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>>5575598
The Percy Jackson author doesn't know how to write finales that fit thematically with the story. Compare that to J.K. Rowling.

>Harry Potter finale
>Harry walks knowingly into death
>By doing so, he conquers death and shows himself diametrically opposite to Voldemort

>Percy Jackson and the Olympians finale
>Percy's fatal flaw is that he's too loyal - that he would doom the world to save a friend.
>Climax of the book is that Percy has to choose whether or not to trust his old enemy by handing him a weapon.

See, it doesn't work. A good author plans things out and makes sure that the plot and the themes match up.