[Desertway]

I'm starting to get fatigued with audiobooks in general. This is probably an unpopular opinion, but I don't always want a voice "performance", especially when I'm going back and forth between reading the text and listening to the narration. The narration is likely to be completely different from the tone and characterizations that are happening in my mind while reading.

As audiobooks become more popular they are less like someone reading a story, and more like someone performing a dramatic monologue, which most listeners (understandably) find more engaging. Lately I've been preferring a decent, neural TTS*. Even with it's many flaws, it's more neutral and leaves more room for my own imagination and interpretations.

(*Like Kindle assistive reader on Echo / Alexa app, or Google Play Books "more natural speaking voice" option on it's Read Aloud feature.)