diff --git a/LibCpp2IL/BinaryReaderHelpers.cs b/LibCpp2IL/BinaryReaderHelpers.cs
index 74fdc20d..589d7508 100644
--- a/LibCpp2IL/BinaryReaderHelpers.cs
+++ b/LibCpp2IL/BinaryReaderHelpers.cs
@@ -1,63 +1,59 @@
-using System;
+using System.Buffers.Binary;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 
 namespace LibCpp2IL;
 
 public static class BinaryReaderHelpers
 {
-    public static byte[] Reverse(this byte[] b)
-    {
-        Array.Reverse(b);
-        return b;
-    }
-
     public static ushort ReadUInt16WithReversedBits(this BinaryReader binRdr)
     {
-        return BitConverter.ToUInt16(binRdr.ReadBytesRequired(sizeof(ushort)).Reverse(), 0);
+        return BinaryPrimitives.ReverseEndianness(binRdr.ReadUInt16());
     }
 
     public static short ReadInt16WithReversedBits(this BinaryReader binRdr)
     {
-        return BitConverter.ToInt16(binRdr.ReadBytesRequired(sizeof(short)).Reverse(), 0);
+        return BinaryPrimitives.ReverseEndianness(binRdr.ReadInt16());
     }
 
     public static uint ReadUInt32WithReversedBits(this BinaryReader binRdr)
     {
-        return BitConverter.ToUInt32(binRdr.ReadBytesRequired(sizeof(uint)).Reverse(), 0);
+        return BinaryPrimitives.ReverseEndianness(binRdr.ReadUInt32());
     }
 
     public static int ReadInt32WithReversedBits(this BinaryReader binRdr)
     {
-        return BitConverter.ToInt32(binRdr.ReadBytesRequired(sizeof(int)).Reverse(), 0);
+        return BinaryPrimitives.ReverseEndianness(binRdr.ReadInt32());
     }
 
     public static ulong ReadUInt64WithReversedBits(this BinaryReader binRdr)
     {
-        return BitConverter.ToUInt64(binRdr.ReadBytesRequired(sizeof(ulong)).Reverse(), 0);
+        return BinaryPrimitives.ReverseEndianness(binRdr.ReadUInt64());
     }
 
     public static long ReadInt64WithReversedBits(this BinaryReader binRdr)
     {
-        return BitConverter.ToInt64(binRdr.ReadBytesRequired(sizeof(long)).Reverse(), 0);
+        return BinaryPrimitives.ReverseEndianness(binRdr.ReadInt64());
     }
 
     public static float ReadSingleWithReversedBits(this BinaryReader binRdr)
     {
-        return BitConverter.ToSingle(binRdr.ReadBytesRequired(sizeof(float)).Reverse(), 0);
+        return BitCast<uint, float>(binRdr.ReadUInt32WithReversedBits());
     }
 
     public static double ReadDoubleWithReversedBits(this BinaryReader binRdr)
     {
-        return BitConverter.ToDouble(binRdr.ReadBytesRequired(sizeof(double)).Reverse(), 0);
+        return BitCast<ulong, double>(binRdr.ReadUInt64WithReversedBits());
     }
 
-    private static byte[] ReadBytesRequired(this BinaryReader binRdr, int byteCount)
+    private static TTo BitCast<TFrom, TTo>(TFrom source)
+        where TFrom : unmanaged
+        where TTo : unmanaged
     {
-        var result = binRdr.ReadBytes(byteCount);
-
-        if (result.Length != byteCount)
-            throw new EndOfStreamException($"{byteCount} bytes required from stream, but only {result.Length} returned.");
-
-        return result;
+#if NET8_0_OR_GREATER
+        return Unsafe.BitCast<TFrom, TTo>(source);
+#else
+        return Unsafe.ReadUnaligned<TTo>(ref Unsafe.As<TFrom, byte>(ref source));
+#endif
     }
 }
diff --git a/LibCpp2IL/ClassReadingBinaryReader.cs b/LibCpp2IL/ClassReadingBinaryReader.cs
index 52a458fe..623411bb 100644
--- a/LibCpp2IL/ClassReadingBinaryReader.cs
+++ b/LibCpp2IL/ClassReadingBinaryReader.cs
@@ -423,8 +423,8 @@ protected void WriteWord(int position, long word)
                 rawBytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(word);
             }
 
