#And for people talking about Nico being OOC‚ a) he has grown and matured!

[wanderingandfound]

Okay so I haven't read the Apollo books but I did read the Magnus Chase books and like, not to sound defensive as someone who has been a Mark Oshiro fan for years, but uh, the writing was less bad and less cringe than the Percy Jackson books usually are. What are people talking about, saying The Sun and the Star is particularly cringe with particularly bad writing and particularly noticeable plot holes? Is this the first Percy Jackson-related book you've read as an adult? Because I hate to break it to you, but quality prose or lack of plot holes has never been these series' particular strengths.

#It made me laugh. It made me cry. It made my heart melt. What more could I want? #It even had a cat! #Yeah I thought some of the last few pages had a particularly therapy-like way-too-self-aware tone to some of the dialogue but like #honestly truly much better than I expect from this series. #And for people talking about Nico being OOC‚ a) he has grown and matured! #b) we get a *lot* more in his head/from his PoV than normal #and c) literally he is hanging out with his BOYFRIEND of a YEAR and he is STILL PRICKLY AND CLOSED OFF AND SENSITIVE ABOUT THINGS WILL #HASN'T FIGURED OUT. #Also this time he is actually written by a queer emo person with PTSD from childhood. #personal #liveblogging stories