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Old 04-17-2011, 11:40 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
But yes, I agree that the narrator can "make or break" an audiobook. Good narrators tend to be professional actors who have the skill to do different voices, accents, etc, for all the characters in the book.
So true! I'm generally put off by an audiobook that is monotonously narrated by its author (though I've only come across this with non-fiction books); it's always way better when the professionals do it.

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