Rachel Aranda's Reviews > The Princess And The Goblin

I would give this book a 3.75 rating. I really liked the writing style of Mr. MacDonald. It was lyrical but not silly or too dark like most fairy tales. My enjoyment the story of this book was hindered by the little slow pace at times. If I were rewriting this story, I think I might speed up the pace and make it a little more packed with action if I was writing this book in the current time.

I have mixed feelings about whether I would read a follow-up of this book. Truthfully, I want to see Curdie and Princess Irene as a couple when they are older but it isn't absolutely necessary to have another book just for this sole purpose. Neither book in this duology is long so I might go ahead and read the second one.

As for changes I would make for this audiobook, I would probably choose a different narrator or make it a multi-narration audiobook. The reason for this is that some of Ms. Heldman's narrated voices were too similar and squeaky to listen to. This is a reason it took me much longer to finish this audiobook. Maybe if she used her normal voice I would give her another shot but I'm not sure. The best voice she narrated in this book Great Great Grandmother Irene when she wasn't using there normal voice. If someone asked if they should just buy this audiobook, I would say to get a print or digital copy to read along with this audio copy. I did and it helps with the enjoyment. Don't be afraid to speed the book up either. It greatly helped me.