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Title: Count Karlstein
ISBN: 0307286002
Author:
Philip Pullman
Publicate Date: 2006-04
Publish: 2006-04
List Price: $30.00
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Audio CD
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1: Pretty good.
This was a pretty good book. Nothing on my top shelf list or anything. It was kind of slow in some parts and with my ADHD it was hard to keep my attention at times. :p Overall on a 1-10 scale I would give it a 6 meaning above average. Not as good as "His Dark Materials" but worth getting if you have a road trip to take and need something to keep you occupied during the drive.
Chad.
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2: Great! A true classic!
We enjoyed this story on a five hour car ride - three kids under 14 and one adult. We thoroughly enjoyed it!
Count Karlstein is a classic fairytale with hints of Faust, Hansel and Gretel (The Brothers Grimm), and Charles Dickens. The story has a lively combination of characters both straight and comic. The audio version is clear and well portrayed with a cast of 8 actors.
Count Karlstein is a villain who is the sole remaining relative of a pair of orphan girls. These girls, though young, are thoughful and resourceful. But some evil plan is underfoot. How do the maid, her impetuous brother, the lawyer, the magician, the constable, the Englsih teacher, the silly lovers, and the deamon work to thwart each others efforts? Read or listen on!
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3: This was a good audio book
This book was funny because there were a lot of characters who had silly names like Roliopolio and Snivelwurst.
I liked when Charlotte found a wooden head that she named Herr Woodenkopf and carried it around everywhere. It tricked people into thinking it was someone's head and that was funny.
I really liked Charlotte and Max and Eliza. They were the good guys. I did not like Zamiel the Huntsman, he was the bad guy and so was Count Karlstein.
I liked that everyone in the audio book has different voices so it is kind of like listening to a real show.
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4: Count Karlstein
I liked this book because all the different characters had their own voices. I liked Charlotte best because she was smart. And I also liked when Lucy was the princess in Dr. Cadaverezzi's show. It was funny when Max's girlfriend Eliza kept calling his coach horn a trombone. And then he made his coach horn shoot a pea and he shot it through the mayor's hat by accident. There were a lot of silly parts in the book because some of the grownups weren't so smart. Charlotte, Lucy and Hildi, who were the kids, were the smartest people in the book I think.
I would recommend this book to other kids. It was funny and a little scary but everyone is OK at the end except for the bad guy.
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5: Witty gothic satire but not Pullman's best
A parody of gothic melodramas,COUNT KARLSTEIN, could be confusing to the presumed target audience of upper elementary and middle schoolers. The book is told from the viewpoint of several different people and Pullman's writing here is not as well delineated as in his later books. Lots of characters are quickly introduced and I found myself thumbing back to remind myself exactly who was who, especially in the beginning chapters. The plot is over the top and exciting with lots of fun surprises revealed in the closing chapters if the reader is patient enough to wade through the rather cumbersome beginning.
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