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I finally switched from audiobooks to print for mystery novels and it's not even close
My book club had a huge debate last month about whether audiobooks count as 'reading' for our discussions. I was all in on audiobooks for a solid year because I could listen while driving to work in Dallas. But after missing three key clues in our Agatha Christie pick because I zoned out on the highway, I grabbed a paperback copy. The difference in catching subtle details and character names was night and day, and now I'm not sure I can go back. Has anyone else found a genre that just doesn't work in audio format?
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shanef341mo ago
Totally agree, multitasking kills focus for anything with a real payoff.
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gavin2281mo ago
Three months into a Dennis Lehane audiobook and I couldn't name a single character outside the main detective. Bought the print version and finished in a week, caught all the little street details and side plots I totally missed. Mysteries and thrillers are DEAD to me in audio now because you need that visual scan to catch the tiny clues authors drop. Comedy memoirs and autobiographies are still perfect for the car though, those I'll never switch back from.
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