-            if (ShouldReverseArrays)
-                rawBytes = rawBytes.Reverse();
+            if (BitConverter.IsLittleEndian != IsLittleEndian)
+                Array.Reverse(rawBytes);
 
             if (position > _memoryStream.Length)
                 throw new Exception($"WriteWord: Position {position} beyond length {_memoryStream.Length}");
diff --git a/LibCpp2IL/EndianAwareBinaryReader.cs b/LibCpp2IL/EndianAwareBinaryReader.cs
index 80a5d804..e6957585 100644
--- a/LibCpp2IL/EndianAwareBinaryReader.cs
+++ b/LibCpp2IL/EndianAwareBinaryReader.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
 
@@ -6,9 +5,8 @@ namespace LibCpp2IL;
 
 public class EndianAwareBinaryReader : BinaryReader
 {
-    protected bool ShouldReverseArrays = !BitConverter.IsLittleEndian; //Default to LE mode, so on LE systems, don't invert.
-
     public bool IsBigEndian { get; private set; } = false;
+    public bool IsLittleEndian => !IsBigEndian;
 
     private int _numBytesReadSinceLastCall = 0;
 
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@ public EndianAwareBinaryReader(Stream input, Encoding encoding, bool leaveOpen)
 
     public void SetBigEndian()
     {
-        ShouldReverseArrays = BitConverter.IsLittleEndian; //Set to BE mode, so on LE systems we invert.
         IsBigEndian = true;
     }
 
@@ -69,7 +66,7 @@ public sealed override short ReadInt16()
     {
         _numBytesReadSinceLastCall += 2;
 
-        if (!ShouldReverseArrays)
+        if (IsLittleEndian)
             return base.ReadInt16();
 
         return this.ReadInt16WithReversedBits();
@@ -79,7 +76,7 @@ public sealed override int ReadInt32()
     {
         _numBytesReadSinceLastCall += 4;
 
-        if (!ShouldReverseArrays)
+        if (IsLittleEndian)
             return base.ReadInt32();
 
         return this.ReadInt32WithReversedBits();
@@ -89,7 +86,7 @@ public sealed override long ReadInt64()
     {
         _numBytesReadSinceLastCall += 8;
 
-        if (!ShouldReverseArrays)
+        if (IsLittleEndian)
             return base.ReadInt64();
 
         return this.ReadInt64WithReversedBits();
@@ -99,7 +96,7 @@ public sealed override ushort ReadUInt16()
     {
         _numBytesReadSinceLastCall += 2;
 
-        if (!ShouldReverseArrays)
+        if (IsLittleEndian)
             return base.ReadUInt16();
 
         return this.ReadUInt16WithReversedBits();
@@ -109,7 +106,7 @@ public sealed override uint ReadUInt32()
     {
         _numBytesReadSinceLastCall += 4;
 
-        if (!ShouldReverseArrays)
+        if (IsLittleEndian)
             return base.ReadUInt32();
 
         return this.ReadUInt32WithReversedBits();
@@ -119,7 +116,7 @@ public sealed override ulong ReadUInt64()
     {
         _numBytesReadSinceLastCall += 8;
 
-        if (!ShouldReverseArrays)
+        if (IsLittleEndian)
             return base.ReadUInt64();
 
         return this.ReadUInt64WithReversedBits();
@@ -129,7 +126,7 @@ public sealed override float ReadSingle()
     {
         _numBytesReadSinceLastCall += 4;
 
-        if (!ShouldReverseArrays)
+        if (IsLittleEndian)
             return base.ReadSingle();
 
         return this.ReadSingleWithReversedBits();
@@ -139,7 +136,7 @@ public sealed override double ReadDouble()
     {
         _numBytesReadSinceLastCall += 8;
 
-        if (!ShouldReverseArrays)
+        if (IsLittleEndian)
             return base.ReadDouble();
 
         return this.ReadDoubleWithReversedBits();