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Harry Potter - the full-cast Audible edition

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TheNeighboursComplain · 04/11/2025 09:38

Has anyone started this yet? The first book was just released today.

I'm only a couple of chapters in, and I really want to love it, but I'm not blown away so far. The narrator is good; I do like her voice - it's a nice and soothing voice. I really like the cast voices, but their voices are too quiet and sometimes quite tinny sounding. The sound effects can be really distracting, and too loud - it's quite hard to hear the cast voices over them. I'm hoping it improves!

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Blueuggboots · 14/04/2026 23:03

I’m really enjoying them.

LetMeJustCheckMyCitrusPocket · 14/04/2026 22:29

Was a lovely surprise to see the Audible notification this morning... can't wait to dive in!🙂

Civilservant · 14/04/2026 21:06

The pronunciation in the films is what was jarring.

flagpolesitta · 14/04/2026 20:39

Agree about the ‘Voldemort’ pronunciation being a little jarring. Also ‘ku-nuts’ for the money.

flagpolesitta · 14/04/2026 18:19

Just started book 3! It’s getting me through so much housework

MrsMitford3 · 14/04/2026 13:16

ASongbirdAndAnOldHat · 14/04/2026 12:50

I can't wait. I have under 2 hours of the last one. Have downloaded HBP can't wait.

Haha me too!!!

ASongbirdAndAnOldHat · 14/04/2026 12:51

Although I do hope Harry is a little less petulant. I didn't read his lines like that.

ASongbirdAndAnOldHat · 14/04/2026 12:50

I can't wait. I have under 2 hours of the last one. Have downloaded HBP can't wait.

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TheNeighboursComplain · 14/04/2026 11:56

RobinEllacotStrike · 14/04/2026 09:21

I'm in the PM's office 😁

I really think they cocked up the HBP film splendidly and I'm really looking forward to this version.

The PM's office is such a perfect scene 👌

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RobinEllacotStrike · 14/04/2026 09:21

I'm in the PM's office 😁

I really think they cocked up the HBP film splendidly and I'm really looking forward to this version.

RafaistheKingofClay · 14/04/2026 09:13

Happy half blood Prince day.

This is my second favourite of the books after Azkaban.

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TheNeighboursComplain · 14/04/2026 06:49

Happy Half Blood Prince day everyone!

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TheNeighboursComplain · 14/04/2026 06:48

MrsMitford3 · 13/04/2026 11:31

Now I can't stop.
I guess I feel like if a word was said one way in the films and previous audio books then I can appreciate that if it is actually wrong then they need to change it but the changes really stand out to me and I lose the moment a little-especially now as I feel like I am listening for them.
Why didn't JK tell them how she wanted them pronounced in the first place?

Today's annoyance-and unless this is a real thing then why change pronunciation from Wizard Gamm-AH-t to Wizard Gammit?
Did a wizard complain??

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Did a wizard complain??

GrinGrin

The pronunciations were really jarring to me too, and I didn't really like books 1-2 because of that (and also the background sound effects). But the other day we watched a couple of the films, and I was muttering to myself "Volde-MOR" whenever a character said "VoldemorT" so I guess I've accepted the new pronunciations now!

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TheBeaTgoeson1 · 13/04/2026 11:50

Draco sounds like a 20 year old in book one.

They aren’t as nice to listen to at bedtime as the SF version.

Some of the characters are a bit screechy.

MrsMitford3 · 13/04/2026 11:31

Now I can't stop.
I guess I feel like if a word was said one way in the films and previous audio books then I can appreciate that if it is actually wrong then they need to change it but the changes really stand out to me and I lose the moment a little-especially now as I feel like I am listening for them.
Why didn't JK tell them how she wanted them pronounced in the first place?

Today's annoyance-and unless this is a real thing then why change pronunciation from Wizard Gamm-AH-t to Wizard Gammit?
Did a wizard complain??

ASongbirdAndAnOldHat · 11/04/2026 20:18

Thanks for that @frenchnoodle didn't know either of those things. Love MN for stuff like that.

RafaistheKingofClay · 11/04/2026 19:16

i see the silent T as correcting the incorrect pronunciation in the films/previoud audio books.?

frenchnoodle · 11/04/2026 17:55

Voldemort with the "T" silent has always been correct, it's dodgy French. Vol de Mort; to out run Death.

It's said like the mort in the word "mortgage".
Which is a pledge (Gage) until death (Mort)

MrsMitford3 · 11/04/2026 17:29

DeltaVariant · 11/04/2026 17:23

I think I’m in the minority who hate it. Particularly as in the films they say Voldemort and in this they don’t pronounce the t and it bothers me irrationally.

I have found a few of the different pronunciations jarring.

Voldemort is so weird to change and I also posted this upthread-

Two other weird changes in pronunciation-
they now say "ARITHmincy" almost like one syllable instead of Arith-MANCY
and ParVATI is now Parviti

who decides this stuff???

DeltaVariant · 11/04/2026 17:23

I think I’m in the minority who hate it. Particularly as in the films they say Voldemort and in this they don’t pronounce the t and it bothers me irrationally.

ASongbirdAndAnOldHat · 11/04/2026 14:47

@MrsMitford3 I agree about Lily, but I also find some of the other minor characters (classmates etc) are quite poor, one especially sounds like an adult putting on a child voice, really affected.

I forgot how annoying Harry was in Order of the Phoenix, no wonder Hermione always sounds so frustrated.

RobinEllacotStrike · 10/04/2026 21:13

michelle Gomez is spot on isn’t she!

MrsMitford3 · 05/04/2026 22:00

Agree with lots of the casting opinions above-

weirdly found Lily Evans very small part stood out for how awful she was.
So wooden-sounded to me like she had never seen the lines before she read them off the script!

Reminds me that the small parts are important to keep production values up-and that it shows when they don't!

HollyGolightly4 · 05/04/2026 19:19

I think Snape is great

And totally agree about Umbridge!

AnotherEmma · 05/04/2026 14:18

I was never really a fan of Kiera Knightley but I agree she's fabulous as Umbridge.

I'm not such a fan of Snape as I think Alan Rickman's Snape was just perfection.

Love James McAvoy as Mad Eye Moody, though! And Michelle Gomez as Professor McGonagall.