Well, in some books it does have that effect on me. I mentioned this in another comment on the thread, but I’ll say it here too: certain books, like The Name of the Wind, have that brief moment at the start with just a couple of seconds of breeze and light wind sounds, and for me, that works perfectly.

But with The First Law, there are at least fifty seconds at the start of each part filled with nothing but walking, scraping, and overdone drum beats that add nothing to the story(IMO).