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The Magic Cottage
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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A young couple finds a dilapidated but still-idyllic cottage in Hampshire's New Forest and quickly move into their dream home. However, before long, strange occurrences begin to disturb their little paradise: ominous sounds from the attic and shadowy figures lurking among the trees. Narrator Kris Dyer builds an easy rapport with listeners as Midge and Mike settle into their home, then slowly infuses tension and anxiety into his performance as the couple cross paths with a cultish group with sinister intentions. Listeners will continue to feel the chill of this horror story long after they have turned it off.
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The nightmare home. We thought we'd found our haven, a cottage deep in the heart of the forest. Quaint, charming, maybe a little run-down, but so peaceful. The woodland animals and birds couldn't have been more neighbourly. That was the first part of the Magic. Midge's painting and my music soared to new heights of creativity. That was another part of the Magic. Our sensing, our feelings, our love for each other - well, that became the supreme Magic. But the cottage had an alternative side. The Bad Magic.
What happened to us there was horrendous beyond belief. The miracles, the healings, the crazy sect who wanted our home for themselves, the hideous creatures that crawled from the nether regions, and the bats - oh God, the bats! Even now those horrible things seem impossible to me. Yet they happened...
James Herbert was one of Britain's greatest popular novelists and our #1 best-selling writer of chiller fiction. Widely imitated and hugely influential, he wrote 23 novels which have collectively sold over 54 million copies worldwide and been translated into 34 languages.
Born in London in the forties, James Herbert was art director of an advertising agency before turning to writing fiction in 1975. His first novel, The Rats, was an instant bestseller and is now recognised as a classic of popular contemporary fiction. Herbert went on to publish a new top ten best-seller every year until 1988. He wrote six more best-selling novels in the 1990s and three more since: Once, Nobody True and The Secret of Crickley Hall. Herbert died in March 2013 at the age of 69.
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- ABC
- 09-12-19
Good first two-thirds
Unfortunately, let down by a weak finish, overabundance of hyperbole in an attempt to scare.
Narration excellent and helped sustain interest.
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- Barbara Grant
- 19-02-22
What a Shame
Really good story spoilt by the narrater. Who managed to sound bored and totally flattened all the excitement and subtle jokes were lost.
The female part sounded like Boy George'. Awful.
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- J.Summers
- 12-03-22
first James Herbert book I every read
lovely to listen to it as well. I have read and listened to this book several times , be er disappoints.
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- David
- 28-10-20
Great
Great listen. thank you for a great, entertaining listen till the very last words. but I have already listened to many of this authors books now.
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- markyb
- 29-09-15
loved this book from start to finish .
loved this book from start to finish very enjoyable and easy to follow . Enjoy most of James Herbert ' books and this one is right up there with the rest .
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- Miss S.
- 03-07-21
Enjoyable
I've listened to quite a few James Herbert books and enjoyed most of them. This was along a similar vein of overly long descriptions of terror etc etc but I'll forgive him that. Only problem was that I read some of the other write ups and someone mentioned how his girlfriend sounded somewhat "Julian Clarey" and I had that in my head all the way through. Still, pretty good narration to be fair.
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- MR JOHN FISHER
- 07-12-20
kept me interested
a good book hard to put down once you start it kept you thinking all the way through
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- Robert Ward
- 14-09-18
Narrator Absolutely Rubbish
I must admit to being a big James Herbert Fan, I have read almost every book he wrote, also i have most of his audio books but on Cassette or CD including this one (Narrated by Robert Powell), so i joined Audible to update my collection..... This is in my opinion one of the worst Narrators I have heard and spoiled an otherwise very good book.... Very disappointed
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- maria
- 21-03-22
Nice story. Narrator spoiled it for me though.
The very frequent pauses following words, by the narrator, were very annoying.
Great story though.
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- meeshy
- 26-05-22
magical
My mum used to read parts of this to me when I was younger and now it's one of my favourites. magical, scary and brilliant. Best part is Rumbo
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