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I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons

By: Peter S. Beagle
Narrated by: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
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A USA TODAY bestseller

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Unicorn comes a new novel with equal amounts of power and whimsy 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 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…

©2024 Peter S. Beagle (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio
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New Ideas Incorporated Into A Timeless Story

I loved the premise of this story. I did see some reviews about the characters having too much angst. I didn't see that as a problem, and the thoughts of the main characters were very believable. The events were realistic in how they were explained. The fantasy was made as a real possibility.

The reading was not my favorite, but in my experience with Audible, they don't really have a huge selection of readers that I have enjoyed in the first place.

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A new twist on Dragons

This is a lovely medieval tale of two young men and a princess. Not so much a coming of age deal. Instead it is about class lines and their limitations.
The then there are the dragons themselves. Dragons are not all the huge kind... the Kings. Instead dragons start off small then grow all their lifes if they live through all the constant fighting amongst their kind. Only the best and the strongest survive all the perils.
It is a very logical and sweetly enticing tale. Well written and narrated. One for the collection!

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Funny and delightful

This is another wonderful fantasy from a master author. There are ferocious dragons, an evil wizard, a reluctant hero, snd a strong minded princess who provide an entertaining romp through a medieval style adventure.

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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!

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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.

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Excellent writing

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

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I liked it

the premis was interesting but the story felt insubstantial. overly detailed when not required and not enough detail in places leading to some minor disorientation. there are some good bones there that could be built on to really flesh out a very intriguing world.

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A very good story!

The reader had a very odd style, and it made it less enjoyable to listen to.

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Very disappointing execution of a fun and novel premise.

The premise of the book itself was great, dragons viewed as little more than dangerous pests and the MC being an exterminator who doesn't feel right killing them was a unique idea and had great potential for a fun new take in fantasy. Instead the other decided to take it down the same generic path of angsty teen awakens his super special powers to fight the evil wizard but is super angsty about it the whole time that has been tread over and over again in fantasy. It's really sad to me because the writing was good, the characters were believable people(even if they were all annoyingly angsty) and as I said before the premise was both new and fun sounding. Seeing all that potential wasted to just follow an overdone trope of fantasy was disappointing. That said, if you're not sick of the chosen one who doesn't want to be the chosen one and is super negative about it trope this could still be an enjoyable listen. There were some really good moments scattered throughout all the things that annoyed me which did at least keep me listening till the end even if I was screaming at the MC in my head to just get over himself lol

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In the tradition of Princess Bride & Stardust...

Peter S. Beagle gives us another wonderful work of fantasy! Full of twists and turns... this tale plays with various fantasy tropes, and turns many on their heads. I only wish it was longer. I'd love to play more in this world. 💖

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