A great little book

I have fond memories of this book, having read it as a youth. I come from Manchester and know the areas mentioned in the box and I even remember the map signs that start the adventure off.
It's a faithful reproduction of the paper copy and it is well read.
The story is very atmospheric and it is one of my favourites. I have no hesitation in recommending this for all ages.

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Great story but

The kids’ accents were a bit hammy. I’ve read this book many times and cannot imagine their accents like this, sorry

Excellent

Brilliant reading of a fantastic story. I love books but am lazy at reading. I remember this story from junior school back in the day.

Great reading of a classic

This is great story, a classic of its type. It's an assured performance that maintains the wonder felt when first reading

Wonderful story blighted by Audible’s self advertising, again!

Great story, spare, precise but with room to breathe. Terrific vocal performance throughout.

Almost ruined by Audible’s self advertising abruptly butting in right at the end with little room to reflect on the performance, STOP DOING THIS, AUDIBLE!!

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Elidor

This is a great story but I wish the narrator had not attempted to impersonate children's voices - they really detracted from the magic of the story.

A low Fantasy Masterpiece

Far better than any of Alan Garner's other books. Vivid, exciting and wonderful. Works at several levels and
nostalgically evokes growing up in 1960s Manchester

Enjoyable

Like all Alan Garner books at times this was hard to follow but on the whole enjoyable.

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Ending is not as good as I would have expected

Obviously I don't want to give any spoilers for anyone pursuing this book, but what I will say is I expected a better ending if I am truthful. The story took a lot to get into but when it did get into it it was fine unfil the end, by which point I was left thinking "is that it, that was a boring ending"