Helpful Score: 2
If you are considering getting this audiobook, you've probably read the book itself, and therefore know what it is: an autobiography by Leonard Nimoy, best known for the part of Spock in Star Trek. This review will focus only on the audiobook version.
This is an abridged audiobook, but a terrific job has been done at editing the book for recording. This is, by far, my favourite audiobook, and incidentally, based on my favourite autobiography. I've listened to various autobiographical audiobooks, including some read by William Shatner, George Takei, and so forth. In all of those cases, the actual book overshadowed the narrations. Shatner especially tends to read quickly and, in my opinion, rather stoically.
Aside from the content, which I find intriguing, the reason I love this audiobook above all is the affable and energetic delivery. Nothing in this recording sounds "narrated" or "read on tape." Nimoy's voice reflects the emotions corresponding with each story it recites; when recalling vexing times, he sounds genuinely frustrated, and when telling humorous stories his voice carries suppressed laughter.
The narration is so natural and engaging, that I feel like I am listening to the man himself telling me stories from the chair across from mine. I feel as though he is sharing memories, instead of just narrating words off a transcript. This is why this audiobook remains my absolute favourite.
However, even the most engagingly narrated audiobook is only interesting to a listener so long as the subject matter is of interest; if you find Nimoy's work intriguing, particularly his character of Spock, and Star Trek in general, you are likely to greatly enjoy this audiobook - or the book itself.
This is an abridged audiobook, but a terrific job has been done at editing the book for recording. This is, by far, my favourite audiobook, and incidentally, based on my favourite autobiography. I've listened to various autobiographical audiobooks, including some read by William Shatner, George Takei, and so forth. In all of those cases, the actual book overshadowed the narrations. Shatner especially tends to read quickly and, in my opinion, rather stoically.
Aside from the content, which I find intriguing, the reason I love this audiobook above all is the affable and energetic delivery. Nothing in this recording sounds "narrated" or "read on tape." Nimoy's voice reflects the emotions corresponding with each story it recites; when recalling vexing times, he sounds genuinely frustrated, and when telling humorous stories his voice carries suppressed laughter.
The narration is so natural and engaging, that I feel like I am listening to the man himself telling me stories from the chair across from mine. I feel as though he is sharing memories, instead of just narrating words off a transcript. This is why this audiobook remains my absolute favourite.
However, even the most engagingly narrated audiobook is only interesting to a listener so long as the subject matter is of interest; if you find Nimoy's work intriguing, particularly his character of Spock, and Star Trek in general, you are likely to greatly enjoy this audiobook - or the book itself.
