ELY: Audiobook comments

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

I mean, forget the audiobook. Who does the publisher blurb at the end because I want that guy to read me stories.

(Sounds a little like Armie Hammer but I don't think he does many audiobooks? Anyone who listens to a lot happen to know?)

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Jenny (Reading Envy) wrote: "I mean, forget the audiobook. Who does the publisher blurb at the end because I want that guy to read me stories.

(Sounds a little like Armie Hammer but I don't think he does many audiobooks? Any..."

GAH I should have done my own research, well if you have the same experience, I am not the first to ask. Who has the golden voice?

[Ian (RebelGeek)]

Was it the same voice that did the intro?
I believe that was Stefan Rudnicki

Edit: Okay, so I should've clicked on your link. Ha!

[Ian (RebelGeek)]

I found the computer parts of the audiobook quite horrible. I think this audiobook should have been done with a full cast or perhaps someone more androgenous sounding. Oh well, I liked the story despite the audiobook.

[Lee]

this is one of the few S&L pick where I wish I did a hardcopy. if no other reason than I wanted to flip back and check similarities in the different stories. I think that would be important to understand the symbolism like the owl and elk. I enjoyed the narration but really need the ability to cross reference certain things.

[John (Nevets)]

I'm about an hour away from finishing the book via audio, and so far I have quite liked the narrator; Jamye Meri Grant. From a quick look on Audible, I don't believe she has done any other narrating, but I liked the various voice acting she did. I actually thought she sounded a lot like Sonequa Martin-Green from Star Trek: Discovery, and I like the way she tells stories on there as well.

The computer parts were a bit odd, they sounded quite a bit like Doctor Who Daleks. to me. With the processing and added static, I think that may have been more the sound the director or engineer were going for, then the choice of the narrator, but who knows.

A full voice cast, or even a male and female narrator would be interesting, but I think it is meant to be a bit indifferent to the sex of the charcters, and keep the reader guessing a bit, so I think it works fine for this. Reminds me a bit of the movie Orlando in regards to that, although it has been quite some time since I've watched it.

I agree with Lee with with the repetition, the stories are almost like a repeated theme in a long poem. And would benefit from looking back on. And that is much more difficult with an audiobook.

[AndrewP]

Same here, I'm finding the audio book pretty horrible.

[[deleted user]]

I haven't got very far with it, and I'm not getting into it...the computer voice is a bit too much.

[Veronica, Supreme Sword]

I can't imagine listening to this one in audio, honestly. But I loved it on Kindle!

[Joyce]

I had absolutely no problem with the audiobook. I liked the computer part because it let me know things were going to change again, so I was prepared and interest to find out which gender and/or name will be changed. I found the narrator to be fine, but then I always listen at 1.5x because otherwise the books are read too slow. Perhaps that is the problem most people are having?

[Ian (RebelGeek)]

I listened at 1.25x which is my usual. I supposed the code parts might have been a little less abrasive an normal speed, but I'll never know.

[Trike]

I didn’t have an issue with the audiobook, either.

[[deleted user]]

I actually really liked the narration. The binary parts were a bit weird but not terribly distracting. I'll admit at first I was distracted by the hard 'g' at the end of any words ending in 'ing'. But I learned to love it.

The only times I really wished I had a physical book was when they did the refrain of "Four were good friends, two were more than friends..." I felt like I was supposed to be able to tell who they were talking about but I could often only identify a handful of them.

[Jenny (Reading Envy)]

Tom almost made it sound like I was a big complainer about the audiobook on the last podcast. I didn't really have any opinions about the narrator, just thought the code parts were abrasive at a fast speed. So much that my usually forbearing husband was like, "Can you use headphones or something?"

[Maclurker]

I ended up using an Audible credit and did the audio-book. I thoroughly enjoyed it & thought the narrator did a great job.

I agree this book is probably better in hard copy. The changes in the narrative and points of view were hard to follow just listening. I had to really pay attention or rewind. The code parts were jarring , mostly because they were louder than the surrounding text (actually woke me up a couple times), but were useful in signaling an upcoming change. So I didn't mind so much.

[[deleted user]]

I would have definitely enjoyed this book better in print than trying to listen to it at work. But I am proud to say I did finish, and actually enjoyed the story, despite my rocky beginning.

[AndrewP]

I just didn't like the narrators voice and tone, it had nothing to do with the code segments. Some narrators just don't click with some people so I don't think it's necessarily a problem with the performance itself. Other people obviously thought it was great. Not every narrator can be amazing for everyone.

As for the code segments, I didn't mind them at all while listening. After finishing I reflected on the book and wondered, how a super advanced, far future, hand wavium, AI sounds worse then the AI's we have today?

[Leesa]

I thought Grant did a wonderful job. I liked the robot narration at the breaks.