How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse

How to Train Your Dragon, Book 4

De: Cressida Cowell

Narrado por: David Tennant

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was a Viking hero - dashing, brave, and ever so clever. But even Viking heroes have to begin somewhere.... Can Hiccup find the antidote to deadly Vorpentitis and fight the Doomfang? Can he brave the axe of Norbert the Nutjob and be the Hero yet again?

©2006 Cressida Cowell (P)2006 Hodder Children's Books

Would defintiely reccommend this book

Would you consider the audio edition of How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse to be better than the print version?

Haven't read the print version but absolutely love the audio book.

What did you like best about this story?

The story is fun and moves along well.

Which scene was your favorite?

No favoirtes, they are all good.

Any additional comments?

Love the way David Tennant narrates these stories. Would highly reccommend them.

Fun and engaging.

If you could sum up How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse in three words, what would they be?

fun engaging

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

yes

Any additional comments?

my 5 year old has loved all of the Cressida books in this series

Another great story in the adventures of Hiccup!

If you could sum up How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse in three words, what would they be?

Awesome, Daring and Funny

What other book might you compare How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse to and why?

Harry Potter, Beast Quest, Deltora Quest, Percy Jackson Series. They are all books about kids who go on adventures without their parents.

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

David Tennant is always great.

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

Yes.

Any additional comments?

Great for 8 year old boy, 5 year old girls and their parents

Amazing adventure and great way to escape :)

I've listned and re-listned all 12 HTTYD books and I just can't get enough of them. Dreamworks animated movies are great but this books are even better. the whole series is just a mosaic of increadable adventure stories so meticiously connected together into one epic tail of courage and kindness along with all the other elements of a great adventure; it is exciting and thrilling and full of unexpected twists and clif-hangers that keep you on your toes every moment troughout the story. There is also a lot of great humor that I absolutely loved and some of it even made me laugh out loud. And let me say, those are deffinetely NOT just kids books. They are full of great life lessons hidden in them that I doubt kids before 15 would even have been able to recognize. I found even some lessons on leadership and people management in it. Also motivational tips and lessons on responsability that comes with a position of power. All in all, this story is one that I would even compare to Harry Potter series in sense of quality of deapth that it offeres if you look at it more closely.
How to Cheat a Dragons Curse is one of my favorites of the series. It is less dark and serious than some of the other volumes towards the end of the series but it is like home for me. It is like meditation in sense that it really relaxes me and lets me forget my worries as I enjoy some sarcasm and dark humor and comedic aspects of all those mad characters their meaningfull names and how they find themselves in all kinds of crazy imposdible situations and all those unexpected solutions to their problems. There's some of the best humor and jokes, found in this one. Of course the performance of David Tennant is unbelievably entertaining as well as it paints every second of the story so alive with all the voices of the characters and all those funny accents that you can immediately get lost in it for several hours on end without even realising it. I could go on and on about it, really. I'm a fan.
All in all, this is an amazing story and audiobook and I would reccomend it to anyone who likes to escape and get lost into a fantasy world, kids and adults alike.
I am truly greatefull to Mrs Cressida Cowell, an amazing writer, for sharring her increadable imagination with us in such an inspiering and fun way.
Thank you.

Great story!

This was another great story. I liked it better than the previous one. It was funny and thrilling!

7 year old son LOVES this

What did you love best about How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse?

"The Dragons, of course"- my seven year old son who listened to it.

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

Other than he's also The Doctor and is awesome? Tennant has a very expressive voice and nice accent to listen to. If you have watched Doctor Who during the tenth doctor's era you can almost visualize his facial expressions.

Any additional comments?

My seven year old son (high functioning autism and adhd) loved listening to this while he played minecraft on his kindle.

Adorable

I like kid books on occasion. Don't get into this one thinking its anything like the movie though. So long as you keep the two separate from each other its enjoyable even for adults. Very cute and adorable as well as a lot of fun.

wonderful delightful series

what a wonderful story and David Tennant has done a marvellous job bringing the story alive. absolutely love it.

UnsuspectingFUN,enjoyableMISCHEIF,Loyal Friendship

You don't have to be a kid to enjoy this story. You just have to use your inner child imagination, come on, it's easy! The intonations of David Tennant's voice keeps you in the thick of it. I so love an adventure and that's what awaits you in this tale of "How to cheat a Dragon's curse".

Great book again.

Loved it. My 6y old loves this series. Different from movies but very good