Q of the Wk: Points of View in Books ?

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Q of the Wk: Points of View in Books ?
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Sun, 03-05-2006 - 9:00pm

What are your preferences in reading as far as Point of View?

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Registered: 09-13-2005
Sun, 03-05-2006 - 10:03pm

It doesn't matter to me whether it's first or third person. First person is a bit more personal though. Whichever the author chooses, though, he needs to maintain that through the book, otherwise it's so annoying.

I don't really enjoy books with multiple points of view, just because it's SO HARD to do well. I can't think of many authors that have written books in that manner that I really like.

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Registered: 09-01-2005
Sun, 03-05-2006 - 11:01pm
I don't have any preference i like both.I also like changing points of view as long as it is not too confusing.

 

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Mon, 03-06-2006 - 7:51am

I think first person is best but I really don't care that much. I'll read changing points of view but I sometimes get confused in the beginning because I don't pay close attention. All in all it doesn't really matter as long as it's a good book.

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Mon, 03-06-2006 - 10:29am

Is it me, or is using the first person more common these days?

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Registered: 03-31-2003
Mon, 03-06-2006 - 12:41pm

Point of view, first or third, doesn't matter to me

 

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Mon, 03-06-2006 - 2:10pm

Hi Harriet ~


Always enjoy reading your insightful posts.

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Registered: 02-15-2005
Mon, 03-06-2006 - 4:11pm

Like everyone else, point of view really doesn't matter to me much, but I will take issue with the point of view switching from character to character.

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Mon, 03-06-2006 - 5:39pm

I agree with Kim on the POV.

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Tue, 03-07-2006 - 12:52pm

I remember when i first began to get into reading books (12 years old?) and i was unable to read books which were written in the first person for some reason ... maybe because the books i was used to reading were written in the 2nd or 3rd and so it was a hurdle to overcome that i eventually did and now it doesnt matter either way. I also dont mind the POV jumps as long as it doesnt get confusing about who is who. I had some trouble with this in a book i recently read called "The Eight" by Katherine Neville, a thriller about a mythic chess set that jumps back and forth in time between the French revolution and modern day.
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Tue, 03-07-2006 - 9:32pm
It doesn't really matter to me or bother me as long as I can follow it and understand it.

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