Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 9781856868822
Format: Audiobook
ISBN: 1856868826
Label: Random House Children's Books
Manufacturer: Random House Children's Books
Number Of Items: 8
Publication Date: August 04, 2005
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Release Date: November 01, 2005
Sales Rank: 44339
Studio: Random House Children's Books

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Rating: - ERAGON by Christopher Poalini
I enjoy the book . I am a bad writer, but I like what I read.

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Rating: - Not as good as the book I'm afraid
Whilst Kerry Shale does get some of the voices right - by which I mean of course as I imagine them to be - too many others sound like pantomime characters - heavily accented and exaggerated. However, this is not the biggest failing of the audio CD. What is not obvious is that this is an abridged version of the book. As such a lot of chapters have been left out including some of the most exciting ones. If you have not read the book you are being shortchanged, if you have you are in for disappointment. ... Read More

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Rating: - poor version of a great book
I love the book Eragon, I think its an absolutely fabulous story, and I highly recommend the book and its sequel, Eldest to anyone, but I have to say that the narration of this audio book is not very good at all. Despite wining an award for other work that he has done, in this recording, Kerry Shale seems not to be able distinguish voices and characters in any other way than by giving them strongly defined accents, which ends up with Roran sounding like a hillbilly, Ajihad and his daughter Nasuada have ... Read More

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Rating: - Wow!
As soon as the story starts, and Eragon finds a blue stone in the forest, you are sucked into the book, feeling all of Eragon's feelings through the passionate words that Christopher Paolini uses. As the story continues, every little bit of the story is explained, and you keep thinking, 'oh right! I should have thought of that!' I don't know where Christopher Paolini got all his ideas from, but they are excellant!

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