
Stoneheart (Stoneheart Trilogy, Book 1)
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Narrated by:
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Jim Dale
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By:
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Charlie Fletcher
A city has many lives and layers. London has more than most. Not all the layers are underground, and not all the lives belong to the living. A 12-year-old boy named George Chapman is about to find this out the hard way. On a school trip he's punished for something he didn't do. In a tiny act of rebellion, he lashes out at a small carving on the wall - unexpectedly breaking it off. And then something horrible does happen: a stone pterodactyl unpeels form the wall and starts chasing him. George is already running before his mind starts trying to tell him that this is impossible!
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I was looking for some light fare, something I wouldn't have to think too hard about. And that's just what i got. Kid's stuff,I know but Jim Dale is a great narrator, and if you like the Harry Potter books, this one is worth a listen. Make no mistake, Harry Potter is tough to beat. And while this was a good book, it was not Harry Potter.pretty good
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Is there anything you would change about this book?
I love Jim Dale's narrating, so I thought I'd give the book a try. The narration is wonderful, but the story drags.What could Charlie Fletcher have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Some of the problems the kids ran into could have been left out to get the story moving. Maybe the story shouldn't have been planned to span several books.Which character – as performed by Jim Dale – was your favorite?
My favorite character was the Gunner. Jim does an excellent job of creating voices that stay with you.Was Stoneheart worth the listening time?
For me, no. I was on a long drive, so I listened. But personally i felt the story moved too slowly. I did enjoy the narration, though.Any additional comments?
More Jim Dale narrations! He is excellent.Not so thrilled
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It is worth noting that, for a book that is supposedly for kids and features a 12-year-old hero, there is some language that you might find inappropriate for children. You'll find instances of 'bast***' and 'what the h***' for example. It's certainly not a book I find appropriate for my wife's second-grade classroom (which is one reason I was listening to it).
The reader, Jim Dale, is pretty good as always.
I'm sorry I already bought the sequels in the kids book sale. Now I have to listen to them. Maybe the next one is better...
Average book. Some inappropriate language.
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Wonderful Story
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Intriguing story & a great audio performance by Jim Dale
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I am hooked
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Intriguing Story
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I guess because of the time limit Jim Dale felt like he had to race through telling the story. For the first time ever I had to slow down the speed of a story because it felt like Jim Dale didn’t know how to pause after a period. I was afraid it would slow his voice and make the story difficult to listen to, but when I changed the speed to 0.80 it felt like Jim was finally speaking at a normal reading pace without distracting from the story and there was no distortion. Once finished change the setting back to normal (1.0) otherwise the next book will probably be read too slow.
I thought it was interesting that a handful of words in this story one would find in the HP books. Maybe those words stood out because of the narrator. I was relieved that there were a limited number of speaking characters because then each character definitely had their own voice and I didn’t have to guess who was speaking.
Fast paced by narrator...might want to change
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A Fantasy Lover's Delight!
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The premis of the books is around a London most of us cannot see and how two human children can. They are hurled together in this otehr dimension of London where all the statues are animated and divided into very clear sides. The main Villan is quite comparable in the evil stakes to Voldemort and the the evoluation of the main protagonist is most enjoyable. The back up the children receive from the Gunner, a war veteran still speaking and acting from is time frame is the biggest lightening rod conducting the reader to anchor to these set of books.
It does seem to have an super long, never ending, chase going on. But it is peppered with so many characters and different twists and turns it keeps you interested and invested.
I will never feel the same when I walk around London or any big City with statues again.
Fantastical
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