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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 1663 Views
what's the recent chapter? - 22/06/2010 02:50:31 PM 1224 Views
Well, that's fairly typical for audiobooks. - 22/06/2010 03:47:23 PM 1444 Views
Well, that's not quite how it is - 22/06/2010 11:09:48 PM 1279 Views
Re: The audiobooks are atrocious - 22/06/2010 03:16:58 PM 1299 Views
Aren't they all? I know the CDs are read by them, too *NM* - 22/06/2010 11:06:19 PM 608 Views
Re: The audiobooks are atrocious - 22/06/2010 03:40:32 PM 1370 Views
I like them for when I want to read but can't physically read - 22/06/2010 03:49:58 PM 1278 Views
Re: I like them for when I want to read but can't physically read - 22/06/2010 05:45:21 PM 1234 Views
Agreed *NM* - 22/06/2010 05:54:09 PM 1089 Views
That's when I use them as well. - 23/06/2010 04:51:09 AM 1190 Views
Re: The audiobooks are atrocious - 24/06/2010 05:35:40 AM 1146 Views
I'm quite the fan - 22/06/2010 04:29:08 PM 1287 Views
Re: I'm quite the fan - 22/06/2010 05:24:59 PM 1161 Views
Is that the same reader - 23/06/2010 12:33:10 AM 1254 Views
Jeez that's frigtening - 23/06/2010 07:09:28 PM 1512 Views
It would be, but they pronounce it correctly - 'swan' *NM* - 23/06/2010 10:01:22 PM 1166 Views
i dont have the patience for audio books to begin with. *NM* - 23/06/2010 06:42:14 PM 588 Views
The WOT audiobooks are great... - 23/06/2010 06:48:09 PM 1206 Views
I've only heard the first few that had a man and a woman switching chapters. - 24/06/2010 02:58:03 AM 1136 Views

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