Currently listening to a series and they switched the narrator and my God, it akways takes a while to get used to it, but there's just certain things that itches my ears the wrong way. And it's perfectly normal things, but I can't help but really dislike them, hence me being a snob. Like a lisp, or that the pronunciation of 's' is too sharp. Too nasal or high-pitched. Or if they make weird changes to their voices for females/male characters. Speaking without inflection, or too much inflection, or like they're always asking a question or are out of breath.
As for the awakening, I keep thinking to myself that they shouldn't narrate books. I'm a fucking asshole really. I should be glad there even are audiobooks available.
by breadnbed
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I’m the same with online courses. I always listen to the promo before deciding if I want to spend my money and time listening to this person, regardless of the content.
I feel the same, a bad narrator can ruin the experience. I was most recently listening to “Chlorine by Jade Song” and while I loved the main narrator it had certain chapters narrated by a second one and she was awful and didn’t fit the character at all.
The audiobook of “Icebreaker by Hannah Grace” is also borderline unlistenable because of the male narrator doing all of the female character’s dialogue in a horribly bitchy nasal voice
A good reader makes so much difference. To the point where I will click in to all the books he or she has read on Libby and just pick books I wouldn’t have otherwise chosen. (Side note: I really wish Libby would let me set favorite lists). Conversely, there are perfectly fine books I haven’t been able to finish because the reader drives me crazy.
Weird post, are you looking for validation? You’re allowed to dislike things. No one is going to hunt you down.
I recently finished an audiobook and I was irrationally peeved at the narrator mispronouncing momentum, especially, and heretic. I understood what they were saying, but I actually took time out to note the words in my reading journal. On large block letters so I can instantly remember how much I hated it every time I glance at the page.
This is such asshole behavior lol