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A review by twirl
The Demigod Files by Rick Riordan
2.0
The concepts and enemies in the stories were quite incredible. I was slightly disappointed that these ideas didn’t make their way into a full book since they were quite impressive. However, the stories weren’t executed in the same brilliance as the other (full length) books of the series. This book has several short stories of Percy’s adventures with some previously introduced minor characters. While it’s nice to see them in action aside Percy, but there is little character development for both Percy and the other characters.
Some of my favorite parts were the interviews. I feel like the entire book could have gone in a more casual way, similar to this. Perhaps a quiz to find out which potential god or goddess might be your parent. Some backstory on a demigod experience that Percy or another halfblood had before their realization of the truth. A story that was not from Percy’s perspective, either providing another point of view on a previously written story or an entirely new one. Stories that could be perceived more as a demigod “failure” with ample humor, brining to light a few moments where a camper didn’t succeed or just barely succeeded, in a less life-or-death way than the series (and the shorts in this book) often have.
All in all, I felt like the content of this story was a bit confusing, since part of felt fun and lighthearted while the other half was intense without the full intensity of the typical full novels, nor the comedy that Riordan often brings. I’m not sure why this book was created at all, since it doesn’t seem to fulfill any purpose aside from being extra material for consumption. I didn’t read this book back when I was a fan of the series in high school and it’s safe to say that if you skipped this one, you wouldn’t be missing too much.
Some of my favorite parts were the interviews. I feel like the entire book could have gone in a more casual way, similar to this. Perhaps a quiz to find out which potential god or goddess might be your parent. Some backstory on a demigod experience that Percy or another halfblood had before their realization of the truth. A story that was not from Percy’s perspective, either providing another point of view on a previously written story or an entirely new one. Stories that could be perceived more as a demigod “failure” with ample humor, brining to light a few moments where a camper didn’t succeed or just barely succeeded, in a less life-or-death way than the series (and the shorts in this book) often have.
All in all, I felt like the content of this story was a bit confusing, since part of felt fun and lighthearted while the other half was intense without the full intensity of the typical full novels, nor the comedy that Riordan often brings. I’m not sure why this book was created at all, since it doesn’t seem to fulfill any purpose aside from being extra material for consumption. I didn’t read this book back when I was a fan of the series in high school and it’s safe to say that if you skipped this one, you wouldn’t be missing too much.