#ScribesAndMakers 6 Sept: Have you ever listened to an audiobook where the reader had a good voice, but not the 'right' voice?
Audiobook voices are super hard to get right. Or rather: very easy to get wrong. I don't know that there's one 'right' voice, but there are a lot of ways to get it wrong.
Most audio narrators are fine. A few are brilliant (looking at you, Dan Stevens). Some are actively annoying.
The first audio book I really enjoyed was Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. I don't>
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