Je m'excuse platement de n'avoir pas rédigé d'article plus tôt... J'ai été très occupée ces dernières semaines et le serait sans doute encore tout le mois de juin. J'ai quand même trouvé le temps de lire (encore) un livre de Rick Riordan.
Titre: Héros de l'Olympe tome 1: Le Héros perdu
Auteur: Rick Riordan
Genre: Fantasy
Année: 2011
Pays: États-Unis
Résumé
Trois nouveaux demi-dieux, Jason, fils de Zeus, Léo, fils d'Héphaïstos et Piper, fille d'Aphrodite, arrivent à la colonie des Sangs-Mêlés, en effervescence puisque Percy Jackson, son principal chef, a disparu. Mais ces demi-dieux ne sont pas comme les autres: Héra a volé tous les souvenirs de Jason; de plus, celui-ci parle latin et se sent romain. Léo détient le pouvoir exceptionnel de pouvoir créer et résister au feu. Piper est confrontée à un dilemme: son père Tristan McLean est prisonnier du géant Encélade qui exige d'elle qu'elle lui livre ses amis pour qu'il lui rende l'auteur de ses jours. C'est alors qu'une nouvelle quête est confiée aux trois amis: ils doivent délivrer Héra, prisonnière des Géants menés par une mystérieuse femme. Si celle-ci parvient à se réveiller, le monde connaîtra son anéantissement...
Mon avis
Rien qu'à la lecture du résumé, vous pourrez vous apercevoir que ce livre n'est rien d'autre qu'un copier-coller de Percy Jackson. Le schéma narratif est exactement le même, on y rencontre un trio de héros équivalent. En somme, on recopie Percy Jackson en remplaçant vaguement quelques noms, en insérant des aventures de la même veine. Rick Riordan, après la série des Kane Chronicles, montre une fois de plus qu'il a du mal à se renouveler.
Ce défaut pourrait être à la limite excusable, si la narration était entraînante et drôle. Hélas, toutes les péripéties sont prévisibles et le suspense est inexistant malgré toutes les tentatives du narrateur. Quant à l'humour, il n'est toujours pas au rendez-vous. Les scènes "romantiques" entre Jason et Piper sonnent faux, ne sont pas originales et arrivent mal à propos. Les personnages ne sont pas aussi attachants que les protagonistes de Percy Jackson et n'ont aucune nuance dans le caractère. Personnellement, je n'ai absolument pas saisi l'intérêt de rajouter toutes les références à l'Empire romain et au double aspect, romain et grec, des dieux.
Le passage de la narration à la 1ère personne à celle d'un narrateur absent fait encore ressortir les faiblesses de l'écriture et du style; franchement, ce n'est pas fameux.
Ce livre m'a donc beaucoup déçu; je pense que je ne lirai même pas les tomes suivants. Je ne le conseille pas, à moins de vouloir perdre un temps qui pourrait être bien mieux employé.
Mon verdict
1/5; sans intérêt
Le lien vers mon article sur le premier tome de Percy Jackson (en anglais) ici
Kane Chronicles t.2 (en Anglais) Le Trône de feu
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In English- Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Here I am ! I just started writing articles in English. The first one will be about a fantasy novel by Rick Riordan: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. In fact, I have read the whole serie and I enjoyed it very much. I dedicate this to my friends from Google +. Please would you forgive me, I do not speak English very well yet, so if you spot a mistake, please let me know it. The first book is The Lightning Thief.
Summary
Greek gods are actually real. That is what a teenager, Percy Jackson, whose mother is married to an unbearable loser, finds out. His best friends Grover is a satyre and his Latin teacher is the famous centaur Chiron. They tell him that himself is a demigod, half human, half god. He must go to a special camp where such people are safe from the attacks of monsters. But somebody happens to have stolen Zeus'most powerful weapon, his lightning bolt, and the king of gods suspects Percy. He must find the Lightning Thief before the Summer Solstice to prove he is wrong. His friends Grover and Annabeth, daughter of Athena, goddess of wisdom, will help him.
My opinion
I really enjoyed this book, maybe because I like Greek mythology very much. I find the idea of mythology in today's world just awesome. The characters are friendly, and the Wicked are quite complex.
Nevertheless, I did not like some characteristics of the book. First, I think Rick Riordan does not write very well. I know this is a book written for teenagers, but to my mind this is not a reason to write like a teenager. Second, the book is about Greek mythology, so I expected more Greek stuff... In the book America is the centre of the world and the whole story takes place in the US. For example, Olympus is above the Empire State Building. I know the USA are the main and the most powerful country in the world, I find it good that American people are proud of their country, I like this country and its language, but I believe that maybe the book is "too American". Third, it was written on the cover the book was "hilarious"...well, I did not find it very funny.
Despite these reserves, The Lightning Thief seemed to me very thrilling and on the whole, I really enjoyed it a lot.
To conclude
4,5/5 read it as a relaxation, but still awesome.
The movie (2010, directed by Chris Columbus, starring Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario and Brandon T. Jackson) does not follow the book at all, and it is average. It is better to watch it before reading the book, not to be disappointed by the film. It is not as awful as the fangirls say, to my mind, but yet, not a masterpiece.
Summary
Greek gods are actually real. That is what a teenager, Percy Jackson, whose mother is married to an unbearable loser, finds out. His best friends Grover is a satyre and his Latin teacher is the famous centaur Chiron. They tell him that himself is a demigod, half human, half god. He must go to a special camp where such people are safe from the attacks of monsters. But somebody happens to have stolen Zeus'most powerful weapon, his lightning bolt, and the king of gods suspects Percy. He must find the Lightning Thief before the Summer Solstice to prove he is wrong. His friends Grover and Annabeth, daughter of Athena, goddess of wisdom, will help him.
My opinion
I really enjoyed this book, maybe because I like Greek mythology very much. I find the idea of mythology in today's world just awesome. The characters are friendly, and the Wicked are quite complex.
Nevertheless, I did not like some characteristics of the book. First, I think Rick Riordan does not write very well. I know this is a book written for teenagers, but to my mind this is not a reason to write like a teenager. Second, the book is about Greek mythology, so I expected more Greek stuff... In the book America is the centre of the world and the whole story takes place in the US. For example, Olympus is above the Empire State Building. I know the USA are the main and the most powerful country in the world, I find it good that American people are proud of their country, I like this country and its language, but I believe that maybe the book is "too American". Third, it was written on the cover the book was "hilarious"...well, I did not find it very funny.
Despite these reserves, The Lightning Thief seemed to me very thrilling and on the whole, I really enjoyed it a lot.
To conclude
4,5/5 read it as a relaxation, but still awesome.
The movie (2010, directed by Chris Columbus, starring Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario and Brandon T. Jackson) does not follow the book at all, and it is average. It is better to watch it before reading the book, not to be disappointed by the film. It is not as awful as the fangirls say, to my mind, but yet, not a masterpiece.
Libellés :
American Litterature,
en Anglais,
Fantasy,
Hors Littérature,
In English,
Le Voleur de Foudre,
Littérature américaine,
Percy Jackson,
Rick Riordan,
The Lightning Thief
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