Because I have lot of chores every day, and I work from home, I blast through audiobooks so much faster compared to print.
I could be working 3-4 hours in one session on my computer and I listen to audiobooks at the same time. So I could finish 12 hours audiobook, which would equal anywhere around 400-700 pages, in 3-4 days. I don't have time to read 100-200 pages every day comparatively.
Even if I put all this aside, I really think some books are enhanced in audiobook format.
I tremendously enjoyed First Law series by Joe Abercrombie, where the characters had different accents and richer personality because of a narrator (Steven Pacey) which I could never emulate while I'm reading.
Good Omens is way funnier as an audiobook. I actually hear Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody playing, something that would never happen if I was reading. (Those who have read Good Omens know that Queen's songs are a something of a theme in GO)
Don't even get me started on Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, that book came alive in all its "britishness" through the voice of Simon Prebble.
I can understand that some people have tried and tested audiobooks and found them not for them to put it mildly.
But those that haven't even seen the thing through (finished at least one book. At least.), are plain stubborn and ruled by their preconceptions. Because, if you don't want to try out something new that is absolutely not harmful for you or anyone else, I would say you're a close-minded man/woman stuck in your habits way too much.
Last year I was also apprehensive about audiobooks so I made this thread right here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=209327
I love audiobooks now and I never looked back.