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The Secret Island
- Secret Stories, Book 1
- Narrated by: Joshua Higgot
- Series: Secret Stories, Book 1
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Action & Adventure
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In Enid Blyton's very first full-length adventure novel, meet siblings Peggy, Mike and Nora. They live with their cruel uncle and aunt and long to escape, so when their friend Jack takes them to a secret, deserted island, they run away to live there.
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- Danielle Maria
- 22-04-19
Devastating
I will try to convey how utterly disappointed I am with this audiobook.
As a child I was a huge Enid Blyton fan, and The Secret Island was my absolute favourite book. I still have the extremely tattered copy I first read, and it is a story that I have introduced to many children over the years. I think the themes of independence and self-sufficiency are incredibly empowering for children, and the imagery conjured up sublime. This is Blyton at her best.
I used to have an abridged version of this book on tape, read by Jan Francis (who perfectly narrated the Famous Five series). Sadly this was eaten by the tape player a long time ago. I had requested this book on Audible, and so I was very excited to learn that it had been recorded. I still cannot quite believe how badly it turned out.
Joshua Higgot is simply not suitable as an audiobook narrator. All of his female voices sound the same, like an ancient pantomime dame! The whole performance lacks emotion, and the wonder and beauty of the story has been lost.
In stark contrast, Blyton's Adventure series was released on Audible at the same time, but recorded by Thomas Judd. Oh my goodness what an incredible narrator! I was never very interested in the Adventure series, but Judd absolutely brings it to life. He is one of those rare performers who allows you to be carried away by a story, without jolting you back to reality with jarring voices or strange pronunciation. I am delighted that he has further recorded the Five Find-Outers series with which he will have you howling with laughter!
My advice is if you love, or want to love The Secret Island, stick with the book. The rest of the Secret series is not great, and I think this book works best as a standalone.
For Blyton audiobooks to enjoy I thoroughly recommend the Famous Five books (read by Jan Francis not Ann Beach) the Secret Seven series (read by Sarah Greene, not Esther Wane) and the Adventure series and Find-Outers series read by Thomas Judd.
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- sinbad4england
- 16-11-20
Lovely story terrible narration !
This was a lovely children's adventure full of daring do, , but the narrator was so poor it spoilt what could of been a really good listen .Who does quality assure the readers ? It is very Enid Blyton lots of 'top speed ' and constantly hungry kids .If you can get past the narrator kids of all ages will enjoy the romp
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-03-22
PLEASE UPLOAD THE JAN FRANCIS VERSION
From his sticky saliva to lack of emotion. I can’t even listen to it.
Please upload the Jan Francis audiobook of this wonderful story. It was magical from start to finish. This is just so bad.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-02-22
This is amazing 😉
I love this book it is amazing but the only issue is that you can never put it down so sometimes I either snatch it or listen to it on Audible !!!
I recommend it to anyone who is a fan of Enid Blyton
Or ADVENTURES
I LOVE IT 🥰
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- Munro Bastianelli
- 17-03-21
Give that narrator a drink of water!
Classic story, brought me back to my childhood. It’s very difficult to ignore the narrator’s constant swallowing though...
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- miss catherine macneil
- 31-07-18
A great read
Typical EB book. Fun, exciting and a happy ending. What's not to like! Can't wait to read the next one.
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-04-21
Daughters loved it!
I loved this book as a child and now my twin daughters have loved listening to it too. The Narration is lovely, I just wish the rest of the series was available on Audible!
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- 4 Stanton Court
- 13-03-21
It's acceptable
it is quite nice at bedtime, but they don't do much and it isn't that fun to listen to
By Jake age 8
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- Anonymous User
- 03-08-20
Brilliant
A very lively group of children clever and mischievous running wild all with different skills that all came in useful, on a long deserved island.
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- Jonathan
- 20-04-20
Good old fashioned adventure.
Cannot recommend highly enough. This was the book that gave me a love for the outdoors which has lasted a lifetime and it was lovely to listen to this again with my nephews.
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- Andrew Clarke
- 13-02-22
Loved it
I’ve listened to this book over and over I could never get sick of it, it’s amazing!😄