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Hekla’s Children
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Horror
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- Mair
- 22-08-21
Stereotyped
I really couldn’t listen to this. The writing is very stereotyping and the performers voice comes over as one of those plummy annoying middle class English teachers. Not fir me.
3 people found this helpful
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- Bertie
- 05-09-21
great start
great start, but for me this really lost its way in the last third of the book, to a point this became difficult to keep up with as I started to stop listening due to the randomness.
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- Sheila
- 04-09-21
Brilliant Story
Really good fantasy, I would highly recommend. Set in contemporary times and pre history. Very believable characters and fascinating interpretation of ancient lives.
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- Victoria Elizabeth
- 29-08-21
Two listens advised!
Finished and immediately started it again as was left with far too many questions. Second round turned it into 5 stars for me as had a clue what was going on 😂 and I loved it!
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- Ellis
- 06-08-22
okay
took me a month to finally wade through it. Too reminiscent of the superior first Mythago Wood novel to really sustain my interest. this is the second of this author's books which I've listened to on Audible and already I can detect trademark tropes which he returns to time and again across the two novels and which I suspect are there in his other works too. the constant swearing is tiring too. I can swear like a docker and even I felt it was overkill and nothing more than a lazy attempt at being 'edgy'
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- TrickstersDaughter
- 25-07-22
Absolutely great
I loved this. I’ve enjoyed all of James brogdens books but this one especially. Hints of James Herbert without the meandering forecast and much more story to it. Hope another one is one the way soon
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- Raymond Docherty
- 17-07-22
Good, maybe great, but the twists are too much.
I enjoyed this book a lot, but (can't say too much without giving the story away) the twist in direction/setting/character focus was too much for me. It was like 3 separate ideas tacked together and some of the changes in direction seemed to me like they were for the sake of appearing clever or unexpected, but to the detriment of the story's credibility. I felt a bit cheated having invested in one character for so much of book, for those aspects to have then been irrelevant. e.g. For example, what was the relevance of the Tinkerbell scene?
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- Eclipse
- 30-06-22
Excellent
Really enjoyed this listen,
very original, great story, very well read.
Has a bit of everything, supernatural horror, alternative realities, strong emotion and a sprinkle of spice,
big thumbs up from me, will definitely look at other titles from this author.
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- Plymouth girl
- 27-06-22
unexpectedly good
the main protagonist of the story is pretty unlikeable however the supporting characters who are my opinion are the real hero are actually amazing. the story is gripping even though it's completely and utterly far-fetched
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- Hugh
- 18-06-22
Not quite sure what happened to the main character
Bizarre. But good. Great narrator. A few odd accent shifts to the keen ear though.