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".
I agree with you. I really like how I can connect with some if not all of Riordan's characters.
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