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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 1595 Views
what's the recent chapter? - 22/06/2010 02:50:31 PM 1164 Views
Well, that's fairly typical for audiobooks. - 22/06/2010 03:47:23 PM 1382 Views
Well, that's not quite how it is - 22/06/2010 11:09:48 PM 1214 Views
Re: The audiobooks are atrocious - 22/06/2010 03:16:58 PM 1236 Views
Aren't they all? I know the CDs are read by them, too *NM* - 22/06/2010 11:06:19 PM 572 Views
Re: The audiobooks are atrocious - 22/06/2010 03:40:32 PM 1312 Views
I like them for when I want to read but can't physically read - 22/06/2010 03:49:58 PM 1217 Views
Re: I like them for when I want to read but can't physically read - 22/06/2010 05:45:21 PM 1166 Views
Agreed *NM* - 22/06/2010 05:54:09 PM 1019 Views
That's when I use them as well. - 23/06/2010 04:51:09 AM 1128 Views
Re: The audiobooks are atrocious - 24/06/2010 05:35:40 AM 1082 Views
I'm quite the fan - 22/06/2010 04:29:08 PM 1209 Views
Re: I'm quite the fan - 22/06/2010 05:24:59 PM 1091 Views
Is that the same reader - 23/06/2010 12:33:10 AM 1187 Views
Jeez that's frigtening - 23/06/2010 07:09:28 PM 1444 Views
It would be, but they pronounce it correctly - 'swan' *NM* - 23/06/2010 10:01:22 PM 1104 Views
i dont have the patience for audio books to begin with. *NM* - 23/06/2010 06:42:14 PM 552 Views
The WOT audiobooks are great... - 23/06/2010 06:48:09 PM 1138 Views
I've only heard the first few that had a man and a woman switching chapters. - 24/06/2010 02:58:03 AM 1074 Views

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