The Headless Horseman does not make his appearance until the last third of the book, and let me tell you there is build-up and anticipation. We get to know Von Braun who is meat-head douche with nothing better to do but try to hook up with Katrina. We get to know Katrina Von Tassle who is kind of a slut (her petticoats show her ankle, y’all she might as well be a stripper). We get to know Ichabod Crane who does not look like Johnny Depp, but more like the Disney version – he is tall and lanky. Irving really sets the scene and the tone with the build-up. With the story itself, there is a lot of build-up. Since this is a classic, getting lost in it really does present a challenge, unless it is done right. With audiobooks, having a good narrator is very important, with a bad reader it’s very hard to lose yourself in the words since you are so focused on the voice. Also the voice of the reader was excellent, I felt like I was listening to my grandpa tell me a ripping yarn. There was also piano mood music at different intervals. There were creepy sound effects (yeah driving to this on a dark stormy night is not such a good idea). I felt the audio had set the mood perfectly. Now don’t get me wrong, YA is awesome, but it is a tough transition to make from YA to the classics. To me, this is the perfect way to read Sleepy Hollow, especially coming into it from reading nothing but YA. I audio-ed the BBC version of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving in the car.
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