Jane Wilson-Howarth

I like hearing about all the wildlife in this book

Revisado: 08-18-24 El oyente recibió este título gratis

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Madagascar Misadventure is the fourth book in the series by Jane Wilson-Howarth featuring Alex and James adventures as they are travelling through Madagascar because their parents are wildlife activists. I have listened to the previous books as well.
I like hearing about all the wildlife in this book like lemurs and foosa and scorpions for example.
I like that James and Alex and Claude have a sense of humour and I like listening to them banter. Also I like how James and Alex care about each other even though they don't always get along.
I like that it is interesting hearing about the Madagascar culture and curses that they believe in.
The story is enjoyable and the characters face a lot of threat so this makes the reader want to know what happens next.
The recording was done well and is very clearly read.

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intensity of life experience

Revisado: 02-05-24 El oyente recibió este título gratis

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I loved listening to this book. The intensity of life experiences described, the decisions made, particularly the courage to go against medical professional advice and society's norm, was admirable and humbling! The adventures described, trekking with the children up the Himals was especially awe-inspiring. Also impressive was the way the author documented her feelings, the details with which she observed Nepal (the sounds, colours, textures....). And her amazing humour! In the middle of grief and despair, the sounds of birds, dripping water... communicating to her. The narration was excellent.

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exciting adventures and information about Nepal

Revisado: 01-09-23 El oyente recibió este título gratis

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I have listened to the audiobook version of Himalayan Kidnap after listening to Himalayan Heist which is another book in the series set after this book.

 The book is about brothers Alex and James whose parents have been kidnapped and their adventure to save them.



Himalayan Kidnap features an accompanying PDF (just like Himalayan Heist does) with beautiful wildlife pictures that the author took herself and short informative writing about the photos. The photos are all related to events in each chapter. They help with setting the scene and are very interesting to look at.



I like the relationship between Alex and James. They care about each other and look out for each other even though they annoy each other. I like how much Alex and James care about their parents and the lengths they go to help them. It seems like a complete role reversal children rescuing their parents and I thought that was nice.

They have very exciting adventures and have many problems to solve and situations to overcome in order to help their parents. I like how clever Alex is and how knowledgeable he is about Nepal, nature and animals. Learning some of what he knows and how it helps them on their journey to help their parents is very interesting.

 Also there's lots of information in the book about Nepal that I didn't know, such as mentions of the religion and landscape and wildlife that's very interesting to me reading it but it's still written in a very accessible way that is fun to read and easy to understand and the factual information does not detract from the plot.



The book leaves me wanting to read more of Alex and James' adventures.

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enjoyable, fast-paced and easy to listen to

Revisado: 01-08-23 El oyente recibió este título gratis

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I listened to the audiobook version of this book.

 This is the second book in the series. I have listened to the first and third books in the series. 

I enjoyed hearing about how James and Alex met Bim. Bim is a Nepalese character and helps Alex and James save their parents.


I liked how the characters James and Alex are very mature and know so much and also are very brave. I like James’ character a lot more from reading this book than I did previously in the other books.


The story is set in Nepal. I found it very interesting how corrupt parts of the country were in the story that Alex and James could not get any help from the authorities for a lot of the story.

 I enjoyed listening to the information about Nepal, its wildlife and culture. I found it interesting to learn about what mountain sickness is.


As with the other books in the series this book also comes with an accompanying pdf with pictures relating to the story which is great and the reading is great on the audiobook as well.

 It is fast paced, easy to listen to and understand but also introduces the listener to possibly new places and themes which I personally have not read about outside of this series.
I would recommend it.

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Well read, easy to understand and enjoyable

Revisado: 08-16-22 El oyente recibió este título gratis

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From looking at the cover of the book I wouldn’t normally have chosen to listen to this audiobook. However I am pleased I did.



It is very interesting learning about Nepal and the characters surviving in the Himalayas. I didn’t like James's character because he farts a lot at the beginning and is mostly talking about food at inappropriate times. However I liked Alex's character and I liked the other main characters. I liked how Alex was so knowledgeable about animals and plants and ecological and animal welfare.



I think Jane’s voice is really good and the book is well read and easy to understand and enjoyable to listen to. Her reading is a lot better in my opinion than some other audiobooks I have listened to on audible and the library app.



The photos in the accompanying PDF really help the listener to visualise what some of the things and places in the book would look like and is a helpful addition. On the PDF I learnt that Jane had taken most of the pictures herself and written what they are.

This validates her knowledge of Nepal and the animals and culture.

This book has an enjoyable story but also a serious animal welfare theme and interesting setting.

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