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Dale does a wonderful job bringing these characters to life

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2017

t was wonderful revisiting this story. The last time I did a reread was when I bought the illustrated edition and of course, it all started with me looking at the beautiful illustrations and the next thing you know I was lost to this world. Honestly, it never gets old.

Rowling’s writing is marvelous from pacing to her ability to express the character’s emotions. I know there are folks who have not yet read the series (gasps). I, of course, cannot recommend them enough regardless of format. The movies are brilliant, but only scratch the surface of what the books and audios have to offer. If you love Harry Potter but have never tried audio, this is the perfect time to listen.

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Airborne

Stephen Fry > Jim Dale

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2021

Jim Dale's character voices were no where near as good as Stephen Fry's and I immediately went online to find the older audio books.

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Airborne

Stephen Fry > Jim Dale

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2021

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Jim Dale's character voices were no where near as good as Stephen Fry's and I immediately went online to find the older audio books.

46 people found this helpful

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Dale does a wonderful job bringing these characters to life

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2017

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Karen Compton

Loved

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2020

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I loved listening to this book! I read the series years ago and have seen the movies, but listening brings them to life again😄 I just wish the series was included in my kindle unlimited membership. The other books are way to expensive to listen to, so this will be my only one I’m afraid. I still loved listening to Book 1!

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Juss B

I finally decided to read them but felt better about the audiobook

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2018

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My wife is the big fan of series.
I finally decided to read them but felt better about the audiobook.
I have watched movie couple of times over years and feel although the movie is well made and mostly true to book but are no match.
Book does excellent job building excitement around new and magical things before revealing them.
Characters are very well defined and a lot of extra stuff in books if you are like me and have just watched movies.

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DanCraChe

Great

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2020

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I watched movie 🎥 but never read the book. This is a great audiobook. Hopefully there’s whole series

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wayne t.

Delightful

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2019

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Excellent story and the narrator made it even better. I have avoided these books because I thought they were too young for me but I truly enjoyed this! Will definitely listen to more!

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2018

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I've read the books but now can listen while driving. Makes trips fly by.

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Stampin Frau

Fantastic narration

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2020

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My kids and I listened to this audiobook. Not only is the story captivating, but the narrator is absolutely amazing changing voices for every character that sound authentic and make the story come alive.

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