ALEXANDER GRÄBELDINGER has been writing for Ox since the mid-2000s, putting his heart and soul into it. His creative work now includes two books. These two books compile his short stories that he has written for Ox, revolving around his life. A life that sounds extremely wild even for many of us subcultural freaks. I really enjoyed Mr. Gräbeldinger's second book, and accordingly, the review on ramtatta.de turned out well (read it at the link:
It is now trendy for anyone who writes a book to also want it to be recorded. However, in my opinion, many audiobooks are simply bad because they do not capture the mood of the book, and the atmosphere is lost.
The short stories by ALEXANDER GRÄBELDINGER have now been narrated by Oliver Korittke. Korittke, who is known to many from “Bang Boom Bang,” in my eyes was even better in “Die Musterknaben.” After “Die Musterknaben,” I didn’t hear much from Oliver Korittke for a long time. He has a huge sneaker collection and has participated in many television and film productions in recent years. However, none of the films came close to the aforementioned ones. Perhaps he tried his hand as a narrator on this double CD? Or maybe Alex and Oliver have been friends for so long that they were both excited about this project?
The CD is titled “THE HELL is hopefully a warm place to recover.”
Oliver Korittke reads alone for 140 minutes without effects. Pure reading!
Unfortunately, Oliver reads relatively monotonously. He makes an effort, but the atmosphere just doesn’t quite come through. The stories have potential, but they are simply not presented in a way that competes with the experience of reading the books yourself.
Even though I like Oliver Korittke and Alexander Gräbeldinger, what comes out of the speakers, mostly slightly bass-heavy and booming, does not come close to the experience of reading it myself. What a pity.
For the next book, please go back to good old-fashioned paper, and I will be happy.
