Nandini Bhasin

I have been in love with this series since my school days. So I was naturally excited to know that I'll get to see the characters come to life in a live-action series. Oh boy am I disappointed. The rushed story, the character motivations that make no sense, the exposition and info dumping in the first couple of chapters, and above all else, the CASTING! Annabeth is a blonde with grey eyes. It was a reversal on the dumb blonde trope! And what's wrong with Luke? He give off the guy next door vibes. He's supposed to have charisma! Let's not forget the action scenes, or lack thereof. The biggest defining moments in the books are reduced to a min or two of runtime. The only positive about this so far is the acting of Percy. The rest is a huge disappointment for me. I'll go so far as to say, it's anger inducing for the fans of the original book series.

The show was wonderful. The back and forth between the two parallel worlds had us on the edge. Alas, as much as I would have liked, the show was not without flaws. SPOILER ALERT! I just couldn't get on board with some concepts, time travelling being one of them. Time travel is really tricky for any story to work it in, and they tried to do it justice in this show as well. But there were some discripencies I just couldn't let go. For instance, how did our main leads remember everything? And apart from the time travel problems, the ending didn't sit well with me either. I liked the fact that they get a somewhat happy ending, but what happened to the King needing a Queen and Heirs to ascend to the throne? They can't spend forever world-hopping. It's not sustainable. I was hoping King Lee Gon makes a new identity for the love of his life in his own world and they could finally settle down. Maybe they could spend the holidays in the other world instead of just meeting on the weekends. These are just my opinions. I still loved the show and hope to see more in the future. And like always, love to LMH.

I am a bit fan of the novel series, but this movie just ruined my favorite characters and disgraced one of my all time favorite series. Wish they had stuck to the story and paid attention to the details. I could have even let go of the mediocre acting, if only they had stuck to the story details. Overall, very disappointed.