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Wild Magic
- The Immortals, Book 1
- Narrated by: Tamora Pierce
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
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In this fantasy we meet another strong, young female character with special powers. Daine is gifted in many ways - she's an excellent archer - but her special talent lies in her ability with animals, who seem to listen to her words. Daine earns a job working for Onua, the queen's horse mistress, who is impressed by the girl's powers. Tamora Pierce leads in narrating this exciting tale, which is lovingly detailed and populated by a cast of almost thirty people (including the writer's husband). Once listeners get used to the story switching from the narrator's voice to those of the actors, they will be pleased at its fanciful magic.
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When Daine comes down from the mountains, she carries with her two things: a dark secret about her own past, and a strangely powerful magic that even she doesn't understand.
Soon Daine has a job working for Onua, the queen's horsemistress, who is astonished at the girl's way with animals. It's almost as if she can speak to them....
Daine and Onua travel to Pirate's Swoop, where Daine finds herself swept into a war that threatens all of Tortall, a war where magic is one of the main weapons.
The wall between the worlds is cracking.
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- S. L. Garner
- 04-07-05
Doesn't do the book justice.
I was a bit disappointed in the audio version of this wonderful book. I will forever worship Tamora Pierce for her writing skills. In fact this book, when it came out, was one of the first fantasy novels that I read as a pre-teen. To this day, as an adult, I still buy every book she publishes, and read them all at least once a year. This audio version, however, fails to do justice to her novel. The narration was extremely stilted and over-enunciated to the point of sounding like a machine. It lacked any sort of inflection, especially when heard up against the exuberance of the character actors. An audio book read by an ensemble cast can be great if done well, but this one had the feel of an acting troupe that hadn?t run their lines enough. The pacing was off, and it lacked cohesion as a whole. The overall effect was very distracting. I?m not disappointed that I bought this audio book because I just love the story that much, but I do hope that the next one is better.
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- Patti
- 04-02-05
Wild Magic
I read Wild Magic years ago, it was the first book of Tamora Pierce's that I tried and is still my favorite of hers. After the wonderful job Trini Alvarado had done with the other books in the Tortall series I was very disappointed to see she was not reading this one. My worries were confirmed as I listened to book. I love Ms. Pierce's writing but her narration is very dull and uneven, couple that with the overacting of some of the actors and you have a very distracting and childish production. They did not totally ruin the book for me but they in no way enhanced it either. Trini Alvarado's reading kept this supposedly for young adult series a light fantasy that adults could enjoy as well. While the full cast audio production of Wild Magic turned a fun,light fantasy into a childs book. 4 1/2 stars for the story 1 star for the narration.
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- Julia Page
- 07-05-17
Love the book, don't love the narration
I always love Tamora Pierce's books. The writing is solid and her heroines are powerful and relatable. I loved this book when I read it for myself, but I'm not a fan of the way they handled the audiobook version. Personally, I found the rotating cast and broadly performed narration distracting. This recording is clearly geared towards much younger readers, possibly younger than I would suggest read this book in the first place. Bottom line: great book, good narration if you want to entertain a child, but ultimately not to this consumer's taste.
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- Mazer
- 02-13-15
What a sad use of a great story
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
I think it needs to be redone narrated by someone new. My vote is for one speaker who can do characters like Jim Dale, Simon Vance or Terry Donnelly. The method of having the characters played by different actors really fails here.
What did you like best about this story?
I love this story and have for many years. I think it is a great young adult series with vivid characters and strong female leads. As a young girl it made me look critically at my relationship to the world in a way that helped me to grow and take ownership of myself.
What didn’t you like about Tamora Pierce’s performance?
I was dismayed to find that Tamora Pierce is a terrible narrator! Listening to this audio book has been extremely painful. Also, the acting of the general cast was atrocious! Who ever directed this or envisioned it should be ashamed of themselves. I think they categorically ruined a good story. The female lead has the winiest most dis-empowered voice in an audio book I have ever heard. her voice ruined a bright and growing character.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
I was very disappointed.
