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January 16, 2014
Book report The Mark of Athena
Hafeleni Hamunyela
January 14 2014
The Mark of Athena, a fantasy book with one of the best selling authors, Rick Riordan. This book continues from the “Son of Neptune” in the “Heroes of Olympus” series after the “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series. The Mark of Athena is a book which has to do with Greek and Roman Mythology. Hazel, Frank, Annebeth,Percy,Jason, Piper and Leo, the prophecy of seven, where sent on a quest to defeat the twin giants, Otis and Ephialtes. Who are the sons of Gaea, an evil goddess (known as mother earth,) who can wake up and soon destroy the world. This story relates to the story when Gaea “killed” her husband and ruled with her kids, the giants. Then later on, she has a child named Kronos who gave birth to the gods of Olympus, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades etc. The story ends when the gods of Olympus make her sleep because she is too evil and powerful, and later on defeat the giants. How the Mark of Athena relates to this story is because the seven demigods have to destroy Gaea and her children in modern day.
The Mark of Athena shows a theme of challenges. The story begins when the demigods from “Camp Half Blood,” a camp for Greek demigods go meat “Camp Jupiter,” a Roman camp. These two camps don't get along and they need to, in order to defeat Gaea. However, problems begging to happen when a demigod from “Camp Half Blood,” Leo Valdez possessed by eidolens decides to take the ship away and destroy some of the camp, this caused Romans to hate them even more which was Gaea's plan. But that's not even the best part, the twin giants have captured Nico, the seven demigods need to save Nico Di Angelo, Hazel Levesque's brother or else he will die in 7 days. Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena has to go through a challenging quest by following the Mark of Athena a quest where none of the children of Athena have succeeded, but have gone through painful deaths. Her challenge is to return her mom's statue to camp which was captured by Arachne, Athena's worst enemy. I think Rick Riordan did a good job in the book by teaching the readers some Greek myths as they run into people. However, I think Rick Riordan should of worked more on creating more battles in the book which kind of disappointed me.
This story is interesting and it has more then one narrator. I recommend this book to people at any age who love fantasy books or finished reading the Son of Neptune. I strongly believe this book is much more interesting then Twilight and Harry Potter. My second recommendation is to advice people to read The House of Hades once you are finished with the Mark of Athena. The Mark of Athena ends with a cliff hanger which would make you eager to read the next book. The Mark of Athena is an exciting, romantic book.
Hafeleni Hamunyela
January 14 2014
The Mark of Athena, a fantasy book with one of the best selling authors, Rick Riordan. This book continues from the “Son of Neptune” in the “Heroes of Olympus” series after the “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series. The Mark of Athena is a book which has to do with Greek and Roman Mythology. Hazel, Frank, Annebeth,Percy,Jason, Piper and Leo, the prophecy of seven, where sent on a quest to defeat the twin giants, Otis and Ephialtes. Who are the sons of Gaea, an evil goddess (known as mother earth,) who can wake up and soon destroy the world. This story relates to the story when Gaea “killed” her husband and ruled with her kids, the giants. Then later on, she has a child named Kronos who gave birth to the gods of Olympus, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades etc. The story ends when the gods of Olympus make her sleep because she is too evil and powerful, and later on defeat the giants. How the Mark of Athena relates to this story is because the seven demigods have to destroy Gaea and her children in modern day.
The Mark of Athena shows a theme of challenges. The story begins when the demigods from “Camp Half Blood,” a camp for Greek demigods go meat “Camp Jupiter,” a Roman camp. These two camps don't get along and they need to, in order to defeat Gaea. However, problems begging to happen when a demigod from “Camp Half Blood,” Leo Valdez possessed by eidolens decides to take the ship away and destroy some of the camp, this caused Romans to hate them even more which was Gaea's plan. But that's not even the best part, the twin giants have captured Nico, the seven demigods need to save Nico Di Angelo, Hazel Levesque's brother or else he will die in 7 days. Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena has to go through a challenging quest by following the Mark of Athena a quest where none of the children of Athena have succeeded, but have gone through painful deaths. Her challenge is to return her mom's statue to camp which was captured by Arachne, Athena's worst enemy. I think Rick Riordan did a good job in the book by teaching the readers some Greek myths as they run into people. However, I think Rick Riordan should of worked more on creating more battles in the book which kind of disappointed me.
This story is interesting and it has more then one narrator. I recommend this book to people at any age who love fantasy books or finished reading the Son of Neptune. I strongly believe this book is much more interesting then Twilight and Harry Potter. My second recommendation is to advice people to read The House of Hades once you are finished with the Mark of Athena. The Mark of Athena ends with a cliff hanger which would make you eager to read the next book. The Mark of Athena is an exciting, romantic book.
October 28, 2020
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December 23, 2020
don't mind me just trying to boost my goodreads goal
April 23, 2023
I love any book written by Rick Riordan.
January 24, 2014
This book was the 3rd in this series and I loved it just as much as the first 2. Maybe it's Rick Riordan's writing, or maybe I just love the concept. I find mythology so intriguing, that it was hard to not enjoy every single page. The Mark of Athena brought suspense and intensity. There were multiple fighting scenes, and an endless amount of cliff hangers. Something that Rick Riordan has put in this series is multiple narrators. I was not a huge fan, but once I got used to it, it was actually very interesting, hearing different sides. Overall, a great read and I can't wait to finish the series.
