Beautiful writing, terrible reading

You probably don't need me to tell you that Marilynne Robinson is a brilliant writer. She writes haunting, sophisticated, thoughtful prose. Unfortunately, nobody told Becket Royce that. This reader (whose other work apparently includes Christmas stories and genre fiction) is totally unsuited to Marilynne Robinson's work. She reads with all the expressiveness of the GPS directions on my phone, or a flight attendant going through emergency procedures. Her tone is almost robotic, as if she had no idea what the sentences she's reading actually mean, and each sentence seems entirely detached from the sentences before and after. She reads the most powerful passages in the story with the indifference of a waitress telling you what salad dressings are available. I forced myself to finish the book because I was on a trip with no other options, but I would not recommend this reader to anyone.