#i dont like riordans first person povs as much as i like his third persons

[snakesnifter]

im unsure how i feel about toa as a series so far but by god does riordans writing amuse me

#trials of apollo #i dont like toa as much as i did hoo because it feels like a slight downgrade #because hoo was such a GRAND STORY that it would be hard to top like they literally schismed the gods. went to rome and greece #to HELL AND BACK #found A MYSTERY OF THE WORLD #and had to defeat the EARTH ITSELF #so toa is like a massive downgrade in scale like apollo is human and he has to overthrow capitalism TT like ok #and i dont find the characters as endearing im mainly talking about meg #shes growing on me but shes not really a character i care so much about #and also the way that hoo was written from multiple perspectives i think riordan really shined #i dont like riordans first person povs as much as i like his third persons #also i feel like the target audience age went down again so that may also be why #the books are a lot shorter and apollo just isnt as endearing as percy jackson yet #who was down to earth and funny despite some of his main graspable personality in the first couple being like haha one liner #i domt like apollo as much esp in his introduction but im sure it was the point #its just that its hard to like a character when you go from like 7 really endearing teens with interesting struggles to like #Literally a Stuck up god who cannot help self flagellating like every 3 words in the first chapter #hopefully i like it better by the end of this one (2nd book) cause i wasnt really into hoo until the end of son of neptune #and mark of athena and house of hades my beloved 🥺 #AT LEAST LEOS IN THIS BOOK !!!!