May 20, 2015
The Mark of Athena, a fantasy book with one of the best selling authors, Rick Riordan. This book continues from the “Son of Neptune” in the “Heroes of Olympus” series after the “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series. The Mark of Athena is a book which has to do with Greek and Roman Mythology. Hazel, Frank, Annebeth,Percy,Jason, Piper and Leo, the prophecy of seven, where sent on a quest to defeat the twin giants, Otis and Ephialtes. Who are the sons of Gaea, an evil goddess (known as mother earth,) who can wake up and soon destroy the world. This story relates to the story when Gaea “killed” her husband and ruled with her kids, the giants. Then later on, she has a child named Kronos who gave birth to the gods of Olympus, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades etc. The story ends when the gods of Olympus make her sleep because she is too evil and powerful, and later on defeat the giants. How the Mark of Athena relates to this story is because the seven demigods have to destroy Gaea and her children in modern day. This book is an exciting book mean for ages 8 and over that like action adventure.
November 25, 2018
Even better than the other two of this series. You really get to know the characters and that Leo scene is possibly the best of all scenes in any given book.
"All the ladies love Leo"-Leo Valdez.
Do I really need more proof of Leo's awesomeness?❤
"All the ladies love Leo"-Leo Valdez.
Do I really need more proof of Leo's awesomeness?❤
August 6, 2021
The ending broke me, lol.
June 11, 2020
I think that It has really good content and not only it interesting, it also makes it very easy to learn some Greek mythology. Although some times, you would think why read a “boring history book of Greece” but reading these series of Rick Riordan books might change your mind on reading some facts of Greek mythology.
The story in this book is about Percy in camp Jupiter finally have a reunion with his girlfriend, annabeth,together with Jason, piper and Leo and some new friends from camp Jupiter , Frank and hazel.But because Leo got possessed.He attacked camp Jupiter and when the Romans realised. They go all out fight with the Greeks there(starting).But in the end even after they got the mark of Athena,Percy and annabeth fell in Tartarus (end)
The story in this book is about Percy in camp Jupiter finally have a reunion with his girlfriend, annabeth,together with Jason, piper and Leo and some new friends from camp Jupiter , Frank and hazel.But because Leo got possessed.He attacked camp Jupiter and when the Romans realised. They go all out fight with the Greeks there(starting).But in the end even after they got the mark of Athena,Percy and annabeth fell in Tartarus (end)
June 4, 2021
This is a legend and myths book by Rick Riordan. The most interesting part of this book is how much detail goes into the storyline of the story. The author Rick Riordan all the smaller stories were mentioned how all the smaller problems led to the biggest with the main villain through about 5 books which are insanely impressive to me. The thing I loved the most from this book is the constant action and keeping you truly on your toes 24/7. (spoiler) You always have some problem going on whether it's fighting a spider monster or going to the monster underground/hell. The one thing that I didn't like is the cliffhanger at the end. I would give this book 5/5 stars and recommend it to anyone old or young.
October 7, 2019
Love it. I just finished this book again. There are many series in the Percy Jackson series in this order. Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Kane Chronicles, Heroes of Olympus, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Trials of Apollo. The Trials of Apollo and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard happen at the same time so you need to read them at the same time. But The Trials of Apollo is longer it and is still going on. There are also add ons to each series.
April 16, 2021
este libro fue un flop terrible creo que no cumplió ni la mitad dd las expectativas que tenía :( el final muy bueno pero hubo momentos en los demás capítulos que tarde como 3 días en leer UN CAPITULO SOLO así que obvio no es lo que esperaba, no está mal pero no me voló la cabeza
los pov de piper fueron lo más aburrido que leí en mi vida por otro lado AMAMOS a leo y annabeth sin dudas mis favs después de percy y nico
los pov de piper fueron lo más aburrido que leí en mi vida por otro lado AMAMOS a leo y annabeth sin dudas mis favs después de percy y nico
August 21, 2025
librazo,, una vez que lo agarras no podes parar, aunque todos digan que los 7 no son muy unidos yo elijo hacer caso omiso y pensar que son mejores amigos, para mí desde el comienzo al final es un 10/10 annabeth es lo más, mother con todas las letras, acá igual jason y leo me caían medio mal por partes y me daba cosa como trataban a frank 😭😭😭
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April 8, 2020
exiting with unexpected turns that some times ended in large cliff hangers, after finishing mark of Athena you will be racing to the nearest books store in a desperate need for more.
April 22, 2020
I loved how Anabeth had to step up and work by herself, but the end?! seriously?! It was amazing what Percy did for her. Poor Nico though.
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June 3, 2020It made my day when I read about Annabeth judo flipping Percy.
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June 19, 2020
Percy has been training for 5 summers and Jason has been training for 12 or 13 years but they have the same amount of skills. So imagine if Percy had a little more time for training.
June 20, 2020
This book is a real page-turner, can't take your eye off the book. I would recommend this book to people who like adventure, and fantasy.
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June 29, 2020The ending where Percy and Annabeth fall into Tartarus hurt really bad and I started reading HoH right away so let me just say that if you had to wait a year for HoH I am so sorry
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July 25, 2020
Amazing book, An amazing addition to the series
August 3, 2020
This is my favorite book on the series the plot is very interesting, and the narrators are great
August 3, 2020
So good!! Just amazing!!
October 1, 2020
love the Percy Jackson series.
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January 4, 2021One of the bests of Riordan that I've read. Amazing.
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April 1, 2021The author is so talented, I suggest you join NovelStar’s writing competition this April.
July 15, 2021
this was super fun dhakdnakd how do y'all write this stuff so seriously anyway i love nico
December 27, 2021
Re buen libro, me enganché desde el 1er cap.
Basta me siento booktoker, pero es para q dsp me acuerde qué sentí...
Anyways, lean Percy Jackson!
Basta me siento booktoker, pero es para q dsp me acuerde qué sentí...
Anyways, lean Percy Jackson!
July 6, 2022
The End Cry
February 4, 2023
not bad
June 12, 2023
Loved it. Probably my favorite book ever. Just PERCABETH ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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