The House of Hades - My Favorite Thing...

My Favorite thing about the House of Hades, and about all of Rick Riordan's books for that matter, is that they contain such believable characters. All of them seem to have flaws and are more human than the image of perfection we see so many times in stories.

In all of his greek and roman mythology books, Riordan attributes conditions such as Attention Deficit Disorder to being a demigod. He says that the characters are like this because their brains are hardwired to read greek/roman, not english.

Flaws such as this allow many people to connect with the characters and get a sense of what they are going through. These traits that would normally alienate someone, now bring them closer together with the hope of being a "demigod".

House of Hades - Figurative Language

One thing that I really like about the book House of Hades by Rick Riordan, is the copious amounts of figurative language. He seems to love to chalk his writing full of similes and metaphors.

One such is example of this impressive talent is on page fifteen. While describing one of the main characters, the text says "he looked as if he had been run over by a locamotive." (Riordan 15)

Another example is on page 30. Riordan, at this point, is describing something moving across the landscape. He says “something small and beige racing across the fields at incredible speed, leaving a vapor trail like a plane’s.”

Both of these examples contain great similes that really inspire the readers imagination.

Excerpts From: Riordan, Rick. “The House of Hades.” Disney Hyperion. iBooks.
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