Why does nobody talk about the debate over audiobooks vs print in book clubs?

Last month my book club read a 400 page mystery novel. Half of us listened to the audiobook version and half read the physical copy. We got into this huge argument about whether audiobooks count as "really reading" or not. My friend Sarah said she felt like the narrator's voice colored her whole opinion of the main character in a way she couldnt shake. The print readers argued they caught more details because they could flip back pages easily. I was on the fence until I tried both versions for our next book. What side does your book club fall on for this issue?

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lily36013d ago

Does the narrator's voice actually change how you feel about the book's characters?

hannah_williams13d ago

Did the narrator add a weird accent or just totally different energy to the characters? My club had the same fight, so we started doing a mix - half the meeting is chat about the story itself, then we talk separately about how the format changed things for people.