The Red Pyramid
- Book:
- The Red Pyramid
- Author:
- Rick Riordan
- Vintage:
- Series:
- The Kane Chronicles , #1
- Finished reading:
- 26th June, 2021
- Read before:
- Once
Might contain spoilers.
Easy to recognize as a cousin of Percy Jackson and the Olympians: it has the same authentic young voices. It does feel darker and heavier, even if the humour is just as strong. The romances are a bit unnecessary. It’s good throughout, but it becomes great towards the end. Bast’s return brought a lump to my throat.[1]
I’ve only read this once before, so I enjoyed rediscovering everything. It’s nice that Rick Riordan created a very different set of characters to overcome the limitations of his past work. That sort of growth is rare.
- Not an uncommon occurrence, to be fair.↩