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[quote=Anonymous]I haven't found this to be the case at all for me. There are certain books that I don't think work particularly well as audiobooks. For example, I tried listening to Little Women and there was way too much dialogue, so listening to the constant "she said" got repetitive. But I've listened to other "classics" recently (One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Scarlet Letter, Don Quixote) and found my comprehension to be a lot better than when I tried to read them as physical books.

The narrator can have a lot to do with engagement and comprehension as well. There are some narrators who just read in a monotone, or they're fine, but I don't particularly care for their voice and that turns me off to the book.

As for taking more time, that obviously depends on your reading speed and time. I can read quite quickly, but I don't often have the time to sit down these days with a book. BUT, I can listen to an audiobook on my commute or while I'm making school lunches for my kids, so I finish audiobooks much faster than I read, simply because I can't devote the time to picking up a book in the same way I can press play on my audiobook.[/quote]

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