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Originally Posted by Catlady
I listen to a lot of books that alternate narrators by chapter as the POV shifts. I just listened to Erin Kelly's He Said/She Said, which does exactly that. I think it's generally effective and helps me remember whose version of events I am hearing.
It can get out of hand, though, after a certain point, but I think the problem is with the way the author has structured the story. Paula Hawkins's Into the Water is a mess, with half a dozen different narrators voicing about twice that many characters who have chapters told from their POV. It was hard to follow as an audiobook, but I believe it would have been even more difficult to read the text.
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I don't mind two narrators - male, female - when there's a shifting POV. Makes it easier to remember whose POV I'm currently listening to.
Um, IMO, Into the Water is just a mess altogether with the number of characters in the book. I read the book; didn't listen to it. It was hard to remember who was who. With so many characters I didn't feel like I got to know any of them beyond a very superficial level.