How to Speak Dragonese

How to Train Your Dragon, Book 3

De: Cressida Cowell

Narrado por: David Tennant

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was a Viking hero - dashing, brave, and ever so hairy. But even Viking heroes have to begin somewhere.... Toothless has been captured, the nanodragon is about to be gobbled, and Sharkworms are on the loose. Once again we are relying on Hiccup to be a hero.

©2005 Cressida Cowell (P)2006 Hodder Children's Books

Great Listen

What made the experience of listening to How to Speak Dragonese the most enjoyable?

David Tennant is a GREAT narrator. We laugh all the way through the book.

What did you like best about this story?

The story is quite humorous and enjoyable for our entire family.

What about David Tennant’s performance did you like?

He does the most superb voices for each character.

Great Listen

Where does How to Speak Dragonese rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

The How to Train Your Dragon series of books are the only audiobooks we (Mom, Dad, Son (8 yrs old) and Daughter (5 yrs old) have ever listened to, and we are sold. It has been a huge hit with the entire family for long road trips.

What did you like best about this story?

The kids love the entire series. The highlight of this one for them was when Alvin the Trecherous fell out of the baloon.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It made us laugh. We loved it!

Any additional comments?

We recommend for the entire family. A great book to bridge the age gap between our 8 and 5 year old. I also think older kids would like it.

Fun for the whole family

What made the experience of listening to How to Speak Dragonese the most enjoyable?

The great interplay between the story and the narration made this a truly entertaining and enjoyable listen. The story is solid, and well worth reading on its own - full of adventure, intrigue, creativity, and individuality - but when the narration of Tennant is added to the mix you get a 1+1=5 scenario. He really brings the already great story to life.

I occasionally have trouble keeping track of who is speaking when listening to audio books but Tennant's character voices are so distinct, and fantastic, that not only do they make it easy to follow the dialogue, they make it seem as if there is an entire cast performing the book. The only downside (and its a very small, potentially hilarious one) is occasionally I would get sidetracked trying to figure out how one person was making so many different voices (complete with trying to mimic them), I would have to "rewind" the audio to catch the bit of story I missed.

What did you like best about this story?

I love how real Hiccup and his friends are. This isn't the story of someone suddenly finding out they are exactly what the world thinks they should be, or of some mystical "fairy godmother" figure coming down and fixing everything. This series is about a square peg trying to fit into a round hole, and all of the wonderful lessons, challenges, and self appreciation that is gained through that process. A message we can all benefit from hearing more often.

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

Yes.

Any additional comments?

These books are great for people of all ages!

Great book, love Tennant.

This is a great continuation of the adventure but some of the action and gore may be more suited to older listeners.

Awsome

This book is so Awesome ,funny ,cool when snotlout gets pushed by fish legs overboard ha ha ha ha ha!