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Listening to Go Gentle by Maria Semple right now, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, and I’m really struggling with the narration.

The main narrative voice has this very raspy, whisper-like, almost grainy quality that I find super distracting. What’s strange is that when she switches into character dialogue, she sounds much more natural and varied, so it seems like a deliberate choice for the narration itself.

I’ve heard her in other audiobooks and didn’t love it, but this one is really not working for me.

Curious if anyone else feels the same, or if there’s a reason behind this style that I’m just not appreciating?

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