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The audiobooks are atrocious Sidious Send a noteboard - 22/06/2010 02:37:20 PM

I purchased TFoH on audiobook recently to see how it was. I hated it.

While the reader does have a crisp and clear voice, I found the scenes amusing enough to almost lose concentration while I was driving. When a woman speaks he makes his voice high but harsh, and you end up getting a voice much akin to a witch who hisses all her words. When a man speaks his voice becomes ultra-deep and Rand sounds like one of the Olympians speaking through a cloud.

The scenes are also extremely slow, and there is ZERO emotion in the scene. Some of the best scenes in the book felt like cold ice to me.

Does anyone else have an audiobook? I kind of enjoyed the recent chapter we received in audio format, but this was really depressing to hear.
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The audiobooks are atrocious - 22/06/2010 02:37:20 PM 1230 Views
what's the recent chapter? - 22/06/2010 02:50:31 PM 803 Views
Well, that's fairly typical for audiobooks. - 22/06/2010 03:47:23 PM 958 Views
Well, that's not quite how it is - 22/06/2010 11:09:48 PM 824 Views
Re: The audiobooks are atrocious - 22/06/2010 03:16:58 PM 847 Views
Aren't they all? I know the CDs are read by them, too *NM* - 22/06/2010 11:06:19 PM 357 Views
Re: The audiobooks are atrocious - 22/06/2010 03:40:32 PM 918 Views
I like them for when I want to read but can't physically read - 22/06/2010 03:49:58 PM 808 Views
Re: I like them for when I want to read but can't physically read - 22/06/2010 05:45:21 PM 788 Views
Agreed *NM* - 22/06/2010 05:54:09 PM 637 Views
That's when I use them as well. - 23/06/2010 04:51:09 AM 738 Views
Re: The audiobooks are atrocious - 24/06/2010 05:35:40 AM 726 Views
I'm quite the fan - 22/06/2010 04:29:08 PM 823 Views
Re: I'm quite the fan - 22/06/2010 05:24:59 PM 714 Views
Is that the same reader - 23/06/2010 12:33:10 AM 805 Views
Jeez that's frigtening - 23/06/2010 07:09:28 PM 980 Views
It would be, but they pronounce it correctly - 'swan' *NM* - 23/06/2010 10:01:22 PM 733 Views
i dont have the patience for audio books to begin with. *NM* - 23/06/2010 06:42:14 PM 356 Views
The WOT audiobooks are great... - 23/06/2010 06:48:09 PM 754 Views
I've only heard the first few that had a man and a woman switching chapters. - 24/06/2010 02:58:03 AM 716 Views

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