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A review by justjonsbooks
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
3.0
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Only really downloaded this because it was free on Audible and not very long. Each chapter is a short tale commonly told to young witches and wizards in the Wizarding world. They are also followed up with some analysis of the meanings and interpretations behind them by Dumbledore himself. Nothing too deep, but it added a lot of useful context and extra info.
The last tale of The Three Brothers was my favourite since I already knew it well from the final books/films - The origin of The Elder Wand, the Philosophers Stone and the Cloak of Invisibility. So it was cool to learn a little more about that.
Production wise, I liked the fact that they got some of the actors from the movies to do the narrations of each tale, for example Jude Law as the younger Dumbledore we see in Fantastic Beasts. It adds a nice touch to the performances. Also the music and sound effects used within the tales were fun, though it probably didn’t need them.
Overall it was decent for what it is, some of the tales may not be very memorable but for a lil 2 hour listen I can’t complain. It reminded me a bit of the Norse Mythology audiobook I finished not long ago. Also all profits from the audiobook go to a children’s charity formed by J.K.R so that was nice to know.
Only really downloaded this because it was free on Audible and not very long. Each chapter is a short tale commonly told to young witches and wizards in the Wizarding world. They are also followed up with some analysis of the meanings and interpretations behind them by Dumbledore himself. Nothing too deep, but it added a lot of useful context and extra info.
The last tale of The Three Brothers was my favourite since I already knew it well from the final books/films - The origin of The Elder Wand, the Philosophers Stone and the Cloak of Invisibility. So it was cool to learn a little more about that.
Production wise, I liked the fact that they got some of the actors from the movies to do the narrations of each tale, for example Jude Law as the younger Dumbledore we see in Fantastic Beasts. It adds a nice touch to the performances. Also the music and sound effects used within the tales were fun, though it probably didn’t need them.
Overall it was decent for what it is, some of the tales may not be very memorable but for a lil 2 hour listen I can’t complain. It reminded me a bit of the Norse Mythology audiobook I finished not long ago. Also all profits from the audiobook go to a children’s charity formed by J.K.R so that was nice to know.