
Mrs. Perivale and the Blue Fire Crystal
Mrs. Perivale, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Susan Duerden
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By:
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Dash Hoffman
"People your age belong at home," 73-year-old Mrs. Perivale is told when she tries to volunteer. With her son grown and gone, and her community turning their backs on her, the gravity of no longer being needed sinks her spirits deeply. She wonders if she has outlived her usefulness until a mystical little creature sneaks into Alice Perivale's home and begs her to come with him; there is a prophecy about her, and she must help save his world!
Finding herself in a magical place she had no idea existed, committed to a dangerous mission far more vital than helping out in her neighborhood, Alice dusts off her courage and bravery, rediscovering the feisty, sassy, powerhouse woman she is deep inside. She is determined to find the stolen Blue Fire Crystal before the imbalance between elements destroys all of the magical land of Coreve. Together with her extraordinary family of six cats and her skeptical-yet-devoted butler Henderson, she takes on the tremendous challenge.
With time running out and the world falling to pieces, Alice's precious companions are pulled away from her, and she is faced with impossible choices. Does she choose what she wants most of all, does she rescue her family, or does she save the world that will not survive without her?
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Now for the down side. Susan Duerden's narration drove me batty. Her "narrator voice" has a strange (to me at least) cadence or style. I don't think it is what people call Up-Speak, but it's closely related. It's almost as if every sentence is taken on its own, devoid of context and intentionally made... as dramatic as possible? It's hard to explain, but it reminded me of the movie trailer announcer voice. I would have wrote it off as just a narrator I didn't like, but her character impressions did not do this. This was a conscious choice, and it weirded me out. That said, all of her characters were fantastic, and distinct. She's definitely talented, but the "narrator voice" she chose, which is most of the story, was almost too distracting for me.
Almost. Still worth the listen!
Exactly as fun as you would expect!
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Incredible adventure
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A refreshing moment of honoring elders instead of always relegating them to being the “wise old woman who imparts knowledge to her youthful grandchild and then dies…and then her body dissipates into ashes or butterflies or whatever”.
I’m not going to go into much detail about whether characters were well developed etc
I do believe that maybe a little more time could have been taken in some places. Not so much because the character was lacking but more because…well…I wanted more.
My own mother is about to be 84. She is in perfect health, takes no meds, has all her own teeth and is full of energy. She has a passel of beloved cats, one of whom is the one who sleeps by her and would go everywhere with her if she could.
Mrs. Perivale could have easily been based off of her and I won’t pretend that this didn’t add to my enjoyment:)
My only major qualm…
I will start with well-earned praise. The narrator does absolutely amazing character voices. She’s an inspiration as I am learning voice acting myself. Just wonderful! Each one distinct and I loved it.
As a student, I did intentionally break myself away from the story enough to really listen to her voices. It is amazing how she made herself disappear and made all these characters appear in her place.
Now for the not so wonderful.
I detest the cadence she chose for the narration parts.
It was odd and as another reviewer mentioned, it’s not quite uptalking, but it’s along those lines. At points, I could hardly listen to it.
I did notice that as the book went on, she did it considerably less and my attention was no longer drawn out of the story.
Maybe she was just trying to find the voice of the narrator but she definitely had everyone else’s voices nailed.
This is a pleasant little fantasy journey with a hero who isn’t a 15 year old “chosen one”.
I have nothing against 15 year old chosen ones, but an old lady as the chosen one?
Take my money, I want to meet her!
Enjoyable
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AMAZING!!!
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I’m probably going to push through it but it is so bad
The Narrator Ruined it!
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A good rainy day read
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Targets the Wring Demographic IMO
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book for kids
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