3 readings
James McAvoy
We hold 3 readings in this voice, on 4,229 ratings of the narration. Every one of them is rated by enough listeners for us to say where the reading stands. What follows is a record of recordings and not a verdict on a narrator. The stamp belongs to the book, the standing belongs to the reading, and neither of them belongs to James McAvoy.
Earmark judges books and recordings, never narrators. A verdict says which format deserves your one and only first encounter with a book, so it belongs to the book; where a reading stands is a claim about one recording, measured against every other book on our shelf, and it belongs to that recording. Neither of those is a claim about a working life, so there is no score here for James McAvoy and there is not going to be one. We also say nothing at all about a reading fewer than 250 people have rated. That bar is published on House Rules, and it is the same bar whether we would be praising a recording or criticising it.
J.K. Rowling · Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows · with Hugh Laurie, Matthew Macfadyen, Ruth Wilson and 11 more voices
An alternative reading we hold · 1,286 ratings · Read by 15 voices
- The performance
- 4.85Audible’s performance score, on 1,286 ratings of the narration in every shop we count.
- The book as told
- 4.94Audible’s story score for the same recording: the book, as this recording tells it.
- How often it goes badly
- 1.5%19 of 1,287 listeners gave the performance one or two stars.
Our verdict on the run is Listen to it, decided on a different recording, not on James McAvoy’s.
J.K. Rowling · Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire · with Hugh Laurie, Ruth Wilson, Michelle Gomez and 11 more voices
An alternative reading we hold · 1,588 ratings · Read by 15 voices
- The performance
- 4.75Audible’s performance score, on 1,588 ratings of the narration in every shop we count.
- The book as told
- 4.90Audible’s story score for the same recording: the book, as this recording tells it.
- How often it goes badly
- 3.1%50 of 1,588 listeners gave the performance one or two stars.
Our verdict on the run is Listen to it, decided on a different recording, not on James McAvoy’s.
J.K. Rowling · Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix · with Hugh Laurie, Keira Knightley, Kit Harington and 11 more voices
An alternative reading we hold · 1,355 ratings · Read by 15 voices
- The performance
- 4.80Audible’s performance score, on 1,355 ratings of the narration in every shop we count.
- The book as told
- 4.89Audible’s story score for the same recording: the book, as this recording tells it.
- How often it goes badly
- 1.8%25 of 1,355 listeners gave the performance one or two stars.
Our verdict on the run is Listen to it, decided on a different recording, not on James McAvoy’s.