It's the poetic beauty of the writing that really makes this stand out. It would be 'Prepare to be bored' it just wouldn't work (as the BBC found out) as, well tbh, given that it's 22hrs long, not much actually happens. If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be? The characterisation of the grotesque dramatis personnae is fantastic - his Prunesqualor is hilarious, Nanny Slag pathetic and twins dumb. What does Saul Reichlin bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book? It's a poetic family saga that seems to be a link between Dickens, Stoker & Carroll and Monty Python, Harry Potter and just about every 80's Goth album. Well, you can't really - I'd always assumed the GG trilogy was a fantasy, LOTR type thing, but it's not. What other book might you compare Titus Groan to, and why? It's an absorbing world that the audiobook transports you into - beautiful stuff! Terriffic audio performance, bringing a wide range of characters to life. Where does Titus Groan rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far? I have found it one of the ultimate experiences that a novel can give - to be lost in another world, be transported somewhere else in time and place, to visually see, to emotionally feel, and I can not imagine a better spoken performance than that given to us by Saul Reichlin. He has been able to add more to it for me.ĭid you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? He has brought the characters and particularly the language to life in a way that I don't remember from reading it myself. Having listened to the Millenium Trilogy also read by Saul Reichlin I knew I could trust listening to him throughout this Trilogy - and I was more than impressed. What about Saul Reichlin’s performance did you like?

I've read some of the Amazon comments relating to book/kindle version - their reviews are better written than I can, echoing having read it as a child many times and being absorbed by this world created by Peake that can not be compared directly to anything else written.

Would you consider the audio edition of Titus Groan to be better than the print version?

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