Jacob Shymanski

You're the only person I wanted to talk to about Harry Potter, you know.

You've listened to all four, I presume.

Thoughts right now?

It's so much fun and I think it's important to mention that you can tell that there is so much heart and work that's been put into it.

It's not just a soulless big budget thing.

You can tell that the people care.

I am amazed at the sound design especially.

It must have taken absolutely hours.

The performances are mostly really good.

Almost fantastic, I would say.

And that's partly because there are some big names in here.

And even the names that you don't recognize give you really awesome, super fun performances that lean into the whimsy of Harry Potter.

This is not an edition that takes itself super seriously.

I think they have a really good interpretation of the text and the tone.

And that all blends into the way the sound design is put together and combined with the performances is awesome.

And we're talking big names too, like Hugh Laurie as Albus Dumbledore.

Hugh Laurie is the guy who played House in House MD amongst other roles.

He is an interesting interpretation of the character of Abbas Dumbledore.

Very different from the movies.

And I'm going to admit to you, Rania, it's been really hard for me to compartmentalize the movies from this full cast audiobook edition.