I was so surprised by this book. I read it years ago, literally 7 years ago when I was still in 8th grade, in the German edition and it just sucked balls. Like for real, it was so bad. Now I am really happy to say that I can blame the translation, because the original was totally decent. I liked Percy's sassiness, the humour overall really worked for me. But, of course, my favorite part about this novel is its mythology aspect. It is such a fun way to introduce children to the Greek myth, and even my uneducated ass learned a thing or two. Super entertaining and quick!