In This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: The Joy of Loving Something—Anything—Like Your Life Depends on It (6.5 hours), Australian journalist Tabitha Carvan presents an exuberant celebration of obsessions. Through her candid exploration of her personal fascination with Benedict Cumberbatch, star of “Sherlock,” The Imitation Game and Doctor Strange, Carvan makes the case that girls shouldn’t conceal or diminish what brings them pleasure—quite, they need to embrace it.
Carvan is a witty and ironic author, and voice actor Tanya Schneider does a wonderful job conveying the writer’s humorous perspective. Why is it acceptable for a man to plaster his workplace with paraphernalia for his favourite sports activities group, however a girl can’t put on her Benedict Cumberbatch hoodie exterior her home with out embarrassment? Amid the humor, Carvan nonetheless takes her topic significantly, and Schneider not solely captures Carvan’s perplexity as to why feminine obsessions stay hidden but in addition convincingly articulates Carvan’s argument that girls have to share their passions publicly. We have to embrace the enjoyment and power that our passions carry us, Carvan insists.
Both humorous and profound, that is a deeply pleasing audiobook.
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