Is Prince of Nothing really gritty?

[Rexington]

I am almost done with the Prince of Nothing series. It is excellently written. I am not enjoying it nearly as much as Malazan and many others. While I waited for the 3 book to arrive in the mail the first book to the Night Angel trilogy arrived. I read about 250 pages and I really liked it. Not as complex or as well written as PoN, however it has that lightness and simplicity that makes it fun to read. I put it in my Green Day category (not very good musicians who write songs that are fun to listen to). Other books/series in that category are anything by Terry Brooks and David Eddings. Also the Mistborn trilogy, RA Salvatore's Drizzt books, and the Death Gate Cycles.

[Lordwalker]

Not sure if this is on topic or not but.......Has anyone tried the audiobook version of these? I noticed recently that they are available at audible.com and wondered if they are good (as an audiobook) or not.