Harry Potter - the full-cast Audible edition

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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!

Me too @IsntItDarkOut

Am almost done re-listening to OOTP.

Do we know if it will be one launch or divided in half like the books?

I don’t want to start anything else as I know it’s soon. Been thinking of relistening to strike but want to wait till this is all done.

Joining in with the bored of waiting.

I am relistening, nearly finished CoS but now I don't know whether I should relisten to all before the final one.

Also bored of waiting. When is launch day? It bloody better not be two books, that would be a money scam 🤣

It’s tomorrow- or under 8 hours for the night owls.

Just one book 😬😎😂

Tomorrow - yipeeeeeee!

It's here! Happy Deathly Hallows day everyone!

I bought it in Feb, it's still processing apparently 🙄

Mine not showing although bought yesterday-just offers a preview?

Is anyone listening to it????

edited t say googled it and there is a reddit post about it-apparently being released in tranches-and to keep trying.

Might still be a few hours 😡

Ooooh there's problems with the tech team and the pre orders. Go to chat to complain @MrsMitford3 , they've given me a free credit

Mine was here when I checked earlier but it was glitchy - jumping. I just tried again and it seems to have resolved itself. There just be a lot of pre-orders!

Now even more annoyed as I didn't get a credit-just a lot of waffle (not the good kind) and mine still showing preview. Annoying way to start the day.

Noooo did you chat to an advisor? Go back on and say you were planning to listen on the way to work/school and you appreciate the technical difficulties but it's spoiled your morning. She offered for me.

I've been listening since about 7am and all is OK here.
Good luck everyone sorting & I hope you are all enjoying this last installment asap

Mine was there at 7am, hope all sorted for everyone soon! I would quite have liked a free credit though 😄

Hope everyone’s is sorted now. I hadn’t pre ordered but did buy it about 6.30 this morning.

Haven’t started listening yet. Still working my way back through OOP.

I am still early on in Order of the Phoenix!
enjoying eking it out.

Not enjoying OOP as much, so far, as Goblet of Fire & Azkaban.

It doesn’t track that Harry’s friends didn’t bring up Umbridge’s torturing Harry with McGonnegal. An uncomfortable self harm angle to that part of the plot. Safeguarding at Hogwarts is poor!

Dislike Kiera Knightly’s voice as Umbridge, so far. Quite like her in most things on screen but her voice sounds too young for the character and recognisable as her. It’d work if the character was younger.

Well the Dobby scene just about broke me!

I've got about 4 hours listening left. I've really loved this one - they've done such a great job with it. I'm not keen on Bellatrix - she talks way too slowly and isn't menacing enough - but otherwise its been terrific.

How's everyone else getting on with it?

I'm not ready for the Dobby scene, I had to stop listening when I was driving before Hedwig.

I am still very disappointed in Harry, he overacts and whines and doesn't convey what the narrator says. But on the whole I am enjoying it.

I always thought it was a shame that Dudley trying to thank Harry was missed in the films.

I can understand Harry being played as a fustrated grumpy teen. He would clearly much rather trying to get his leg over than trying to save humanity.

I like Rita Skeeter, she annoys me, but she's clearly meant to.

The scene between Harry and Dumbledore at kings cross is excellent.

I think Hermione sounds too old sometimes.

Cush Jumbo is still super

Anna Maxwell Martin is Rita!

Ahhhh!!! In full Julia mode 🤣

Ah I didn’t even realise it was AMM. Some of the other voices (particularly mrs Weasley and Trelawney) I just see the actor in my head rather than the character