Rose’s 17-year-old obnoxiousness is particularly awesome to hear performed. The performances by Sarah Scott, Natasha Soudek, Susan Hanfield, and Mike Chamberlain truly embody the wonderful rompiness and irony of it all it’s delightful to get to hear the voices of the two main women rivals, Sarah (defending the organization that took her in as a young orphan) and Rose (the deflector leading the attack). Harnessing a beautiful blend of humor, action, and feminism-think Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which is clearly referenced multiple times- The Regional Office is Under Attack! is possibly even more fun as an audiobook than in print. “In a world beset by amassing forces of darkness, one organization-the Regional Office-and its coterie of super-powered female assassins protects the globe from annihilation.” Unfortunately, they are under attack by the only group that could possibly manage it: their own disgruntled employees. By signing up you agree to our terms of use The Regional Office is Under Attack!by Manuel Gonzales Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. Voice actors Ron McLarty and Daniel Oreske in particular give remarkable performances as Wednesday (the lusty and crusty rich con man) and Shadow (the hero who doesn’t quite know how to be one), although others like Oliver Wyman playing a 6 foot tall leprechaun give them a run for their money. This job ends up taking him on a journey across America literally and mythologically. Unfortunately, he discovers she and his best friend have been killed in a car accident, leading him to accept a shady job as a bodyguard for the mysterious Mr. In case you don’t already know the plot(ish): Shadow has just got out of jail and was looking forward to reuniting with his wife Laura. This version is somewhat of a “director’s cut” because it’s a performance of Gaiman’s preferred version of the text, including additional material he was forced to edit out in the original publication. American Godsby Neil GaimanĪlso known as the full-cast audiobook that is so high quality it may ruin all other audiobooks for you, the 10 th anniversary edition of Gaiman’s multiple award-winning classic is legendary. Warning that this novel is not for the faint of heart: as the title implies, there’s plenty of violence, as well as ample swearing and drugs, although none of that is used for shock value. ![]() One character is even a ghost! For non-Jamaican readers like me, the chance to get to hear the Jamaican accent and dialect as they’re supposed to sound is a huge advantage the audiobook has over the print book. The cast of voice actors (Robertson Dean, Cherise Boothe, Dwight Bacquie, Ryan Anderson, Johnathan McClain, Robert Younis, and Thom Rivera) beautifully bring to life characters from American CIA agents and journalists to Jamaican gang members and police officers. In other words, it’s just ripe for a full-cast audiobook treatment. ![]() James’s 700-page novel is epic and complex, with a large cast of characters through whose first-person perspectives he alternatively tells the story. This 2015 winner of the Man Booker prize about the events surrounding an attempted assassination of Bob Marley in 1970s Jamaica is simply stunning in audio. Don’t miss them!Ī Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James I’m NOT including radio plays here.) Got it? Here are 10 of the best full-cast audiobooks. (FYI, this makes full-cast audiobooks different from radio plays based on books, since radio plays are adaptations that make changes to the author’s original words, such as replacing setting description or action with sounds or dialogue. In other words, full-cast audiobooks don’t change any of the words of the original work but they feel more like the book is really happening because you have voice actors performing the roles of specific characters by speaking their dialogue and reading sections from their perspective. The best full-cast audiobooks also sometimes include theme or background music and onomatopoeic noises like a bang or smack, but otherwise they don’t deviate from the book. Also known as fully-casted audiobooks or dramatized audiobooks, full-cast audiobooks use multiple voice actors to play different roles, as opposed to one person only reading/performing the book. ![]() Obviously all audiobooks are awesome, but full-cast audiobooks are next level awesome.
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