Any additional comments?
I hope to hear soon that someone is going to rerecord this series and revive it from the unfortunate state it is currently in.
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- Cathy
- 02-01-09
The Immortals series: One of my favorite
Wild Magic: The Immortals series are one of my favorite Tamora Pierce books and audiobooks. I've read many reviews that criticise Daine. "She's too whiny ..." Well, I love fourteen year old kids and that's exactly Daine's character. Imagine you have been an outcast because of your never knowing your father, living in a village where everyone looks down on you because you are "illegitimate" even while your mother selflessly heals the sick. Then when murdering bandits attack your family and the village people ignores your family. The village hunts you down to kill you. all this happens to a fourteen year old kid before she begins the story.
Daine becomes a more heroic character once she has the support of caring people. It's unrealistic to compare her to Alanna, another heroic character. I love Alanna but she is almost to perfect. Daine is a more realistic teen. I love her character because she shows the possibility of every child who is loved and supported having a chance to grow up sane. This book should appeal to many middle school kids who feel abused. (and how many middle scholers do you know who don't feel a little unloved.) It really is a favorite of mine because I love middle school kids, even the challenging ones. With kind nurturing they can grow into some pretty fine people.
I eagerly await the fourth book performed as an audiobok for this series.
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- Lejla
- 11-02-05
The rest of the book is better than the sample
I've read and re read this book so many times there are bits I know of by heart. I really enjoyed the audio eventhough it was more the lack of other choices that made me choose it. After I heard a tad bit more than the sample and got used to the pronounciations I fell in love with it.
I like the full cast and it is not at all distracting.
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- Coffeegirl32
- 01-12-16
Great Story...Awful Recording.
Let me start by saying I'm a huge Tamora Pierce fan and have been for many years. Wild Magic was the first book I read of hers and has a special place in my heart.
That being said...this audio version is horrific. I loved Trini Alvarado's reading of the Alanna series and couldn't wait to hear her do this series. When I realized the author herself was doing the narrating I figured she would make it even better. Not so much. She's a great writer but a terrible narrator. She seemed bored and unfamiliar with her own work! The Full Cast Audio team made a wonderful book sound like a cartoonish mess. The main characters voice was whiny and like nails on a chalkboard. The rest of the characters were not much better and the random music between chapters was distracting.
I really wish there was a different audio version of this book with just one narrator who actually enjoys telling the story.
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- Rdal
- 04-12-05
Predictable and Boring
If your older than 12 don't waste your time.
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- Steven Casper
- 06-18-08
Couldn't Finish It
After Alanna I wanted to give Pierce another chance, with one of her later novels, so unfortunately I got Wild Magic.
I can't even review the story, the narration was so distracting and bad that maybe an hour or two into it I just couldn't go on.
The idea of having multiple voice-actors doing the speaking parts was novel and could have been good. The problem was that the main narrator, the "she said/she thought/etc." narrator, was TERRIBLE. She sounded like she was reading a script and doing so badly. Clipped words, over-enunciations, obvious separations between words. It felt like a bad reading, not a narration.
I just couldn't handle it anymore. So even though I don't know whether or not Wild Magic is worth a read, I can say that this particular audio recording of the book is not worth the money... or time.
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- Natalie Johnson
- 08-19-07
Daine is much too whiny!
Yes, even though I adore Mrs. Pierce, I don't particularly like her narrating. However, it is something I got used to and can live with. What made me cringe was the reader playing Daine. Good grief! What a whiner! Even though she can be described as horrible, a true fan of Mrs. Pierce's work (which I am) would not regret this still interesting audiobook.
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- mandy
- 01-02-18
My favourite book
when I saw this audio I knew I had to get it it's my all time favourite book and narrative by the author herself
I was pleasantly surprised by the cast all how I personally thought they'd sound
a good fantasy book with everything you might want in a story
monsters magic heroes and the characters have so much life in them fought further forward by the amazing cast work
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- Briget
- 07-28-20
Meh
I love these books, but was disappointed from the outset by the flat narration. I was extremely surprised to learn that the narrator was the author! There is next to no emotion in any of the narration. However, most of the voice cast is good, and it was nice to hear actual children voicing Kalasin, Roald, and Thom.
