Do you like reading books with multiple protagonists?
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Re: Do you like reading books with multiple protagonists?
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With multiple protagonists, it just shows how the author incorporated each of them to make the story and it makes it exciting because each of the them is different. Even though, it's nice to read books with multiple protagonists, I hope the author didn't have a hard time. I salute the author for that.
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It really depends on the story. I love getting different points of view as it makes the plot (sometimes) more understandable. However, if the writing cannot interweave the plots together to form the dance needed for the different protagonists to make sense to each other, then the entire thing will fall apart.Amagine wrote:In the story, we are introduced to three protagonists who are all in different continents and who have lives that are completely separate from one another. With multiple protagonists, it's like you get three different stories and plot in one book.
As a reader, do you like books with multiple protagonists or do you prefer to have only one? Why? What is it about having a singular or multiple protagonist that intrigues you?
I am trying like crazy but I cannot remember the last book I read with multiple protagonists. I read a lot of YA so they're mostly one pov. I'm going to be wracking my brain now!
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I read a book which has about six primary characters and at times, I mixed and jumbled up the plot. It is intriguing that reveals more than what a protagonist can show us. It makes the reader have a few vantage point to make reading a better experience.Amagine wrote:In the story, we are introduced to three protagonists who are all in different continents and who have lives that are completely separate from one another. With multiple protagonists, it's like you get three different stories and plot in one book.
As a reader, do you like books with multiple protagonists or do you prefer to have only one? Why? What is it about having a singular or multiple protagonist that intrigues you?
Bonus question: Do you feel like My Trip to Adele did well in using multiple protagonists?
For your bonus question, I think it is good that the author goes with the multiple protagonists but I couldn't say that it was better than having a protagonist on this story. Anyways, I'm satisfied on how the author wrote it.
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Still, I always choose the one I like the most and can even read only the parts about him missing all the others.
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I agree. They do. And multpiple protagonists help to create a lot of sub plots that create a richer larger plot once done correctly. Hence, i donlike multiple protagonists and the chemistry they build within a novelShreyoshi Sen wrote:I like books with multiple protagonists. Though the writers of these books need a pat on their back because maintaining the essence of all the characters throughout the book is quiet difficult.