First-Person Narration - A Good Option?
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First-Person Narration - A Good Option?
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Hmm that is a great question!cristinaro wrote: ↑15 Feb 2020, 07:49 Do you think that it was a good idea for the author to alternate between Adam's and Carly's first-person narration? As far as I am concerned, I found Adam's passages more interesting and believable than Carly's. Would a third-person narration have worked better?
One of the cons of a first-person narrative is the narrative can be unreliable because you are seeing things filtered through their perception... but you gain greater in-depth knowledge of the person's who POV it is.
I do think it was interesting to see things through each of their POVs but the issue I had was the POVs were very fluid... You never really knew whos POV you were in and I feel like it even switched from Carly to Adam mid chapter.
I do think it would not have been better in a third-person narrative.
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I think that is a very valid point!Tehreem000 wrote: ↑15 Feb 2020, 12:24 I'm feeling guilty replying when I haven't read the book. I just wanted to say that sometimes expression of feelings leaves more impact in first-person narration, to me at least.
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I am a big fan of first-person narratives and I think the way the emotions are portrayed in the first person makes it easier to follow the story.cristinaro wrote: ↑15 Feb 2020, 07:49 Do you think that it was a good idea for the author to alternate between Adam's and Carly's first-person narration? As far as I am concerned, I found Adam's passages more interesting and believable than Carly's. Would a third-person narration have worked better?
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Yes, it really makes the first person narration feel better.Tehreem000 wrote: ↑15 Feb 2020, 12:24 I'm feeling guilty replying when I haven't read the book. I just wanted to say that sometimes expression of feelings leaves more impact in first-person narration, to me at least.
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Yes, it gives you more insight into the main character's emotions and perspective.AmatullahAG wrote: ↑16 Feb 2020, 05:58 I feel like first person narration is so much better at times. It gets you into the brain of the character and makes the book more personal, like you actually know the character. It’s ironic since I like writing in third person, lol!
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I think Adam as a character would have caused so much influence if the story was narrated in the third person.AntonelaMaria wrote: ↑16 Feb 2020, 13:43 First-person narration is all fine and dandy when you can make a difference between the characters. Otherwise... I don't know it is not about first or third person narration it is more of what kind of book it is. Maybe for fantasy, I wouldn't choose the first person.
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