Hey, I saw the podbook of this on my flist (amplificathon) and downloaded it more or less on a whim.
Usually, I'm not that much into wincest or d/s (not against it, just not actively looking for it), but since I'm always interested in longer podfic, I decided to try this anyway. I am so glad I did.
I'm not going to comment on the story, which is amazing in its own right, but just wanted to give you detailed feedback on your wonderful reading.
Firstly, I have tell you that you have one of the nicest voices I've heard reading podfic.
Your reading is pretty even over the course of the recording: you can sometimes hear when you picked up reading again after some time, but it's never distracting. You pace the reading very well, neither too fast nor too slow, especially the former of which is not so uncommon in podfic.
The pronunciation is always clear and easy to understand, and I don't think I ever noticed you tripping over a word or mumbling away a part of a sentence.
There's a little white noise in the background in the first part of the reading, but you seem to have resolved that issue very quickly. In some of the other parts, there's this slightly metallic sort of echo - it's not really distracting, I'm just trying to give you my detailed impression, that's all.
Finally, your reading has a quality which I really admire in readers: a great balance between a straight-forward reading and voice-acting. Your voice is never expressionless, but you take yourself back enough in the expository parts of the story to allow the listener to absorb the narrative and draw her own conclusions. In dialog, you manage to capture a lot of conflicting feelings in the emotionally charged dialog (sometimes also free indirect discourse from Sam's POV), using both volume and pace. For example, it really broke my heart how Sam's voice becomes quiet and hard and then desperate when he reproaches himself in his father's words; at the same time, you also conveyed the lightness and tenderness when Dean takes care of him or when they just have some innocent fun together.
I am honestly amazed that this is your first podfic - and a little disappointed, too, because this means I will have to wait if I want to hear more.
Thank you so much for sharing, and I hope you'll continue reading.
P.S. In case you're really interested in suggestions as to what to read in future, how about you post what fandom(s), types of story, pairings, and length of story you'd be willing to read?
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Usually, I'm not that much into wincest or d/s (not against it, just not actively looking for it), but since I'm always interested in longer podfic, I decided to try this anyway. I am so glad I did.
I'm not going to comment on the story, which is amazing in its own right, but just wanted to give you detailed feedback on your wonderful reading.
Firstly, I have tell you that you have one of the nicest voices I've heard reading podfic.
Your reading is pretty even over the course of the recording: you can sometimes hear when you picked up reading again after some time, but it's never distracting. You pace the reading very well, neither too fast nor too slow, especially the former of which is not so uncommon in podfic.
The pronunciation is always clear and easy to understand, and I don't think I ever noticed you tripping over a word or mumbling away a part of a sentence.
There's a little white noise in the background in the first part of the reading, but you seem to have resolved that issue very quickly. In some of the other parts, there's this slightly metallic sort of echo - it's not really distracting, I'm just trying to give you my detailed impression, that's all.
Finally, your reading has a quality which I really admire in readers: a great balance between a straight-forward reading and voice-acting. Your voice is never expressionless, but you take yourself back enough in the expository parts of the story to allow the listener to absorb the narrative and draw her own conclusions. In dialog, you manage to capture a lot of conflicting feelings in the emotionally charged dialog (sometimes also free indirect discourse from Sam's POV), using both volume and pace. For example, it really broke my heart how Sam's voice becomes quiet and hard and then desperate when he reproaches himself in his father's words; at the same time, you also conveyed the lightness and tenderness when Dean takes care of him or when they just have some innocent fun together.
I am honestly amazed that this is your first podfic - and a little disappointed, too, because this means I will have to wait if I want to hear more.
Thank you so much for sharing, and I hope you'll continue reading.
P.S. In case you're really interested in suggestions as to what to read in future, how about you post what fandom(s), types of story, pairings, and length of story you'd be willing to read?