Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

A Harry Potter Hogwarts Library Book

By: J.K. Rowling, Newt Scamander

Narrated by: Eddie Redmayne

An approved textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since its first publication, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable guide to the magical beasts of the wizarding world. It showcases a menagerie of magical creatures, explained enchantingly by noted magizoologist, Newt Scamander, who you may remember from the film series of the same name.

And, who better to narrate this compendium of beasts than Eddie Redmayne, Oscar-winning star of the Fantastic Beasts films. The audiobook uses thrilling soundscapes to bring the beasts off the page.

The shelves of the Hogwarts Library are also home to many more fascinating books. If you have enjoyed Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them you might want to check out some of its other treasures: Quidditch Through the Ages and The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

Comic Relief, operating name Charity Projects, is a registered charity in the UK with charity nos. 326568 (England/Wales) and SC039730 (Scotland). Lumos Foundation is a registered charity in the UK with no. 1112575 (England/Wales). 15% of the proceeds* received by Pottermore Limited from this audiobook will be made available to the charities for their work across the UK and globally including helping children and young people have a better life. These proceeds will be shared 20% for Comic Relief and 80% for Lumos Foundation.

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©2017 J.K. Rowling (P)2017 J.K. Rowling

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If you could sum up Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in three words, what would they be?

informative, bad audio

What was one of the most memorable moments of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them?

having eddie redmayne as the narrator

Did Eddie Redmayne do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

There weren't any different characters. But he did an excellent job using the same "Newt" manner of speaking that he did in the movie.

Any additional comments?

I loved the book. The content and performance were fantastic. However, the audio editing caused some major problems for me. The fact that it went lower every time he read a "note" made it very hard for me to hear those parts. The added sound effects took away from the performance as well. Worth a listen but don't try to use a speaker. Headphones only or you will miss large sections of the book

Absolutely delightful.

Having Eddie Redmayne narrate this was a wonderful idea. Had a lot of information and was pretty funny. Chuckled out loud a few times.

I thought it was the actual story

I think this is cool and interesting to learn more about the creatures more in depth. I’m glad I bought this as an audiobook as I think it’s much better that way listening to everything and the background noises they made when announcing the animals. But I didn’t know it wasn’t going to be the story until after now I need to actually go buy the other book lol.

Great Listen!

I really loved this book! it was nice to hear a voice to go along with the written book!

It’s not perfect

I wish that it had excluded some more story to it. It was good though.

expected a story

expected a story to fill what the movie may represent, bit disappointed, hope the movie is better and the following stories in book form are not screenplay style.

Prefect choice!

Choosing the author to read this story was a stroke of genius. Muggles and the wizarding community alike will be sure to enjoy this informational and inspirational guide to all the magical creatures with which we share our world. Or.... If you are worried about the beasts being real, be assured this is merely a fantastic fiction. Aha, ha, ha.

Wonderfully magical; of course!

Being a great fan of J. K. Rowling, I had to give this a listen, but, perhaps this is one book that owning a paper version is a must if it contained illustrations.The book is filled with detailed descriptions of all the magical beasts from “Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them”, the powers they possess, the dangers, the good, the bad, and yes, the ugly. It’s a lighthearted look at the dangers of, and even the delightful side of these magical beasts. The book is not so long as to become tedious, and detailed enough to allow the reader to visualize and use their imagination! “ Audible 20 Review Sweepstakes Entry”

Short but Fun

No real story per se, but a fun little reminder of why you love the Potterverse.

Not what I expected

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

No, its not at all what I expected it to be. I thought it would be more like the movie and have more of a story line rather than simply going through the fantastic beasts from A to Z. It would have been great if they would have incorporated the story line from the movie while explaining the fantastic beasts.

If you’ve listened to books by J.K. Rowling and Newt Scamander before, how does this one compare?

I have not

Have you listened to any of Eddie Redmayne’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No but he does a great job performing

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

It got to be a little drug out since there really was no story line

Any additional comments?

Wish they would do one based on the movie except go more into detail and explain the animals