You’re Doing It Wrong – A Defense of Audio Books
I recently posted a review of a James Bond book on Goodreads. In it, I briefly touched on each of the stories in the book, makingcomparisons to the previous Bond novelsand to the film franchise. It wasn’t anything amazing as far as reviews go, just the thoughts of a reader reflecting on a book. Because I had listened to the audio version, I made a final comment about the narrator’s performance.
No big deal.
Within a few hours, I received this reply: “Impressive summary. Well-formatted and exp...
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I totally agree with this entire sentiment. I read both printed pages, and I listen to audiobooks, and I can tell you right now, that neither outshine the other. In fact, I have caught things in listening to an audiobook that I missed on reading the printed version, and vice versa. To say that any medium of literature is "better" than any other just shows your own ignorance. The written word is art, and like art, it is shown in many different ways. Would you say that the Mona Lisa is inferior because DaVinci used oils instead of watercolors? Would Rodin's Thinker be classified as inferior to Michaelangelo's David because ole Mikey used marble and Rodin used bronze? One can have a preference, but to say that one is better than the other simply because of the medium is just stupid at best.