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Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun
- Narrated by: Thom Rivera
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
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Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun
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Publisher's Summary
New York Times Best Seller!
Fans of dark fairy tales like The Hazel Wood and The Cruel Prince will relish this atmospheric and absorbing audiobook based on Guillermo del Toro’s critically acclaimed movie.
Oscar winning writer-director Guillermo del Toro and bestselling author Cornelia Funke have come together to transform del Toro’s hit movie Pan’s Labyrinth into an epic and dark fantasy novel for listeners of all ages, with enchanting short stories that flesh out the folklore of this fascinating world.
This spellbinding tale takes listeners to a sinister, magical, and war-torn world filled with richly drawn characters like trickster fauns, murderous soldiers, child-eating monsters, courageous rebels, and a long-lost princess hoping to be reunited with her family.
A brilliant collaboration between masterful storytellers that’s not to be missed.
“Perfectly unsettling and deeply felt, this reminded me of the best kind of fairytales wherein each chapter is a jewel that, when held up to the light, reframes how we see the world around us.” (Roshani Chokshi, New York Times best-selling author of The Star-Touched Queen and Aru Shah and the End of Time)
“A fearless and moving adaption of the film, and a gorgeously written, emotional, frightening parable about the courage of young women amid the brutality of war.” (Michael Grant, New York Times best-selling author of Gone)
What listeners love about Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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- Langer MD
- 2021-05-27
I Really Need to see this Movie
This book is spectacular. If the movie is anything near as good, it is well-worth a couple of hours of my time. This novelization of a brilliant screenplay portrays a real-world scenario (life among the Resistance in Franco's fascist Spain).. but it also weaves in a fantasy story (a princess of the Faë unknowingly trapped in our dimension). The ambiguity (are these events really happening? or part of a little girl's realistic imagination? or both?) is intriguing. This is a captivating story.
Thom Rivera does what I would call a "passable" job reading the text. His voice is resonant, clear, and easy to listen to.. and he delivers excellent tone and cadence. He furthermore reads with a slight Catalàn accent that lends authenticity to the chosen mode of presentation - it's as though Rivera is reading a bedtime story. His pacing, however, is *terrible* (I had to speed playback to 1.25X to make up for a plodding reading rate).. and the repeated pronunciation of 'Mercedes' as "Maer-th-ed-ez" is technically correct, but gets grating after awhile.
Despite slightly subpar narration, this whimsical book rates 8 stars out of 10. If the visuals are faithful to the descriptions laid out by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke in this book, the movie must be marvellous.
[*Please Note: There are scenes of torture, sadistic violence, death, and gore in this story - don't buy it planning to listen to fairy tales with your kids - this isn't Hans-Christian Andersen (or even the Brothers Grimm)]
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Rachael
- 2019-07-05
Wow. The movie was beautiful, the book, genius.
Del Torro's movie was beautiful, well-acted, a cinematic masterpiece of storytelling. The book, however, goes even farther, sharing each fairy tail behind the blooming story in a way that makes every part of it so much deeper. Aside from the beautifully done weaving of an amazing magical world, the writing itself is magical and enticing. I'm adding this to my list of all-time favorites.
23 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Blue Zion
- 2019-07-29
Magical. Beautiful. More please.
I have loved this movie for years, but Guillermo del Toro + Cornelia Funke is pure magic. It's hard to imagine the cruelty that was endured during the Franco era of Spain but del Toro's story makes it palpably personal with one of the worst villains in story telling history. This fairytale is pure Mexican and Spanish folklorico surrealism. It's a story that feels as though it was handed down by my grandmother, leaving me always to decipher what was true and was fantasy. This audiobook might be even more magical than the movie.
Edit because I forgot to mention the narrator! Thom Rivera is SUPERB!
