I first read this when I was in junior high school, probably, and it used to be my favourite series. Kid me Loved this. I love Rick Riordan's writing and the world he made. I remember I cried when I was in the 10th grade when my friends gave me the son of neptune (partly because no one ever gave me a book before). But rereading this now, almost 8 years later I feel different. Unlike with Harry Potter, i was never really involved with this book series / the franchise. I only read the books and that's it. I watched the movie but I didn't like it very much (even though Logan Lerman got me so whipped and I started a fan blog for him. Embarrassing, I know.) Plus I read the translated version and it was way funnier than the english version (seriously translated english to Indonesian always makes me laugh. Not that it's bad, but when books in english got translated to Indonesian, the Indonesian language becomes formal. So it's funny when it's applied to YA books especially for people who lives in Surabaya who don't even speak regular Indonesian language but the one mixed with Javanese). So maybe the reason why I don't like it very much now is because I read the English version. I know it's super weird but the Indonesian book of this was part of my childhood. Maybe I should reread the Indonesian version for the next one.