First-Person Narration - A Good Option?
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Re: First-Person Narration - A Good Option?
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I think it's easier for me to accept a first-person narrator when it is justified, and when it can really add something valuable to the narrative or of our understanding of the protagonist's psychology. Sometimes I think the subtlety of third person makes the book more complex and interesting, and doesn't give you all of the information about the character in such a direct way.
So for me it is definitely a case to case thing.
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I haven't read this particular book yet, but I consider third-person perspective to be "safer," so to speak. But first-person add suspense and a sense of immediacy if done properly.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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I totally agree with you. First person narration can make you feel like you are part of the plot; so much so that sometimes it's really difficult to accept that the you've finished the book, i.e. you just want it to continue, you miss the characters and there's a sense of parting. That's what a good first-person-narration book does to you.
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Fiction. I think the author should have used first person for both the characters.
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I love books usually portrayed in this light.
Makes want to read that book now!
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Did anyone else feel that the narration style was more similar to third-person than first-person?