Thoughts: Harry Potter 2 Audiobook

Click to see my review of HP Sorcerer's Stone Audiobook.

Making my way through the HP series on audiobook :) Here's my thoughts on the second:

-either someone complained, or they just realized Hermione's voice was creepy in the first book, because I noticed a marked change in her voice that was far better and much less annoying. Bravo!

-AMAZING. BRILLIANT. FANTASTIC STORY.

-I gasped quite a few times out of shock, and was white-knuckled during the climax, so no excitement lost. (it's unabridged if you were wondering... so its basically just like reading it)

-I kept thinking throughout how perfect the voices of the characters were. Jim Dale is excellent. Once I finish HP, I'm going to see what else he has narrated.

-again, it's not like someone reading you a story, it's like someone telling you a story, but far more exciting than when your friends do it ;) haha jk.... but really.

That's about it. I'm falling in love with the HP audiobooks, because I don't really have time to read the big fat things as well as other book I want to, and I've found the audiobooks to be quite brilliant and amazing. Really. 

I know some of you don't believe me.

*gives up*

Thoughts on Harry Potter 1 Audiobook

A little while ago I was thinking how awful it was that I hadn't read the Harry Potter books. Before you murder me, here's my reason: normally, if I read the book first then see the movie, it ruins the movie for me. So I decided to wait until all the movies came out.

Who knew it would take a hundred billion years?

So I decided that, yes, I'll go ahead and read them, why not? But as I looked at that biiiig book sitting on the shelf, and then thought about all the other books I needed to read, I shied away.

And then I thought: ...audiobook.

I had been wanting to listen to an audiobook, so there was my opportunity. I got the HP1 audiobook, downloaded the CD's, and listened to Harry Potter. 

Thoughts:

-The reader was fantastic. It wasn't like someone reading you a story, it was like someone was telling you a story.

-The voices were perfect, and actually very similar to the movie (I've been meaning to look at which came first...)

-Oh, voices were good with the exclusion of Hermoine--she always sounded very quiet and whiny and slow. (i.e. my favorite was: "Oooooooooh, Haaaaaarrrrrryyyyyy"

And no kidding. Sound that out, and that's what she sounded like)

-But I have to forgive the reader, because Hermoine is a girl, and our reader is a guy.

-It didn't lose any emotion that I would have gotten from reading the book. 

-As a story, it was fantastic XD just thought I'd add that

-Everything was still very exciting

-I didn't tire of the voice of the storyteller, and am now listening to HP2, told by the same guy.

So if you haven't tried an audiobook, I really suggest anything by Jim Dale--this was wonderful!