17 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Steven Miele
- 2020-02-11
Words can’t describe how amazing this book is
This might be in my top five for favorite/best books I’ve ever read/listened to. I couldn’t put it down; a true genuine masterpiece. I loved it. So addicting and so captivating; I was drawn in instantly. I must admit when the film came out I was like eh; Spanish film have to watch it in subtitles; no real desire. Then the book came out and I was like I wanna read this. The narrator was over the top amazing from the voices to just the way he read. Made this story that much more enjoyable. He was a perfect choice for this book. So anyways I Figured let’s take a shot with this one; amazing from start to finish. I will actually make time and watch the film now because it’ll be easier to follow even with the subtitles. I definitely definitely definitely recommend this book if you enjoy fantasy, fiction, and/or just really great stories. I cannot say enough good things about this book; I love the feeling you get when you finish the last page and a smile creeps across your face. You know you just engaged in something remarkable. People; go get this book; but it, rent it; whatever your thing is. But DEFINITELY READ/LISTEN TO THIS BOOK!
8 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Yin
- 2019-07-08
True To Movie
My first screenplay to book adaptation and it doesn't disappoint.
There were bits that sounded dubbed over, otherwise it'd be a 5 star rating.
7 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Isaak
- 2020-11-12
Faithful to the Movie
The movie made me cry. The book made me cry. Pan's Labyrinth, in which the selfless daughter of a poor tailor, Ofelia, stole my heart and ears as I listened to the mini short stories within the book, the best one being the tale of the child eater (toward the end). It brought all of the prior mini stories together. You don't learn anything new, but you gain more understanding as to how the characters became what they were in the movie (and in the story). I wouldn't let small children read this, but it does speak to the inner child in me that believes in magic even when it's dark throughout the tunnel of reality until just at the very end.
5 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Joel Nernberger
- 2020-05-12
Great narration. Great extension of the movie.
Good narration. I haven't seen the movie in years, but this brought it back and gave the back story I never got with the movie, which helps make it a much more memorable story.
3 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Kristopher Brandt
- 2019-11-13
Fairy tales and monsters are real
Beautifully written and adapted, Guillermo del Toro never fails to transport is into his fantastic worlds. He is one of the most magical story tellers and creative minds, and his monsters are truly beautiful, and often views his villains as mankind, not the monsters. I believe in Monsters. I believe in Guillermo del Toro.
Narration is perfect, writing is perfect. Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun is perfect.
3 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Blaise
- 2019-10-05
Helps to understand the movie better
I loved this movie so when I saw this novelization I purchased it. I listened to it during a recent backpacking trip. This was very close to the book with the addition of multiple fairy tales which help to explain how the tasks were developed. Now I want to watch the movie again as I had missed details described in the book. Fun listen. My only criticism is the narrator's accent was occasionally difficult to understand.
3 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Christine Cochran
- 2020-04-28
One of the best stories ever told
Thank you Guillermo and Cornelia for giving us this gift of a story. The movie was already perfect, so they could’ve just given us the screenplay in book form. This goes much further than that and gives us a deep and enriching experience, filling out the fairy tales surrounding the main story and bringing it all to magical life! Will definitely be listening to it over and over from now on. Pan’s Labyrinth is beautiful and I love it!
2 people found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Jeffrey veals
- 2019-08-14
A HUGE Letdown
For those who have never seen this movie, you may want to disregard this review. It is a wonderful, intriguing, and horrifying story that takes you on a journey that I doubt you've read before.....
Even as I'm writing that, I'm having trouble keeping my real opinion locked away. I have a huge problem with this book, because it could've been filled with detail, more story, and description. In all honesty, though, there were a few things here and there that were not in the movie, but it's like a copy/paste of the script (except in English of course). My suggestion: go rent or buy the movie, because it is incredible and the visuals are beautiful, terrifying, and WAY better than anything you'll get from this book. Trust me! I've only said that one book and one trilogy was better (or just as good) in film version. Suzanne Collins' 'The Hunger Games' series was poorly written, so I always say that those movies were better. The film, The Hours, in my opinion, was just as good as Michael Cunningham's novel. All I'm saying is that in almost all cases, I enjoy the book far more than the film/TV show. Unfortunately, 'Pan's Labyrinth' was a waste of my time.
The book, and I'm being pretty harsh here, is getting a D- from me. As far as narration goes, I felt like he was putting on an accent. It wasn't the worst thing I've ever heard, but nothing to shout about. Thom Rivera's narration is getting a B-.
2 people found this helpful