A small, probably unfair, book rant… When I start a fantasy book and discover it’s written in first person, I groan a little. It takes a unique story or very good author to pull it off. (Thinking of Robin Hobb.) Even great books would be a little better in third person, with multiple perspectives. 📚

@manton This is super interesting! I think we're going to do an episode on this for our podcast. We have some additional folks making this point (and other counter points as well) that we might leverage.

@sarcassem Cool, hope it makes for a good discussion. To be honest I feel a little bit bad posting it… I try to get something positive out of everything I read, but the character perspective irks me sometimes.

@manton Nah, don't feel bad. I think it's absolutely valid. As a reader, we have to engage with the content we enjoy. If something the author is doing, no matter how intentional, pulls us out of that world even for a moment, it's a challenge.

@sarcassem Good point.

@manton I find with most authors, especially with an audiobook, that for first person narrative I will get two to three hours in, and then have to restart, before it really clicks for me.