I'm surprised that these works are on audio. I was thinking the other day how difficult these would be to do in an audio format. The changes from external to internal dialogue (often italicized in the text) in particular must be difficult. How does the audio book differentiate these? I feel like it would work better as an audio play or audio theater with different voices for different characters. Is it confusing to listen to?
The changes from internal to external dialogue are mostly handled through different cadence, tone, pauses, etc. It works surprisingly well but does take a little bit of time to get used to. Might be really confusing for people who haven't read the books before listening to the audio. Not sure I'd use them to try and introduce people to TSA.
And yes, it's
amazing that the audiobooks exist at all, and that it looks like we'll end up with the complete series.