Dramatized Format/Adaption worth adding to library

If you want to know if this title is worth the credit, the answer is yes! Only get the complete version with all the parts as one, however. The full cast, sound effects, and other additions make it fun and exciting to listen to.

Is this version better than the other version? no. it isn't worse either. I think the decision on which to get should be based on your taste in how audiobooks are done. Here are a few reasons for both:

The Dramatized version can be distracting. If you do not know the story already, I can see people having to rewind to catch stuff the sound effects distract from.

There are dialogue changes to the Dramatized version that are well done.

Although the original Narrator did a 5-star job, the cast is too large and many of the characters didn't sound right. My best example is the Steel girl. In the original narration, she sounds overly masculine, likely due to the Narrator being unable to fit yet another female voice into his list. Having a full cast allows for the different voices that are appropriate to the characters.

In the dramatized version, however, there are voices/voice actors whose performance was not what I expect after hearing the first version so many times. An example here is Nick. He didn't sound the same. This isn't the new voice actor's shortcoming, just too different from what I expected. Other voices also don't seem to match the history of who the character is. Roy needs to be more Southern while Sally sounds southern but she's from the midwest.

Lastly, why I gave this an overall 3-star. it's two reasons, both of which are about the production of the final product. First, I will NOT spend three credits on one book so this part 1 of 3 stuff is out. It feels like a cash grab. Lastly, when all three parts are placed into one volume, it is annoying to hear three end credits. those sections should be cut.

TL;DR: This is worth getting, even if you have the first set.

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Not a fan

So this is pretty simple, if you've never listened to the series, you'll probably like this. If you have, you probably won't be as big if a fan. The characters seem all wrong for the way they are written. Roy doesn't sound like he is from the south, Mary does.. Vince doesn't sound right, Nick feels all wrong. Mr. Transport and Numbers aren't British, nor is Dean Blain. Who ever did the voice casting didn't read the books, nor did the voice actors.
Can't give this more than 1 out of 5, and would refund in an instant if I could.

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Second time

I listened to the original Audible listing, but it had been a while and with a few credits to spare, I elected to give the Graphic Audio version a shot for my second listening. I really enjoyed this version. I think some of the characters, mostly Roy, were exactly as they should be. They did a great job casting him. I did have one criticism though; the voice actress playing Hershel’s mom is fantastic, but the accent… his mom is supposed to be a hard-willed Midwestern (mostly Chicago) momma bear character. In this version, she is a sweet and sugary toned southern black woman. I can see the logic that director and actress used to come up with the accent; which is the trope of a loving and protective Southern momma willing to take on anything and anyone to keep their family safe. This fits the character really well, BUT we know she’s from Chicago in the story so whenever she speaks the need for continuity pulls me out of the performance. That is my only criticism. Everyone did a terrific job, and I’ve already enjoyed many of Hayes’ stories.

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Somehow better than the original

This series was made for the Graphic Audio format. I own both versions, and while the first was good, full cast with music and effects really makes this story glow. The heart of a his series is the characters, and this audio style spotlights that. If you like superheroes, multilayered characters with heart, and young adults coming into their own m, this story is absolutely for you. I look forward to buying the rest of these books again in full cast. Hands down one of my favorite comfort reads.

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Amazing

This full cast version is just as good as the original single-narrator book. Which is to say: incredible!

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Not for me.

Not finishing this one, story mostly revolves about hormone oozing teens' romantic and social life. Both, characters and story, felt rather asinine to me.

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graphic audio knocked it out of the park again

this is the third series I've listened to and they are battling 100 so far.

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love it but….

loved the story, the dramatized performance was very well done. i however feel very ripped off. first saw this, listed as it was, one of three, and happy plunked down my credit. finished it and plunked down another credit for the next in the series. halfway thru the second of three, i learn i will be in an internet and even perhaps mobile dead zone, and decide to go ahead and get the third before heading out, and in searching for it, i find that my searches now turn a version, all “three” sections, in one unit, for one credit. WTHell?! i return the unfinished second and try to return the first and purchase the “three in one” but no, not allowed! why would that version not be shown when i was first being recommended the series to begin with? why would Audible still offer it packaged this way? three segments, for a credit each, of the same story/performance to their members, when they already have it, all three, nice and together for one credit? feels like deception! feels like misrepresentation! Again, love the story, love the performance, have even spent another credit on Book 2. just really feel let down by Audible at the moment. they have yet to respond to my inquiries.

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2nd time with this series

I really enjoyed this version, it was really well done and I loved hearing the talented voice actors act out the characters I came to know. The sound effects and music added to the story instead of taking away from it and were never overpowering. The characters came to life so much more for me this way and added alot of depth, They seem to have cut out some description or chapters but I don't think those would've added much to this type of adaptation. Super powereds dramatized has given me a new outlook on this kind of audiobook and I'm definitely going to be trying it more. It also gives me hope that people who don't traditionally like the idea of audiobooks may give these versions a try. Overall it was fantastic and I recommend giving it a try!

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Lively and fun it brings Super Powereds alive!

This GraphicAudion version of Super Powereds was the first way I heard the story and the one that made me fall in love with the series. I only switched to the full Kyle McCarley narrated versions for Books 3 and 4 since neither was out in a GraphicAudio production at the time. It took awhile to get used to McCarley's different interpretation of the voices - I didn't like them at first - but I eventually got used to them and even went back to listen to Books 1 and 2 in his voice. Some people love the GA version, some hate it, but I think it depends on how you first discovered it.

This is Hayes first work based on a long-running web series. The prose in the original is often stiff, awkwardly phrased and repetitive. Where Hayes excels is in his complex, layered character development, his intelligently strategic plotting and his highly detailed world-building. He thinks through every aspect of what it would be like for a group of highly gifted, work hard/play hard type A personalities to come together in an elite training program where 80% will wash out before the end. This is what it takes to be a superhero so who has the stuff to make the grade? They're still kids, however, and like most college kids are sharing the experience of living away from their parents for the first time. How will they navigate life away the familiar? How will they manage friendships and romance? How will they party and still keep their grades up? Hayes brings this world and the people in it alive in an immersive narrative. The GraphicAudio team creates a lively, fun adaptation that enhances the best part of Hayes' creation. Highly recommended!

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