Harry Potter vs. Percy Jackson

Though I am not an avid reader, I have enjoyed reading for fun whenever I have any free time. Some books, like "The Son of Neptune", though a big book, have intrigued me so much that I literally finished have the book in one night. On the other hand, books like "The Great Gatsby" take hours and hours just to develop interest in the book and continue reading it. I have realized through my reading experience that any book that does not immediately attach the reader to the pages, in my mind, is just a waste of time. I only finish books that have an intriguing beginning making me more enthusiastic to read more. But more importantly, series are what I read the most.

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One series that I extremely admire would be the Harry Potter series. I admire it because it is so descriptive and just immediately intrigues the reader with all the outstanding magic and tricks. The author, J.K. Rowling, simply talks to the reader in a colloquial way, making the story easy to understand to everyone despite all the magical and wizardry words. Another series that intrigues me is the Percy Jackson series. This is simply because of how intriguingly the author incorporates Greek mythology and the description that is involved. These two series are very common and both these authors have a very similar plot structure.

Throughout both of these series, the main character are the key to solving the problem or crisis that is present throughout the series. And in each of the books, there is an essential task that the main character or characters have to accomplish to get a step closer to accomplishing the essential goal. I kind of think that this is a very common structure in series books. This structure is also present in the 39 Clues series. Though I really like all three of these series, I think that the authors should probably make a more authentic series structure to make the reader more intrigued by their style of writing.

Another similarity that I realized in the Harry Potter series and the Percy Jackson series was that all of them had three main characters- Harry, Ron, and Hermione in Harry Potter and Percy, Grover, and Annabeth. In the Harry Potter series, all three of these characters are essential in the plot; however, each of them have unique characteristics. For example, Harry is more of the leader and exhibits leadership qualities; Ron is more of the comical type of person; and Hermione is the smart one. Just like the Harry Potter series, the Percy Jackson series has these types of main characters too- Percy is more of the leader and has leadership qualities, but is more comical; Grover is probably mostly comic; and Annabeth is extremely smart. This shows that both J.K. Rowling and Rick Riordan have quite a similar mind and think quite alike.

Another big similarity between these two series are that they both have the mystical world and the author incorporates lots on imaginative elements into the story. However, in this aspect Rick Riordan is a little different from J.K. Rowling. Rick Riordan incorporates a mystical world that is not entirely his own, while J.K Rowling exhibits her own imaginative world. This shows that public really admire books that are similar to these for both of them had been extremely popular among the public.