The Procrastinators Book Club discussion

Welcome to the The Last Olympian Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on June 21st and anyone can join at any time. Please keep in mind that spoilers are allowed in this thread but only up to the group's current reading place. Do not spoil the book if you've read further than the group. Any extra days can be used to catch up!

Each day we will be reading by chapters or page numbers. Page numbers are an approximation based on the hardcover or paperback that is the default on Goodreads. The suggested Buddy Read discussion schedule is as follows:

Week of 06/21
June 21: Chapters 1-7
June 22: Chapters 8-14
June 23: Chapters 15-end

PARTICIPANTS
~ Abigail
~ Leah

Sorry for starting without seeing if you're ready for this book, my loan is about to expire.
(view spoiler)[ I understand Percy's whole thought that taking on Achilles' curse is the only way to beat Kronos but I really can't see it turning out well for him. Also he's getting really close to being a Greek hero and not in the good way, if you know what I mean.

I like seeing the fucked up way that the different parents of halfbloods stories intersect. The whole thing with Nico's mom and Luke's mom and how they're intertwined without even knowing it.

Ok so this is completely irrelevant for the next 6ish books but I deadass forgot that Will Solace is a character before Trials of Apollo. I genuinely thought Riordan just made him up for those books so it was nice to see him this early.

Ok so Nakamura definitely knew what spot he tried to stab Percy so like why did he not tell Kronos?????? Is he changing sides?? (hide spoiler)]

Okay I finished this today but please keep me updated with your thoughts as you read
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As soon as Percy said "Clarisse's eyes aren't blue", I knew that Selena pulled a switch on the Ares cabin but I did not see that she was the spy coming at all.

I liked the mini redemption that Ethan and Luke got!

I really like where this book left off with all the minor gods getting cabins and Annabeth getting to live her architecture dreams. (hide spoiler)]

You're all good! I appreciate you setting up the buddy reads :D

I'll be starting tonight, and will keep you updated as I go!

I just finished it! OMG IT WAS GREAT

The first third I kinda waded through, but today I just booked it (lol) to the end, it was so high tension.

Oh, it took me ages to realize what they were trying to do with the Achilles curse, my husband was making fun of me (he's read these books over and over, he was really happy that I finally read them). I definitely had the same thought, I was like " this is going to come back to bite him in the ass, I just know it!"

Yeah, we kind of got some more of that from Prometheus, with that line about history repeating itself, which has popped up a couple times in the series, to Percy's benefit, even if he doesn't realize it til almost too late

I actually don't think he realized it at all initially, not til confronted with it again when Kronos was trying to make him attack Percy. I was happy that Ethan did make that move against Kronos, but it came across as so immediately destructive for him. Sucks to die that way, but his sacrifice was honored, and I loved Percy's final request.

Yes, exactly! Same thought, as soon as he started to question whether it was actually Clarisse, I was totally thinking it was someone else. Silena being the spy is so awful! It was her information that got Charlie killed, I can't imagine the guilt she must have felt. Absolutely heart-wrenching

Rachel becoming the Oracle I was definitely vibing with early on, like after we got May's story and then having a pretty quick move to Percy dreaming and seeing Rachel's predictions, that was a pretty easy dot to connect. I think it works for her character, I don't think I could see through the mist, see the visions, and be able to live outside of it if I knew I could be within it.

This whole series was awesome, I'm really glad I got to read it! Thanks for buddy reading with me!

I love that Percy isn't just being a Greek hero but he's ending up in the story lines of other famous from the past Greek heroes and chosing to do right where they did wrong and it's so good!

Yeah that's fair that Ethan probably didn't even think twice about his fight with Percy until Kronos asked. I'm glad he did what he did but it kinda sucks that he died like immediately.

Percy's request was great but also I love that like 20 pages later the prophecy is like yeah no the gods are going to forget this ever happened and I was like oof that's not good.

I think guilt probably played a big part in why Silena led the Ares cabin and fought the drakon. I definitely couldn't live with that kind of guilt.

Rachel becoming the oracle makes sense and same I kinda saw it from the beginning.

It has been an absolute pleasure buddy reading the series with you! Are you planning to read the Heroes of Olympus series as well? If so, I'd be totally down to continue our buddy reads!

I have to see if I have access to it, but if I do, that would be awesome! I'll see if my husband has them, and check with my library and let you know

I don't currently have access to the next series :/ idk if i will before the end of the summer games, but I will let you know if i do, or if you wanna read it another time! totally get it if not though, no worries.

Abigail wrote: "I love that Percy isn't just being a Greek hero but he's ending up in the story lines of other famous from the past Greek heroes and chosing to do right where they did wrong and it's so good!

Yeah..."

Just popping in as I've been watching the thread as I love the series.

There's currently 2 of us buddy reading heros of olympus but we have just finished the second one. We haven't set a date for the third but I'll let you know. Even if we don't end up reading them together I may pop into your chat as I would love to talk about hoo more :)

@Leah It sucks that you don't have access to them right now :/ If you can't get them before the end of Summer Games, that's alright. I'll wait for you to get them!

@Amelia Thank you for letting me know about the HOO buddy read. I've seen them pop up in nominations and it seems like you guys have been doing 1 book per month. I'd like to read them straight through so I'm not going to join in with you guys but it'd be great to chat with you if you pop into one of our threads!