Experimented with immersive reading. Did it work for you too?

I’m curious about your experience with immersive reading: pairing a physical or an ebook with its audiobook.

• Did it help you focus or stay engaged with the story?
• Generally, did it improve the reading experience for you?

I tried this with Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and, despite my struggle to connect with the characters, reading it with the audiobook helped me stay focused and made it easier to move through the story. The narrative felt like it took shortcuts and compressed things, and the characters were shallow and unlikable because the writing told me what they felt instead of showing it through scenes and interactions, but the immersive format made it easier to read. I’m actually planning to try this again with Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go (which is my next read).

Just wondering if you had a similar or different reaction.