Bookworm story: Camp Half-Blood Confidential Review

Title                    : Camp Half-Blood Confidential

Author               : Rick Riordan

ISBN                    : 978-148478555-3

Year published : 2017

Publisher           : Disney Hyperion, Los Angeles, New York

Price                   : $9.99 US/ $10.99 Can/ IDR 147.000,- (P+ Terminal 3 Ultimate Soekarno Hatta)

Synopsis:

In this guide, Percy Jackson and other residents of Camp Half-Blood answers such questions as “What is this place?” and “Do I get to keep the T-shirt?”. Newbies can check out the section on the divine cabins, read up on magical landmarks, and consult the chapter on training arenas.

But Camp Half-Blood Confidential explores much more than just the buildings and grounds. Sprinkled throughout are stories from heroes who have called Camp Half-Blood home or just passed through on their way to places unknown. Chiron himself introduces the book with a brief history of training based on his millennia of experience. And, of course, there are divine words of wisdom from the god Apollo, because….well, because the demigod authors would prefer not to be struck down, thank you very much.

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Review.

Yes! I am back with those-long-forgetting-promises about writing more book reviews. As I was busy with my own life *cough*. Graduated from university. Continued my study as postgraduate student. Thesis process. Worked as assistant at university. And wham! Here I am. Hehehe

Honestly, I read the hell a lot of book for the past, umh, 3 years? 4 years? Who’s counting? But I got no time to write the review! *cry*

But, here I am. Posted about the newest book I just read!

First thing first.

Who is the fan of Percy Jackson??? Raise your hands up! xD

Me, myself is a fan of Percy Jackson! Read all of his adventures on Percy Jackson and The Olympian series and The Heroes of Olympus Series.

So the book I am reviewing now was an official Rick Riordan companion book.

I guessed there were a lot of Percy Jackson fan who asked Riordan to write about Camp Half-Blood.

This book wasn’t a novel. But more like stories about what Camp Half-Blood looks like in real life (just imagine the camp was real!).

Told to you by the other campers, including a satyr.

It told you about the details on Camp. Like, the cabins, the forest, the border where the Thalia pine tree stood as well the dragon Peleus and Athena Parthenos. Told you about the training grounds, and the strawberries field as well!

For you who were familiar with demigods story, you might curious about how does the camps look like. How about the grounds, the cabins, and so on, and so on.

Brought to you by Rick Riordan on his usual style in stories telling.

For me, it was a pretty light reading material. I bought as I need book to spend my free time as I was moved out from Jogja.

What I like from Riordan’s works was… He always prepared himself about the real history about Greece god and goddesses. And his style. I love the way he threw out the jokes. In this book, he referred the campers as first person (I don’t know how to put it well). As if the campers themselves told us about their daily life as demigod and a camper.

While I read Riordan’s novels, I learned about Greece and Roman gods and goddesses history as well. I love history, by the way. Hehehe

If you curious bout Camp Half-Blood, read this book!

I, myself, are going to read Riordan’s newest series. The Trial of Apollo series. Hehehe

See you on another post!