One thought about the audiobook (regular). I have been listening at 2x which is perfect because I already read it, and this is just to catch up for book eight (Just have 7 now). If I had never read it, I would probably do 1.5. At 2x, Carl's speech sounds like it is regular 1x speed (unless he is panicked and yelling), Donut is fast, and Samantha is blazing fast and can barely understand her. The rest are brisk but very understandable. Yes I know this is a function of each character's speech rate. However, when (rarely) I bump it down to 1x speed, Carl's .......... speech.......... is........... painfully......... slow............. It............. drives......... me................. cra..........zy.
I have wondered if they did it on purpose to make a 15 hour book 25 hours, like James Patterson makes three page chapters with a page between them and start the new chapter halfway down the page, or me in high school cheating margins in 2 inches.