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The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson, Book 1

By: Rick Riordan
Narrated by: Walter Lewis
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

Penguin presents the audio edition of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief, read by the actor Jesse Bernstein.

Half boy. Half God. All Hero.

Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek God.

I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporzsed my maths teacher. Now I spend my time battling monsters and generally trying to stay alive.

This is the one where Zeus, God of the Sky, thinks I've stolen his lightning bolt - and making Zeus angry is a very bad idea.

©2006 Rick Riordan (P)2006 Penguin Audio Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths Fantasy Fiction Greek & Roman Literature & Fiction Monsters Scary Stories Science Fiction & Fantasy Scary Ancient Greece Greek Mythology

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Why such a annoying narrator? And was it the full story? 3hrs that seems short it took me about 10 hours to read the actual book. Make sure you make it clear that you reading the full book and not half of it.

Why annoying narrator, why?

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That was a waste of money for an abridged version - would have been nice if it was marked CLEARLY as much.
The narration was also really annoying with all of the background sound effects.
Butchered a good story.

Not clear this was abridged version!

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If you could sum up The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson, Book 1 in three words, what would they be?

Exciting, innovative, strong

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson, Book 1?

The battle with the Minotaur is well written and the one part that is particularly well narrated

What three words best describe Walter Lewis’s voice?

Whiney, irritating, urgent

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Easily listened to in ine sitting if you have the time.

Any additional comments?

A great story unfortunately spoiled by a below standard narration.

Great story, disappointing narration

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Disjointed and frustrating complete waste of time. Would recommend getting proper version instead. Shame on you audible

This is abbreviated version

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Would you try another book written by Rick Riordan or narrated by Walter Lewis?

We were really excited for this book, but the narrators voice was nauseating! Couldn't get past the first 20 minutes. Very disappointing. Waste of money

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

A different narrator.

Terrible narrator

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