audiobook rambling
Jun. 26th, 2025 07:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marcicatA recent audiobook was WAY more of a journey than I expected, and it went something like this:
*oh, here's one to try, it's only 4 and a half hours long; that seems good
*I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M NOT EVEN ONE HOUR INTO THIS IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GONE ON FOREVER ALREADY
*am I bored enough to stop listening?
*ooh, but I'm mildly interested in what happens
*[trying to explain it] 'there's a volcano! and there was just an avalanche! by all reckonings, this book SHOULD be exciting, but somehow it isn't!'
*okay, I only have an hour-ish left, and I'm now moderately interested in how this is all going to wrap up, because it feels like there's a lot of plot to resolve and not a ton of time to do it
*[checks time remaining] hang on, now there's less than five minutes left?????
*oh, so they're just... not going to resolve the plot, okay, that's cool too
*sometimesthe best a way to end a story is to just stop writing
*it was what the author wanted! (I guess? I don't actually know how published books work.) I genuinely love that for them! it wasn't my favorite book of all time, but I sure did have an experience, and I appreciate that!
*oh, here's one to try, it's only 4 and a half hours long; that seems good
*I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M NOT EVEN ONE HOUR INTO THIS IT FEELS LIKE IT'S GONE ON FOREVER ALREADY
*am I bored enough to stop listening?
*ooh, but I'm mildly interested in what happens
*[trying to explain it] 'there's a volcano! and there was just an avalanche! by all reckonings, this book SHOULD be exciting, but somehow it isn't!'
*okay, I only have an hour-ish left, and I'm now moderately interested in how this is all going to wrap up, because it feels like there's a lot of plot to resolve and not a ton of time to do it
*[checks time remaining] hang on, now there's less than five minutes left?????
*oh, so they're just... not going to resolve the plot, okay, that's cool too
*sometimes
*it was what the author wanted! (I guess? I don't actually know how published books work.) I genuinely love that for them! it wasn't my favorite book of all time, but I sure did have an experience, and I appreciate that!
