Fantastic story that leaves you begging for more!

I loved listening to this book. At first I felt that the narrator for Senesio was a little camp for such a swashbuckling hero, but that soon faded and I was totally invested in Suni, Senesio and Alpida as they make their way through The Far Wild. The language and descriptors gave me enough to paint a vivid picture of the people, the environment and the wildlife. Whenever I stopped listening I would always day dream for a while about being there, with the characters, living the story.

I hope there's a follow up, because the character development makes me want to listen to more of their adventures through the Empire

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Highly enjoyable

Enjoyed this a lot and didn't take long to finish, vivid descriptions, good characterisation and well performed by the narrators.

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A love letter to Jurassic Park and Florida

Rich characters plunged into a thrilling adventure in a world where danger comes crashing around every corner

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Good fun, but mis-sold

I gave this a go on the basis that it was targetted to fans of Jurassic Park. True, there is a jungle containing some large beasties, but that's about as far as the comparison goes. The mood and tone feels much more like a Terry Pratchett novel, with a few degrees of humour traded for higher stakes and grittier action. I enjoyed the story, but it wasn't was I expected and at times the languaged used - with a heavy reliance on cliché - made it feel like more of a young adult novel. There was WAY too much dull introspection.

The narrators are lively and entertaining, especially Peter Kenny who characterising Senesio fantastically. This is, however, the first audiobook I've listened to where a different narrator takes over for the whole chapter depending on the POV. This means that you hear most characters narrated in three different ways, which is at worst confusing and at best immersion-breaking. I feel bad only giving four stars for performance, because each individual narrators gives a five-star performance. My dissastisfaction was with the decision to allow ALL characters to be narrated by the POV voice. Also, giving the Bospurians Welsh accents was certainly...a choice.

It's a good fun story with interesting characters, but it's not at all the kind of book I meant to pick up and I won't be proceeding with any more in the series.

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Give it a chance

I almost returned this book, but decided to give it a chance. The characters/story took a while for me to "warm to". The link to Jurassic Park was very tenuous.

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Not what I expected

It was OK but not as exciting as it could have been. The two female narrators sounded too similar and the audio quality of the Theo chapters was poor. Surprised that Audible, with all its resources, would pass such a noisy recording. There was also some dodgy pronunciations and an edit left in. I did finish but won't be buying the sequel.

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Mostly enjoyed it...

There is a lot to like about this story - and to a lesser degree the performance. The locations and characters are fun - the "other world" ness - nearly ours but not quite - is well drawn. I did find some things an irritation though. One of the main characters wobbles between tremulous and a bit pathetic and somewhat heroic. This is okay - but the narration for that character I found grating - too tremulous, too weedy. Other characters - one in particular - were great fun and well narrated throughout. Some of the local fauna were also unbelievably... persistent shall we say - in my mind. However it's Mr. Knight's world and who knows how things would behave there - and some of it is necessary for the story. I don't think I'm giving much away when I say I loved the airships..

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Thrilling adventure

Thrilling story of an adventure through the Far Wild. Thought Suni and Senesio were brilliant characters, and the narration was fantastic.

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Lighthearted fun, but no Jurassic Park

It’s fun, but not mind blowing. Not sure if I’d bother with the sequel. The four main narrators do an ok job, but I found the characters a little hard going at times. Try it, you might like it. Not for a younger audience as the language is strong at times and some of the scenes are a little graphic.

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It's time to be a hero

What an amazingly thrillingly tantalising adventure. Jurassic Park (without the T rex) meets King Kong (without the Gorilla) mix that with some Indiana Jones and you get The far wild. Once in a while you come across that perfect meal that's comprised of all the right ingredients and spices. that meal that puts all the worlds wrongs into rights with every bite. That's exacly what The far wild brought to me. an excellent execution of adventure and characters that you can almost feel resonate from one page to the next. This is what I'd call cinema material. A truly epic adventure audiobook. someone please tell the author to get working on the sequel of The far wild and a stand alone book on the great Senecio Suleiman Nikolau

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