This is a review of JUST THE AUDIOBOOK. To see the book's review, click here.
With audiobooks you have a number of factors that can influence whether they are enjoyable. There's features --like music--, recording quality, 'reader' quality, and how well the book adapts to be read.
I used my children --boy and girl, currently 7 and 9-- and myself as the test audience. And what I found led me to give this 3 CD collection a middlin' rank.
First, I should say that Danny Campbell does a good job reading. His voice is very pleasant, and while the first portion of the story is told in a rather unemotional tone, he soon warms to the material and by the end I found that I liked him quite well.
The reason I gave the audiobook only 3 Stars is because I don't think this is the best book to read aloud as there is too much description of weaponry and the forest and how civilization varied so much in the 1700's. In the latter case, the author does a wonderful job in explaining that at the same time there were men with powdered wigs and silk clothing and fine educations, that there were also men in America who lacked all but the crudest education and who could not enjoy the company of even a few other people. And this doesn't translate as well when heard as when read.
I really liked this book. I thought it was not only a good adventure, but educational as well. Gary Paulsen knows his stuff. BUT, it's a book I would suggest children read themselves rather than listen to.
Pam
Somewhere in the X-burbs
Woods Runner - audio
- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books (January 12, 2010)
- ISBN-10: 0385738846
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- Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen (2010)
- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
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