HP vs PJ

Been reading the Percy Jackson series on and off the past couple of months. It's my quick read on the phone while waiting in lines. It's quite interesting and to be honest, it's teaching me more mythology than school ever did. Wish my generation had this book growing up. I probably would have been less intimidated by gods and goddesses and all the strange monsters and mythical creatures.

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One thing I can't help but do, even though I know I shouldn't, is to compare Percy Jackson to Harry Potter. I'm not going to say Rick Riordan copied J.K. Rowling. I'm just saying that they're both great stories with some similar elements. Probably the secret formula to a compelling children's series.lol

Harry Potter	Percy Jackson
didn't know he was from a magical family until he was 11	didn't know he was from a magical family until he was 12
muggles	mortals
Hogwarts	Camp Half-Blood
Hogwarts Houses - 4 founders of Hogwarts	Camp Half-Blood Houses - 12 Olympian gods
prophecy - can be either Harry or Neville	prophecy - can be either Percy or Thalia
can talk to snakes	can talk to horses and sea creatures
Ron and Hermione	Grover and Annabeth
has to go home for summer	has to go home during the school year
Voldemort trying to get back to life	Kronos trying to get back to life
invisibility cloak	Annabeth's invisibility hat
scary dreams that are not actually dreams but real events	scary dreams that are not actually dreams but real events

There are probably a lot more that I missed, but it's pretty amazing how they're both so similar yet so different.

The verdict? I think both books are great, but I still like the Harry Potter world better.