I'm a 43 yo woman who started listening to the audiobooks after my daughter passed away 7 years ago. We loved the movies, but neither of us had read the books. I found comfort in the audiobooks because the story was familiar, because we watched the movies so may times together, but it was still exciting because is so much more to the stories that you just don't know if you haven't read the books; and, it felt like we were listening together. The story is so special to me because it helped me connect to my daughter when she was here, and it helped me heal after she was gone. I still listen to the books regularly because they are a safe, warm place for me.