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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I haven't yet read the book in question "my trip to Adele", but am interested to see how the author manages multiple protagonists
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I agree. Having multiple protagonists in a story gives us many perspectives and different twists.michelonline29 wrote:Its all right for a book to have multiple protagonists as long as they are connected with the story line. I had read this book and I do understand all the role of each protagonist and the story line was also good.
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I agree, but usually, when we have multiple protagonists their story crosses at some point. This wasn't the case here.michelonline29 wrote:Its all right for a book to have multiple protagonists as long as they are connected with the story line. I had read this book and I do understand all the role of each protagonist and the story line was also good.
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This is what I was waiting for in the story. I thought the three protagonists would cross their ways and find inspiration from each other but it never happened.BookishBookkeeping wrote:I have only read the sample for "My trip to Adele" so I can't comment on it, but I was under the impression that at some point all three would cross each others path. So I'm a bit disappointed about finding that out.
I do like multiple protagonists especially if their paths connect or cross because it gives me a sense of how much our own lives cross and connect with others.
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I waited for it too, and was disappointed it didn't happen.Donnavila Marie01 wrote:This is what I was waiting for in the story. I thought the three protagonists would cross their ways and find inspiration from each other but it never happened.BookishBookkeeping wrote:I have only read the sample for "My trip to Adele" so I can't comment on it, but I was under the impression that at some point all three would cross each others path. So I'm a bit disappointed about finding that out.
I do like multiple protagonists especially if their paths connect or cross because it gives me a sense of how much our own lives cross and connect with others.
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I like your idea of getting different schools of thoughts. This is true because good readers do not just consider the story if it is entertaining but they also consider if they will learn something or not.Penielmike wrote:I love books with multiple protagonists. It adds flavour to the book as it brings out different schools of though over a particular matter thereby leaving with the task of judging which opinion is best.
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I don't mind at all if all the protagonists are narrators, as long as it is done right. I read several such books and wasn't confused at all.Donnavila Marie01 wrote:I like the idea of having multiple protagonists in a book but I don't support the practice of making all of the protagonists as narrators. The shift from one narrator to the other is sometimes confusing.
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