The Witches

De: Roald Dahl

Narrado por: Miranda Richardson

From the World's No. 1 Storyteller, The Witches is a children's classic that has captured young reader's imaginations for generations.

This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches.

Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on earth. There's nothing they hate so much as children, and they work all kinds of terrifying spells to get rid of them. Her grandson listens closely to Grandmamma's stories—but nothing can prepare him for the day he comes face-to-face with The Grand High Witch herself!

The Grand High Witch's Voice Ruined It

UPDATE 10/22 Before getting the book, I checked out other reviews and saw some negative ones about the Grand High Witch's voice. After hearing the really nice sample that included sound effects, voice-changes, etc, I thought such a reviewer could just be overally sensitive. Boy, was I wrong... or was I??????

The book was rather pleasing and well done up until Chapter 7 where we hear the Grand High Witch. Then the chapterk took a tumble and it's a large one for me. I almost didn't want to listen to the rest of the audibook. That particular chapter was so bad that I could only grasp 30-40 percent of what the Grand High Witch was saying, My daughter, who this audiobook was for, could probably only pick out 5-10 percent....maybe.

After that terrible chapter, I was worried about how the rest of the book would be and I am happy to report that... IT GETS GOOD AGAIN! We could finish the rest of the book without a whiny witch and I have to say, I did like the job of the reader other than that hard-to-listen to chapter.

The Witches Road Trip Listen

This is a new story to me and I enjoyed it quite a bit. The narration was very enthusiastic and I enjoyed it for the most part with the exception of one part in the middle when she voiced the head witch. It became very loud, harsh and difficult to understand. I actually had to turn it off and listen to it in bits. After that section passed I once again enjoyed the book very much.

Amazing!

The narration of this book was stunning. My 9yr old son LOVED it. If you are looking for a great audio book, this it it.

Great but too scary for most young kids

Ghastly, toe-curling, suspenseful fun; Ronald Dahl at his devilish finest. But - I won’t let my sensitive children listen to this one until they are at least 10 (we’ll stick with James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, etc). Such fun though, great for getting into a Halloween mood!

Amazing

An amazing, scary, wonderful story, full of adventures. The narrator is awesome and I really really really really recommend this book! P.s the sound effects though- WOW! they sound real. ❤️🤪