I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons

De: Peter S. Beagle

Narrado por: Shaun Taylor-Corbett

A USA TODAY Bestseller

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Unicorn comes a “gorgeous and vibrant and wistfully fantastic” (Travis Baldree, New York Times bestselling author of Legends and Lattes) new novel in which a loveable cast of characters trapped within their roles of dragon hunter, princess, and more must come together to take their fates into their own hands.

Dragons are common in the backwater kingdom of Bellemontagne, coming in sizes from mouse-like vermin all the way up to castle-smashing monsters. Gaius Aurelius Constantine Heliogabalus Thrax (who would much rather people call him Robert) has recently inherited his deceased dad’s dead job as a dragon catcher/exterminator, a career he detests with all his heart in part because he likes dragons, feeling a kinship with them, but mainly because his dream has always been the impossible one of transcending his humble origin to someday become a prince’s valet. Needless to say, fate has something rather different in mind…

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Shaun Taylor–Corbett delivers this fantasy audiobook with multifaceted voices and consistent pacing. In Bellemontagne, dragons are a nuisance that call for extermination. Robert is exceedingly talented at the job, but his love for dragons makes him detest the task. His empathy for them is so visceral that listeners will feel his pangs of loss...In tones of wonder, Taylor–Corbett’s performance enhances this heartwarming audiobook."

Excellent writing

I loved the story and the characters so very much . I was sad when it ended .

a wonderfully fun story

it took me a few chapters to really get into the.swing of the book but once the adventure hit I couldn't stop listening. Such a fun story that had me constantly wanting to know what will happen next.

A fun read, and slightly frustrating listen.

I don't want to be harsh or scathing, as we are all learning and improving day by day. However, this title was performed in a way in which I might assume one who isn't fluent in reading aloud might go about it.
The author uses an abundance of flowery, descriptive language throughout, but the delivery is halting and awkward in a good majority of the story throughout which mispronunciations are sprinkled (Had to pause when I heard a unique pronunciation of "ebon".)
There are moments where it seems like a line of text ended mid-sentence and the reader paused and restarted at the next line rather than looking ahead and finishing the thought in one breath.
For most things this was incredibly distracting, but I must admit that it always made me smile when a certain crown prince had any dialogue - the unsure manner of speaking was spectacularly fitting to his character and very entertaining.
All in all a nice listen if you enjoy the author's works and/or dragons as I do. I never write reviews, but I felt compelled to report the aspects of this performance that made my eye twitch!

Valet is a French word!

Really good classic feeling fantasy book. Narrator is mostly great, but he pronounces valet as Val-et rather then Val-a and it’s a word used a lot in the book drove me nuts!

A bit simple but easily enjoyable

It's a pretty lightweight fantasy that plays with common tropes. Justin Gerard's art (especially the beautiful endpages) caught my attention, but I'm glad I bought the audio on sale rather than the physical book