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- CeNedra Red
- 04-04-19
For Children
Let me first say that this is not a bad story, and it was beautifully performed. That having been said, this is more suited for children of perhaps eight to fourteen years old. I wasn't able to listen to more than a few hours, as I just couldn't connect to the story or the characters. I hope someone with children to entertain finds this book, and that they enjoy it. I couldn't
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- Anna Whiteing
- 01-31-18
One of my favourite authors
The narration is a little slow - I had to speed it up to make it sound normal, but the characterisation was great and I'm frankly overjoyed to have audiobooks of Tamora Pierce's work!
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- Vanessa
- 01-01-18
Love this series of books
TBH, I only got this book because I lost my paperback version lol
I have all the others including the circle, circle opens, protector of the small, and the lady Knight ones. I've also got a mixture of paper back and audible on the spy and origins ones. From this you know I like the stories. However Tamora God bless her soul is a bit stiff reading this one, the others are getting better as they flow easier.
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- Higwig
- 01-22-23
A wonderful adventure
Read these as a teenager to escape life, hearing this as a grown up has been wonderful
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- A. M.
- 08-16-21
fun, light fantasy read
This was a brilliantly narrated audiobook. I rarely listen to audiobooks but the full cast version of this kept me entertained and involved in the story, even though I wasn't reading it. It was drama throughout and definitely a fun quick fantasy read.
Dane was a great character and I loved seeing her and her powers develop. Her backstory was powerfully written. I think there was a lack of explanation for some of the plot points and why the immortal beings were brought to the realm. They seemed more trouble than they were worth. It wasn't entirely clear why certain immortals remained and others didn't and why some were inherently evil and others weren't BUT that did not diminish my enjoyment at the time of reading.
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- emily
- 02-15-15
so good but not complete
great books but if thay don't have the rights to all the books in the set then its verry annoying
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- Nads
- 12-14-22
Nostalgic listen
I read Tamora Pearce books as a young teenager and this series was always my favourite. It was definitely a fun and nostalgic listen and sort of nice to have the books read to me. I thought the voice cast was great- my only gripe is that it was over too soon. Onto book 2….
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- Danielle
- 12-13-22
A pleasure for young adults and older adults both
I love Tamora Pierce! Her world building and story-telling is second to few. Even though it's YA, her characters and plot stand up to scrutiny 20+ years later; I first read her magical world @ 11. Recommend highly to any fantasy lover.
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- Lan
- 10-16-22
Amazing except for the slow narration
The slow narration is only a problem because the rest of the dialogue is normal speed so it’s not possible to just listen on 1.2 speed. Otherwise flawless.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-10-22
A favourite since I was a kid
Tamora Pierce is one of my all time favourite authors because of her interesting fleshed out characters and her fantasy story lines. The full cast is incredible and adds so many layers to a story I have read over and over
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- Anonymous User
- 05-27-21
love it
the problem with books is I have an idea of how people should sound already. sometimes it's hard to believe that voice is that character.
the narration could have been a little smoother.
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- Clio
- 02-26-21
Great story and production
I read these books as a young teen and now am listening to them with my daughters!
Enjoying them all over again :-)
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- Janette J Ryan
- 01-02-21
Wrong age group
Story would have been appreciated by a younger audience.
Daine not knowing how her magic worked, left the author a broad avenue for inventiveness and just adding more and more types of magic.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-01-20
Fantasy for all ages.
Yet another enjoyable story from Tamora Pierce and the Full Cast Audio crew. I have been a fan of Tamora Pierce's written works for a good 20 or so years now - every so often, I will go back and re-read one of her series of books. The plots are well thought out, the characters memorable and the pacing steady enough that one will not get bored.
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- Roz Dufty
- 07-04-20
Love it
Still as good as when I first read it. Love it. So awesome. The best
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