Audiobooks discussion: Best narrators, listening speeds and more

Additionally, the voice! What’s the purpose of listening to Tom Hanks learn Ann Patchett’s “The Dutch Home” if he seems like he’s on helium? Ha, I do know, you’d have to show that knob means up for that. However actually, I desire listening to the narration the best way the voice actor and producers supposed us to listen to it. The size of the pauses, the pitch and the pacing are all a part of the expertise, no? I wouldn’t take heed to Yo-Yo Ma enjoying Bach’s cello suites at an accelerated velocity, so why would I accomplish that with, say, Roald Dahl’s narration of “Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing facility” (which is superb, by the best way)?