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  • Hilary
  • Ely, NV, United States
  • 01-10-12

Charming

It was a funny story, I laughed out loud. It was hard to follow at times, but overall a good listen.

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  • karen hilson
  • 02-01-18

Amazing

I recommend this book to 10-11 year olds because there are some complicated words in it I have rated it 5 stars because it has been spoken clearly

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  • Alison
  • 08-28-12

Marked down for narration

I loved this book when I was younger and, after my cassette tape got "eaten", I decided to download an unabridged version to replace it, as the tape was a shortened version and I wondered what the rest of the story was like. I chose this edition and I'm sure I'll enjoy the story itself. However, the reason I've given four out of the five stars is because the narrator has an annoying tendency to draw out the last word of a sentence. For example, "...they were certain to be happy at the White Housssse." It gets on my nerves and I'm not sure why the narrator feels the need to "drawl". This is a bit of a niggle and maybe listeners will get used to it.

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