The reviews are overwhelmingly positive about this book, no surprise there, I've read it and it's wonderful!
I read this interesting review today: http://bookriot.com/2013/11/19/percy-jackson-new-world-kid-lit/
Like many (including myself) the writer cannot resist a comparison with the Harry Potter series.
If you really want to find negative comments then you will need to look for those who left 1-star reviews at Amazon.com and you will find a minority upset by the Nico story line.
The critics are upset that a teenage boy can have romantic feelings for another boy in the book - and yet they have been happy to read the entire series up to this point, which has included plenty of girl-boy romance along with death and danger. I hate to imagine the lives of lesbian and gay young people growing up in families like these and strongly recommend they watch the film "Prayers for Bobby" - see tab at top, or here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayers_for_Bobby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys5TyY8RaxI
On Amazon dot co dot UK there are no 1 or 2 star reviews, there are few readers of the books here, perhaps more liberal attitudes and perhaps less readers with extreme homophobic views: I speculate.
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