Shame about the performance!

I read this book when it came out and wished it would make it in to an audible version. I wish now they hadn't bothered! Such a terrible crime to do this to such a great book. I only finished it because the story itself was worth it! Any chance you could try it again with a better narrator and production team? Such a missed opportunity!

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Great story. Poor narration.

I had previously read the book but many many years ago.

I found the plot still fresh and interesting.

However, the narration was extremely bad, with poor tone and incorrect emphasis frequently used on wrong words.

Story 9/10
Narration 2/10

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Just as good as I remembered

I read this book a good 15 years ago and was delighted to find an audio version now as an adult.
The author overused the word 'Alien' which was a little upsetting considering the context of the novel.
The child sexuality was uncomfortable but not distasteful, it may offend sensitive readers but fully represented the folk lore.

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compelling

narrator was more then adequate and was able to exhibit a range of characters

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So many unusual twists and turns!

I loved everything about this and nothing I disliked.

So many events but all intermingling, along with some huge slaps of ‘oh my life’! Kept me riveted.

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True class

Superb book by a superb author, gripping and exciting. The story builds from the beginning and keeps you on the edge of your seat.

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amazing fantasy story.

amazing fantasy story that is gripping and leaves you on the edge of your seat.

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Loved this as a big Stephen King fan!

I really enjoyed this book for the second time. I don't usually read fantasy books but this was more horror I thought. I thought the narrator was excellent and I was totally hooked from start to finish. I usually read lots of Stephen King and found some of the style reminiscent and it was disturbing enough to make you think. I loved the references to mythology, older texts and even Shakespeare!

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great story, give it a chance

If you are a fan of Raymond E Feist, as I am, you need to step away from all his other work and treat this as a complete stand alone story. It is nothing like any of his other works.

The first time I listened to this book I had just listened to most of the Riftwar Cycle work, so I had Peter Joyce’s voice in my head, I didn’t give Tim Flavin much of a chance. I needed to remember that Faerie Tale is set in America, and it needed an American voice to bring it to life.

I’ve since listened to this book regularly, usually as a way for me to reset between epic stories of five books or more, it’s grown on me over time.

It’s definitely a faerie tale for adults and older children. It first came out in 1989, I was still a teenager and I read it avidly before getting family and friends to read it. It’s a supernatural thriller, with a big hint of horror. There is a great deal of magic, based on the Celtic as well as The Wild Hunt.

In current times you may find the idyllic lifestyle of the “all American family” a little cheesy, but get past that, it’s worth it in the end.

It still niggles me, that the editing of the narration isn’t as smooth as it should be, some weird long pauses, like someone forgot to get going again, so it doesn’t flow as well as it should and the build up towards the end isn’t as powerful, in my opinion, as it could be.

This is a Revised review, my original was done 2014

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Best Fantasy Book Ever - Tim Flavin is incredible

I read this book when I was younger and over the years I have read it again and again. When I saw that it was on Audible, I had to buy it. Tim Flavin did not disappoint at all. He was absolutely brilliant.

Without giving away spoilers if you are a fan of fantasy this is the book to read.

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