• The Sea of Monsters

  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2
  • By: Rick Riordan
  • Narrated by: Jesse Bernstein
  • Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (19,640 ratings)

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The Sea of Monsters

By: Rick Riordan
Narrated by: Jesse Bernstein
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Publisher's summary

After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson finds his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson, a six-foot-three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows Percy everywhere, making it hard for Percy to have any "normal" friends.

Don't miss the other titles in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.
©2006 Rick Riordan (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Company

Critic reviews

"Adventure follows chaotic adventure at a rapid pace, and readers with even a passing acquaintance with the Odyssey will enjoy this fresh use of familiar stories." (School Library Journal)

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yessss

iy was a good book cany wait to read the rest of the series now

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Great story

I like that the reader has now given a voice to Grover, but it sounds just like Clarice. My 8 year old and I love the books though

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good book bad narrator

I love the book but the voices the narrator did were very cringe and hard to listen to

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  • TL
  • 05-05-21

Great Book

Jessie is a great narrator. Delivers the story perfectly. Book is extremely interesting and has great twists and turns.

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Book 2 is definitely better than number 1!

I really enjoyed this one. it was much easier to get into, nothing dry about this book other than Percy Jackson, haha.

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  • R
  • 12-22-13

Love these books, great to read and listen to

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes I would recommend this book. I think they are very fun to listen to regardless of your age.

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Great story, barely listenable performance

Rick Riordan continues to do an excellent job of bringing Greek Mythology to modern times. The characters are fun and accessible to the whole family. When one died at the end of this book, we cried.

Jesse Bernstein's performance on the other hand, is barely tolerable. His phrasing often distorts the meaning of the sentence by emphasizing the wrong words. He seems to have only three character voices in his repertoire, and often times these voices make the characters sound less than intelligent. If there were another narrator available, we would probably make a different choice.

That being said, we are listening to these books as a family on road trips this summer, and my children are following a long with the Whisper-Sync, so it is a worthwhile purchase for our family.

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My son, Nathan (11yrs), LOVES this story!

What made the experience of listening to The Sea of Monsters the most enjoyable?

Nathan (11yrs) loves this story and can't stop listening! He connects with the main character and somehow relates to Percy Jackson. He has learned more about Greek mythology in two days than perhaps his entire time in school.

What does Jesse Bernstein bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

We all make up voices in our head as we read. The narrator delivers a very similar and relate-able experience.

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  • KJ
  • 09-19-12

GREAT!!!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend this book, it was also recommended to me. It is well written and performed great so it makes it interesting.

What other book might you compare The Sea of Monsters to and why?

I think there were a lot of things that reminded me of the Harry Potter series.

Which character – as performed by Jesse Bernstein – was your favorite?

Tyson

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When we found out that Percy & Tyson were brothers.

Any additional comments?

I am now listening to the third book in the series!!

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Great book, not as involving as the first one

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, because is a great story and the characters are memorable, the situations in where percy and his friends are involved are intriguing and funny, specially when there's sarcarms involved in percy's thoughts and replays.

Which character – as performed by Jesse Bernstein – was your favorite?

tyson withouth a doubt, all the other characters where awesome, but tyson was memorable at least for me

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Yes when percy actually recon his brother tyson as equal and not another monster

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