At first I didn't mind, it was more or less entertaining as well as we get to explore the various worlds of Norse Mythology. After our hero's quest begin, it turned in to a video game where they go to a new world, and have to solve a side-mission objective to achieve a clue for the main mission. The second problem to me was the length of the novel and the repetitive structure of it's development. That's why in my opinion the tone of the book should never have been this much light and trying-to-be-funny-at-every-turn, which totally undermined all the dark on goings and the seriousness of the underlying plot. So while Percy is an uplifting and lighthearted person, Magnus is damaged and has a mostly negative perspective on life. Ldhood, Magnus was homeless for two years after the tragic death of her mother. The main hero Magnus Chase who should've sounded more like Percy Jackson (that's what Riordan intended), instead just sounded bitter and cynical, because unlike Percy who has a loving mother and a normal chi. More so as for the first time the usual humorous storytelling of Riordan felt forced and most of the supposed jokes fall flat instead of making me laugh. The main problems to me is first: The massive tonal shifts all over the story, on one hand the life and death serious and dark plots (Homeless hero after the sad death of her mother? Supposed death to the main hero in the beginning? Threat of Ragnarok looming, the destruction of the worlds?), and on the other hand countless slapstick comedy and almost Bugs Bunny-level of cartoonish gags and situations that just didn't mesh well with the whole story. It took me 3 months (!) to finish it, where the other books by Riordan I finished within a week, which should say some thing about the book.

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