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The Beast of Buckingham Palace
- Narrated by: Joanna Lumley, Fiona Shaw, Andy Serkis, Lizzie Waterworth, James Goode, Nitin Ganatra, David Walliams
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
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- Anonymous User
- 09-15-21
I loved it it was icsiting!
omg loved it so much so cool it was moving and icsiting and so coooool
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- Rob
- 07-02-21
A great story!
A brilliant book!
It is well read and highly entertaining!
The plot is good in that it is not predictable and there are a number of twists in the tale…
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- Eileen O'Neill
- 01-02-20
Violent and sad
Unless your child likes books where children's parents and grandparents are killed in violent circumstances by evil characters, I would steer clear. My nine year old son found it upsetting and asked me to post this review, not a thing we usually do. The only plus point was that the voices were excellent.
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- Lisa H
- 01-31-20
Not for younger children
Quite different to his normal books and not as enjoyable. Too dark for children but too childish for teens or adults. Quite bleak.
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- thedog_uk@yahoo.com
- 01-26-20
utter rubbish
got to say, this has been one of the worse books we have ever listened to as a family. sounds like it's been vomited up.
just get another book. any other book.
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- K. J. Kelly
- 01-08-20
Dark dystopia - target market may feel confused
Dark dystopia, target market may find themselves confused.
2.5 stars.
By 'confused' I mean that readers may wonder if they are in fact reading Walliams, as well as being a little confused as the story progresses. There is nothing amiss about a writer branching out, sampling new genres and moving outside their comfort zone (comedic writing is clearly a genre Walliams can write almost in his sleep).
But my nearly 9-year-old listened along with me and his assessment was roughly similar to mine upon finishing. He just didn't enjoy it all that much. He found it dark and depressing (though there is nothing wrong with this is general), and I'm not sure he followed it completely, whereas usually he is a very close listener.
Set 100 years in the future in a country where most have very little and the Royals are locked away in Buckingham Palace, sickly Prince Alfie finds himself having to step up when his mother, the Queen is taken off to the Tower of London, deemed a Rebel.
There were a few too many elements conflicting for me - a bit of a Secret Garden vibe with the sickly Alfie and another character, the dystopia (actually, very well created, but an incredibly dark world for a typical Walliams reader to be thrust into!!), and the sci-fi element of a 'beast', a griffin, in Buckingham Palace. All with the sinister machinations of a 'power behind the throne' character running the show - and some twists that children will be shocked at and possibly upset by.
As an adult, I didn't particularly enjoy this, but listening as someone who needs to be aware of children's tastes and trends, I can't see this making waves as Walliams' comic efforts have done. While Alfie of course becomes a braver hero than he starts out as, it's a genre (or mix of) that is better suited to the adolescent who can deal with the more mature themes more comfortably. There is a lot here that will puzzle and put off.
I suppose we had a taste of this in The Ice Monster, with a Victorian orphan character, but there is no outright lift of an end, and I don't think I laughed or smiled whilst listening. I did like the cast of actors brought in to voice the characters, not leaving Walliams to take on each role (he narrates). And yes, Raj makes a guest appearance though within the plot, it wasn't as much fun to 'spot' him as it usually is.
I didn't like the Audible version very much, the music used as bookends to chapters was annoying, a little 80s computer-sounding, and I think I'd have preferred to read an illustrated paper copy. I did find myself tuning out a few times, which I try very hard not to do.
While I applaud an author for broadening their range, I just didn't really like this one. While I could read Billionaire Boy or Boy in the Dress again and again, this one isn't likely to be repeated on our school runs.
I'm sure the usual age group are going to be reading this in their droves, but I would recommend an older age range of 10-13 to this title. With warnings of sad/violent scenes and dark/disturbing themes to parents.
With thanks to Nudge Books for providing a sample Audible copy.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-17-20
We loved it
We listened in the car on a long journey and we didn't want the journey to finish, so we could listen to the next bit. So enjoy David Walliams books.
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- Doug Morell
- 01-07-20
the beast of buckingham palace
i thought it was a it strange how Alfred is a poorly boy who struggles to stand con so all that in a few days! 🙁
Over all its a great book and i would read it again in ❤️ hart beat👍🤪
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- MaySnr
- 02-20-20
A...
For AMAING!
A a a a a a a a a unique and awesome lol
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- Dr S E Bennett
- 01-26-20
bizarre futuristic war theme
My 7 yr old enjoyed it. I found some of the war scenes a bit adult, and the story went round in circles a bit with 12 yr old Alfred repeatedly captured and then saved by elderly ladies. found the story a bit bizarre. not as enjoyable as the earlier David Walliams books.
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- Andrew
- 12-10-19
Great story
Loved it it was great fun to read really enjoyed it it was so much better then the other books that David Walliams wrote bye far my favourite I really recommend it to everyone who likes David Walliams books it’s really good fun to listen to and read I really enjoyed it I hope you will enjoy it too
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- Lisa
- 12-23-19
Wow
Wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow Walliams had made a masterpiece with gangster granny but this is unique
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- Api
- 01-11-20
A struggle to get through
We normally love listening to DW audio books on a family car trip but this book did not live up to expectation. It was boring, long-winded and full of death and violence.
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- la
- 04-04-20
A very different Walliams story
We have loved listening to David Walliams stories but this one is for older readers and scared my seven year old. We stopped listening. I would say this is for mature age 10 and above.
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- nick
- 05-20-22
A Work of Art
There is nothing else to say about it. The story was brilliant and there was an awesome cast of narrators that added a nice variety of voices for the characters.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-07-22
WOW AMAZING GREAT
Hi this is really really good it is great
Good good good good good thanks
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- Anonymous User
- 11-11-21
It a great book
It gets pretty gruesome at the end
But overall it probably one of the best book
I have read
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- Anonymous User
- 09-14-21
awesome voice acting
my son loved this. was brilliant. voice acting was so good. like a movie of words
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- Anonymous User
- 08-10-21
Amazing!!!
Omg I haven’t heard all of it but it is amazing!!! I’m so impressed David!
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- Derek Nagorcka
- 10-26-20
I decided to listen to this agin it was amazing;)
amazing awesome cool nice;) ;) I liked this book very much yeah yay yay yay
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- Anonymous User
- 09-28-20
Best book ever
this is the best book I have ever read
All the people that voiced the people were amazing I could really imagine the pictures in my head
It was a really good story it had mystery and it was very exciting It made me want to read more and more I think this was the best book David Walliams has ever made
Thank you thank you thank you
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- Anonymous User
- 09-24-20
Mr 9 not keen
He didn’t like it which I was surprised by as he is a big David Walliams fan! He said it’s a bit boring...