Opinions on audiobooks?

I coulda swore we had a thread on this :joy:

Anyway what do you think of audiobooks? I think they can be quite relaxing, I used to listen to an audio of peter pan before I went to bed. (A Paddington bear one too).

I can struggle to keep focused on them sometimes but mostly I think they’re rad.

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I like them, they are pretty cool! In high school I didn’t read anything, I never had time so I had to listen to every book, I’m grateful for them hahah
It is relaxing to listen to a book and do something on the side!

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Im dyslexic so I mostly listen to audiobook instead of reading regular books. For me they are much easyer to stay focused on

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Personally, I don’t enjoy audiobooks as much as reading them myself. I like imagining the characters’ voices in my head and not some random person reading it for me :rofl:

And most of the time, the reader talks super slow (and if you speed it up, it sounds weird)

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I try to listen carefully but end of getting distracted, which is quite ironic because I love listening to podcasts :joy:

I’d rather read them myself because the reader talks wayyyy too slow, and then when I’m reading along I start getting way ahead of the reader, and it irritates me that the reader is not reading what I’m reading in my head. If they talked as fast as I do in my head, then I’d probably like them more :woman_shrugging:t5:

Idk I just don’t really see the need for them if you’re like me, someone who enjoys reading and reads quite quickly anyway. I think an audiobook would only put me to sleep, and it’d take a lot longer to finish the book relying on the audiobook than just reading it myself

I’ve never listened to audiobooks, but I don’t think I’d like them. I need to be able to read it and see the words in front of me. I take the information in better that way.

audiobooks are rad, they’re great to listen to while you’re in the car or doing school work :eyes:

personally, i prefer reading books on my own. i think the narration is too slow for me, especially when i’m reading a book for homework or to do an assignment. also, i tend to focus a lot less when it’s an audio book

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they’re a rad concept but i legit can’t focus

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