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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 Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths Fantasy Fiction Greek & Roman Literature & Fiction Monsters Scary Stories Science Fiction & Fantasy Scary Funny Greek Mythology Mythology Ancient Greece
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A great story made better with the great reading done by the great people at audible.

Great reading from audible

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Full of action, humour and great characters. Weaves the Greek myths into a modern day story beautifully. If you like Harry Potter, you will enjoy the Percy Jackson series. Narrator did a great job too.

One of my favourite book series ever!

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This is much better then the movie and has more to the quest. loved it.

like this better than the movie.

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Great story to read. Unfortunately I didn't like the narrator, they weren't terrible, but all the characters sounded the same, and even in different events (e.g happy, stressful, action events) the voices sounded the same, it almost made the story sound boring even though it wasn't. I think this is a book i'll want to read again but in the physical form.

Great story, average narration

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Look, this is a book for kids. Is it an enjoyable story that's fun for a family bedtime? No doubt. But it's very much a kids book.

That being said, it's mostly still pretty enjoyable to an adult. The characters and dialogue are charming even if the story is very simplistic. If you want that warm feeling of a brand new fantasy series for the first time during primary school lunch, this is the book for you.

it's a kids book but a solid adventure story

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I loved this book so much. I reread it every year. The audible version is fantastic

Best book ever

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great for a long journey. 2 boys, 9 and 10 loved it. husband also enjoyed the book.

great for families

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Brilliant and hilarious story and the performance is extremely high quality I cannot recommend this story enough

Brilliant story

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My only experience with this property is was the movies about 7 years ago so coming back to this before the tv show was a shock. The story is amazing 10x better then the movie, the stakes are high, and has some of the best world building I’ve ever read/heard. The only fault in it is in the first couple chapters it’s abit weird to hear a grown man’s voice a bunch of 12 year olds but after a couple chapters you don’t even notice it. A true 9/10 book would recommend to anyone who wants a good read/audiobook

Wow as someone one only watched the movies this is amazing

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It was very interesting could not stop listening one of the things you cant stop until you finish it

Great story definetely reccomend

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