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I find audiobook performances are usually quite bad or cheesy. Even the ones that people rave about. I also find radio plays, or podcasts with full scripts, the
by beezlebroxxxxxx 2y ago
I find audiobook performances are usually quite bad or cheesy. Even the ones that people rave about. I also find radio plays, or podcasts with full scripts, the same way.
I also find them simply boring to listen to, even the ones of books I love. It feels very passive and I'm always slightly annoyed that I can read significantly faster than the wpm of an audiobook (speeding up an audiobook ruins the performances).
- senectus1 2y agothe cheesyness really depends on the narrator. Personally I have a fondness of a few select narrators. One guy who is increadibly talented is Jeff Hayes. He's almost ruined audiobooks that aren't narated by him for me...
- tstrimple 2y agoCompletely agreed re. Jeff Hayes. I've enjoyed to some terrible books more than I should have because he narrated them. He definitely leans more towards performance than just narration though and he does an excellent job of it. I stumbled across a cold read of his for DCC book 5 and the way such different voices flow smoothly out of the same face messes with my head. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ54CpkUoaM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ54CpkUoaM