Excellent readingDecember 5, 2008 5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this for my son but have also enjoyed listening to it myself. The reader has a good reading voice (nothing like Julian Clary as another reviewer has suggested) and also does pronounce the names correctly - he uses the now generally accepted Heracles rather than Hercules and this has confused some people.
BEST TALKING BOOK EVERJanuary 31, 2008 2 out of 4 found this review helpful
At once i loved this Talkingbook It was a brilliant find and i really loved it
DisappointingNovember 9, 2006 22 out of 31 found this review helpful
I was so disappointed by this audio CD. The actor has a voice similar to Julian Clary and mispronounces some of the characters names! It could have been done a lot better. Graphically gruesome in places, my rising 6 year old had nightmares. The Greek Myths are much loved in our house. We have books and audio books and this is the first disappointment.
Keeps the kids happy on long car journeysAugust 2, 2006 48 out of 48 found this review helpful
We purchased this CD on the basis of another Amazon review and weren't disappointed. Ths kids (aged 8 & 6) love the stories (Heracles, Theseus, Perseus, Jason and the Argonauts among others) and the CD is requested on every car journey! It's a painless way of getting a bit of knowledge/history into us all. The stories are re-told in modern language with some music thrown in for effect at key points, which all adds to the effect. The narrator has a pleasant voice (important when these CDs are played repeatedly!) and even though we all know the stories backward now, enjoy them still.
