the books for the first time again
These books make me feel seen in a way that others don’t. Especially Sea of monsters. I’m really tall and I’m really clumsy. Despite my size I’m not that strong and I’m honestly not super bright either. I don’t fit in all that well, even in my friend group made entirely of semi social outcasts. Tyson (and Frank Zang a little bit too) makes me feel like I don’t have to be strong, or super smart, or even attractive. I self insert hard for him because maybe if he can be so kind and brave and if he can create such amazing things, then just maybe I can too. He makes me feel like it’s okay that I’m not perfect, because someone as awesome as him isn’t perfect either.
First of all love the video congrats by your work❤ second OMG i was literally looking AGAIN for more videos of people talk about circe and song of aquilles because the last year these books becomes my obsession (have literally read them +10 and i always cry)
I hope there still will be more Percy Jackson reading vlogs! I can't wait for the next one!!
I love how excited and surprised you are about your ability/willingness to read the books.
Full on started tearing up when she said this 😢 11:30
“i read the song of achilles” I WOULD GIVE MY RIGHT ARM FOR A REVIEW OF THAT BOOK
Hell yeah!