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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson, Book 1

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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

By: Rick Riordan
Narrated by: Jesse Bernstein
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The first audiobook in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Discover the story behind the Disney+ series.

HALF BOY - HALF GOD - ALL HERO.

Look, I never asked to be the son of a Greek god. I was just a normal kid. . . until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher.

Percy Jackson is having a bad week. His life has gone from totally normal to monsters-from-Greek-mythology-randomly-appearing kind of strange. Worse still, the king of the gods thinks Percy has stolen his all-powerful lightning bolt - and it seems making Zeus angry is a very bad idea.

Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to catch the true lightning thief and stop all-out war from erupting on Mount Olympus. . .

What could possibly go wrong?

'This is the stuff of legends' - The Guardian

©2006 Rick Riordan (P)2010 Penguin Audio
Action & Adventure Fantasy Fiction Greek & Roman Scary Stories Scary Greek Mythology Ancient Greece
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Excellent narration!

Do yourself a favor and listen to this audiobook! This narrator is the epitome of why I enjoy audio books!

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bad narrator

i love Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series and I've re read the series several time but this is my first time listening to the audiobook. I wasn't impressed with the narrator. Hard to hear the difference between the characters because he doesn't use much of a different voice while doing them. So glad the other RR series' doesn't have Bernstein as a narrator

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It doesn’t get better than Percy Jackson

This story is perfectly structured and is extremely relatable! The thought put into this book 📖 and each of its characters. I am reading heroes of Olympus (highly recommended by the way 😃)

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It was the best book I have ever read I loved how the narrator said the story

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why not just one?!?!?!

I love the whole Percy Jackson series, especially this one, but why are there three of the same english audiobooks voiced by the same guy in the same way??? Like, has no one else noticed this?!?!?! AUDIBLE PLEASE FIX THIS OR ATLEST REFUND ME!!!!

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Enjoyed it a lot

This book in general is really well written in my opinion, and I found the narration to be good. However the narrator did struggle with some characters.

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Awesome for any age!

Loved it all, Action right from the start, some of the greek pronunciations were funny but that really doesn't matter unless you are Greek, Cypriot or a scholar and want to nit pick.
Clever mythology and modern mash up. Performance was very good with a great array of characters from the one reader.. Already bought the second one to go onto.
Even if you didn't like the film, this is packed out way more so would recommend!

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great story for any greek fan

i read the book after watching the movie and have to say its day and night difference. Like listening to two different stories. the book is far more captivating and interesting than the movie could ever hope to be.

Its also my first audiobook ever and Jesse Bernstein does amazing job voicing all the different characters, switching between the voices flawlessly and hands down makes the story 100 times more engaging.

Cant wait to read the rest. Far better than reading it myself.

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Everything

Nothing big except that the Olympians made everything so much harder for the half blods

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Outstanding!!

Would you consider the audio edition of The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson, Book 1 to be better than the print version?

Yes, I recall reading the print version in primary and I really did like it but never considered reading the other books. But when I listened to it I was hooked.

What did you like best about this story?

The action and adventure, the emotion. The precise use of greek mythology spun into it, all real myths.

Which scene was your favorite?

My favorite scene was when Percy, Grover and Sally were fighting their way to camp half-blood. It was action-packed, and very emotional.

Any additional comments?

I highly recommend this book.

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