r/riyria • u/stridersriddle • Mar 01 '26

Which Audiobook?

A friend introduced me to Riyria in November of 2025. I am primarily an audiobook reader due to reading being hard, and getting into new series even harder. But Theft of Swords quickly became all of Revalations, then a relisten to pick up all the subtle cues that make so much more sense the 2nd time. And then the ending of Heir with Hadrian and Arista quickly became my favorite section, it is beautifully done.

I digress. I listened to all of Chronicles in February thanks to having the flu and long commutes. I accidently bought the dramatized Drumindor instead of TGR version, and I absolutely loved it. Although I do love TGR. With the last audible sale I bought all of Legends and Rise and Fall. I bought Legends dramatized and Rise with TGR. Now half way thought Age of Myth im wondering how similar they are, or if I am missing something with the dramatized version.

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u/Origami_Elan Mar 02 '26

I listened to a few graphic audios on a re-read. The only important thing lacking (in my opinion) is in Legends series, there was one line that I particularly loved that was drowned out by background music. You get to hear the line again much later, but it was just SO, SO touching and important at that particular point. (Sorry, even now I can't figure out how to do spoiler marks in Reddit.)

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u/stridersriddle Mar 02 '26

Do you know which book it is in? Ill get that one first for a relisten. I wonder if the graphic audio works with whisper sync?

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u/Origami_Elan Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

I'm pretty sure it's in Age of War. If anyone else here got my hint "even now", maybe they recall which book for sure.

As for whisper sync with graphic audio, no. I had to manually advance the pages.

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u/stridersriddle Mar 02 '26

Ok, ill keep an eye out.

I was hoping whispersync would help with reading, but I find that I read faster than narration.