So, yet again, I feel like there was a lot crammed in here. There wasn’t a lot of room for much of it to really breathe until the end. The aftermaths of the Percy Jackson series usually have more room to breathe than the core plot, I find. Which, ya know, is a choice.
Much of Nico’s characterization and growth happened off-screen, which was alright. There was already a lot going on with the adventure through the Labyrinth. I’m honestly not sure how I feel about the Labyrinth itself. It’s kind of a neat concept, with the ever-growing and changing thing… and sort of a fast-travel hack if you find the right person to help out. Speaking of which, Rachel Dare. Not quite the most interesting character and I suspect mostly there just to make Percy and Annabeth snip at each other… well, and lead Percy and the gang through the Labyrinth, of course.
I did like Percy figuring out how to better use his powers. I feel like Camp Half-Blood should really have some kind of courses in power-usage besides all the battle training, but I also figure, since the Big Three weren’t supposed to have kids, it makes sense that Percy has to figure out his powers on his own.
The end battle was… a battle. I did have one of those teary-eyed moments when the Labyrinth denizens started showing up. Apparently my brain just cannot handle the “everyone joins in support of the hero” moments without some tears… even if I honestly didn’t have a lot of feelings about the characters themselves.
I think I liked The Battle of the Labyrinth better than the last two. It still doesn’t make it into my favorites, but it felt better.
Favorite Line
"Percy, lesser beings do many horrible things in the name of the gods. That does not mean we gods approve. The way our sons and daughters act in our names…well, it usually says more about them than it does about us." - Poseidon
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