The Battle of the Labyrinth

The Battle of the Labyrinth book cover
Rick Riordan
Star Rating
★★★★
Reviewer's Rating
Mar 22, 2024

The Battle of The Labyrinth by Rick Riordan is a more mature and fight heavy Percy Jackson book that expands on the character’s relations, houses larger and deadlier monsters, and sets up the final villain for the base series. In this book, Percy Jackson must explore the Labyrinth and find a way to shut it down to stop the armies of Kronos. To do that, he must explore the labyrinth and vanquish several monsters while trying to find Daedalus and dealing with the fears of changing people and deadly situations. 

In this book Riordan evolves the book to become more character based and focus on dynamics between them. The book is also longer and achieves a lot more in terms of content and adventure. The book does lack a very satisfying conclusion, however, and leaves the fifth book as almost a continuation of the book itself, unlike the previous titles which could be read as standalone titles. In the end, this book is a must read for anyone who enjoys Percy Jackson and is one of the strongest books Riordan wrote in the series.

Written by
Lucas F.

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