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Ring of Bright Water
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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- YvetteP
- 10-10-20
Not for those sensitive to animal death
I’m sure this is a wonderful and well written book, however I could not enjoy it or finish it. I am very sensitive when it comes to accounts of animal suffering and death and found this book upsetting. I was advised there was more and worse to come so gave up the story during the first chapter.
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- Jem16
- 19-01-10
magical
This is my favourite Audible download so far. Gavin Maxwell's wonderful prose had me completely enthralled, his story is beautifully and evocatively descriptive without being sentimental, and the narration is faultless. It ended too soon and I'm only sorry that the further two parts of the trilogy do not seem to be available in audio format, but I have bought the book.
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- Flower
- 13-01-17
So wanted more
I so wanted more....I wanted to know how this new Ottar continued to live & thrive with him there.
Great notator lovely voice. So worth a listen
Thank you
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- Jason
- 14-12-20
WARNING! to all who love animals
Overall a mediocre story with animal cruelty and unnecessary killing of wildlife.
The only redeeming feature is the Otters themselves. But even they are badly treated.
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- John Hayes
- 06-02-11
Ring of Bright Water - Very bright
I really enjoyed this, mainly because the quality of the narration and the story of a life so isolated and remote it almost took you to the cottage and the countryside...you could smell it!
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- Revsy
- 22-01-23
Loved it!
I have seen the film several times and has had a mark on my life. However I’d never read the book itself. So glad I’ve got round to it now.
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- 14-11-22
Rural Scotland At Its Best
It is tough, it is worth it, it is Scotland. To bond so well with nature and community in a time when rural life was much harder than today is inspiring.
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- Paul B
- 24-06-22
Beautifully evocative story of a genuine connection with the wilds
Moving. Authentic and completely unselfconscious.
An absolute tonic.
Makes me yearn to return to the northbof Scotland with all its raw majesty.
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- james walker
- 15-01-22
Some Like it Otter
Although I have misgivings about keeping wild animals in a Chelsea flat ( not least because of the noise inflicted on the neighbours) and although I resent toffs able to indulge their eccentricities, I absolutely loved this memoir and the gentle spirit of the author. I recently saw the film - a very different narrative but equally as enjoyable - and so immediately downloaded the book. Maxwell's descriptions of landscape and life in a remote part of Scotland are so evocative and heartfelt as is his love for otters. I can't stop thinking about the woman who passed away in debt and whose creditor leant her stuff on tick knowing he would never be paid back or the naive geese that follow Maxwell on a hunting trip!
Special praise should be credited to the narrator David Rintoul who is not only the perfect casting for Maxwell but who has a calm, polite and nuanced voice that I could listen to forever.
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- Darren Adam
- 20-11-21
Otterly charming
A primary school teacher read this to me as child It's stayed with me since.
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