Trevor Noah narrated Born a Crime in exactly the tone you would expect. I had read the book before it was chosen for book club, so I listened to it the second time. You can hear his delivery while reading, and no one else could have read it as well.
(I'm making notes of the good narrators)
Weir seems to have one character voice, so his POV characters sound exactly the same from book to book. If you can get past that, Hail Mary is fun, if a bit too long.
Yes, I enjoyed the science fun of Hail Mary, but some sections could have been far more concise.
Also excellent, is Rob Inglis reading The Hobbit and all of The Lord of the Rings. Also good for very long trips and for re-reading in troubled times.
I just recently started Axiom's End and so far I'm really enjoying it, but I'm having some difficulty dealing with the fact that this is an AU period piece set in *2007*. (My assumption that the year is significant because it puts the existance of smartphones and the 2008 financial crash in the book's near-future, but mostly there is no way 2007 was long enough ago to be a setting for a sci-fi AU.)
That’s way too specific and recent. I am intrigued but bewildered
Also checking for narrators y’all have mentioned. Adjoa Andoh, the best part of Bridgerton, is fantastic with Pride and Prejudice and also does Ann Leckie’s books, as well as many books I don’t know but am now tempted to listen to…