Reddit reviews The Art of Voice Acting: The Craft and Business of Performing Voiceover
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I think that's what Harry's trying to get at. That there isn't any real craft to what that guy is doing. It's a bad example of voice acting because there isn't any thought being put into intonation, pauses, and the like. He's just reading, without any type of intention or meaning behind the words. It's essentially a guy doing a cool voice... and that's it. And "doing cool voices" really isn't what voice acting is about.
As an audience member, we can't glean what he's feeling, or where he's coming from, or what he intends to accomplish with the way he delivers his copy. Our only clue as to what he's feeling is what it explicitly says in the text.
That's kind of the base level of voice acting. You want to tell a story, through not only the letter of the text, but the way you convey feeling through vocal expressiveness.
The link I posted earlier will provide better examples of what you should be going after.
If you're looking for a book, here's what I'm reading currently:
The Art of Voice Acting
My copy came with a CD too... so that should be helpful.
maybe this would be something? a book on voice acting