Books Made Me Broke discussion

Which one do you prefer, and why?

Third. I don't like 1st person because its a tricky style to pull off as it is and you have to have a retain job of writing style to really pull the reader in. I've reviewed many many books and I can say that 90% of the first person books get low recommendations simply because they were difficult to understand, troublesome to read, and not easy to get into. Grammar is a huge issue that comes with first person books, I've noticed as well.

It depends on the storyline + genre—I like them both.
Romances I usually prefer being 3rd
Action + Adventure I usually prefer 1st.

It's funny, because in books I read whatever. Third person is best, but it doesn't matter if it's first. But if I read fanfiction(because I do), I can't stand first person. It's the most horrible thing I have ever encountered.

From the author's point of view, i guess it would be easier to write from the first person's pov. Although in my opinion I much prefer the third person. I love the way you can experience emotions from different characters in the book not only the main character's.

Chimney wrote: "In fanfiction (I read it too.) when it is first person it usually makes it feel too much like a self-insert, especially if they change the characters name. For example: writing a femHarry story, but changing the name to Joyce and then...."

I completely agree with the self-insert. But that goes for both fanfiction and actually published works as well. I too, enjoyed it in The Hunger Games, but for example in Twilight, it felt as though the writer was trying too hard to make the reader imagining themselves to be Bella.

And in fanfiction, it often is the feeling of actually wanting to be the character that is the trigger for writing it. Say you want to be with Draco, and you ship Dramione, there is a slight chance that you alter Hermione to be more like yourself. And that's more okay in fanfiction than in published works, because it's fanfiction.

I would say first. I think it's because the readers can understand what is inside the person's head, what they're thinking, feeling, stuff like that. When it's in third person, I feel like it is harder to stay on one topic (to write), and harder for the readers to relate to characters (not saying impossible). I read The Tenderness of Wolves by Steph Penny the other day, it follows around 5 or 6 characters that have little to no similarities. Ask me how many characters' lives I remember in that book. Having said that, it did give me an insight on more than one person to think about in the story. I really liked that book though :)

Chimney wrote: "Lina wrote: "Chimney wrote: "In fanfiction (I read it too.) when it is first person it usually makes it feel too much like a self-insert, especially if they change the characters name. For example:..."

Okay, if you haven't read twilight, you have an excelent opportunity to watch Alex Reads Twilight on youtube. It is hilarious, and he points out everything that is wrong with the books.
But if you prefer to read them and judge them yourself: they are... good for someone who doesn't read a lot. They are good for someone who hasn't read litterature.

Cookie-joud wrote: "I would say first. I think it's because the readers can understand what is inside the person's head, what they're thinking, feeling, stuff like that. When it's in third person, I feel like it is ha..."

I have the exact same thing with The Casual Vacancy. It follows too many people, and it's hard to hang on to the story, because of it. I like third person best, but not when there are fifty persons to follow.

It doesn't really matter to me

I think it depends on the story. Usually I prefer a third-person narrator because it offers a better overall understanding of the characters.