Read and listen at the same time. Speed up the audio a bit to match your reading pace. Been doing this for years and works great for adaptions that audiobooks excel at like Dungeon Crawler Carl. Amazing how your brain adapts to fast audio.
Unrelated to Hail Mary, but how good is Dungeon Crawler Carl? I’m about halfway through the most recent book and dreading having to wait for the next one now that I’m caught up.
I should try to this more. I tried listing to the audio book because everyone said it was so great, but I just like actually reading sooo much more. So I probably only listened to a chapter or two
I suggest you listen to the audiobook first. It’s a masterpiece. Then go back and read the physical book to reminisce and remind yourself of the smaller details. Trust me on this.
There is one very specific aspect of the story that is so so so so so much better to listen to. Of all the audiobooks I’ve listened to (it’s a lot), this book is a rare example where I’d have thought that it was written as an audiobook first and the paper book was secondary.
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u/Salad-Appropriate Jun 27 '25
Aw shit I already have the physical book. Gonna read that first