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Which do you prefer?

I tend to lean towards first person because I feel like it's a bit easier to get into a characters mind that way. But if done right, third person can be good too. For example, The Heroes of Olympus series is in third person but I love those.

I seem to like 1st person better but it honestly depends on the book.

It really depends on the book. If its an old one and boring, i prefer the first to the third in the book. I'm just weird like that :p

Damieka ~*IOnlyDateBookBoys*~ wrote: "Which do you prefer?

I tend to lean towards first person because I feel like it's a bit easier to get into a characters mind that way. But if done right, third person can be good too. For example..."

Heroes of Olympus isn't told in 3rd person.... There's is no 'other person' telling the story. It's switches between different first person points of view....? Which is my favorite type of book. You get to connect deeper with all of the characters. Like an alternating first person.

I like alternating 1st person, too. I think I like 1st person better. You just get to know the character(s) better. but it DOES depend on the book, like some books are told better in 3rd person, others in 1st person.. ETc.

Like most answers here, I too prefer 1st person, but it depends on the book.

@Nikki I'm pretty sure that The Heroes of Olympus books are actually in third person. They just alternate between narrators.

I like both, and I can write both, but I do prefer 1st person. in 3rd person, it's kind of easier to know everything before it happens, and I like to be surprised. (but I also like to call things and then say "BAM!" when it turns out I was right...)
Both have their merits. !st person is easier to connect with the character, and alternating 1st person can give you multiple MC's. But if you have a LOT of MC's or tons of supporting characters that you want to be able to focus on, 3rd person is better. 3rd person can get more descriptive, and is very good in some places. But in some books, 3rd person totally disconnects you from the MC and makes the book a flop (ex: Dark Visions by LJ Smith). But, there are cases in which I don't like 1st person, mainly when the book is told in the form of a journal (ex: Beka Cooper trilogy by Tamora Pierce, Darker Still by Leanna Renee Hieber)

In short, there are good and bad qualities to each.
But, to clarify and answer the question, i prefer 1st person.

I prefer first person that alternates into 3rd person ( ex: House Of Night) the main character Zoey is telling the story in firt person but they switch to different characters which is when the third person stuff starts.

Alyssa wrote: "Like most answers here, I too prefer 1st person, but it depends on the book.

@Nikki I'm pretty sure that The Heroes of Olympus books are actually in third person. They just alternate between narr..."

But the person telling the story has a limited view of the big picture based on what they know, and their own personal thoughts. They don't know what anyone else is thinking, and that's first person, right?

That can be done in third person as well Nikki

Yeah and isn't first person when you say 'I'? In HoO, they always say "Leo did this" or "Percy went there" and stuff like that.

Alyssa wrote: "Yeah and isn't first person when you say 'I'? In HoO, they always say "Leo did this" or "Percy went there" and stuff like that."

Yeah, I think it's more alternating third person point of view.

Exactly! Like in shadow falls except there is no point of view altering.

Onyx { Italian Girls Dont Take No Shit} wrote: "That can be done in third person as well Nikki"

It can? But isn't the whole point of third person to have dramatic irony, where the reader knows more than the characters?

Nikki *Otaku wrote: "Onyx { Italian Girls Dont Take No Shit} wrote: "That can be done in third person as well Nikki"

It can? But isn't the whole point of third person to have dramatic irony, where the reader knows mor..."

Not necessarily. That is one of the uses of third person, but some people just write in third person because it's easier for them and not because they want to reader to know more than the characters.

Monica&spikey wrote: "Nikki *Otaku wrote: "Onyx { Italian Girls Dont Take No Shit} wrote: "That can be done in third person as well Nikki"

It can? But isn't the whole point of third person to have dramatic irony, where..."

I agree. I think the Heroes of Olympus isn't really a dramtic irony third person POV but more just a alternating third person POV. You do get a little in the characters mind but it doesn't say things like 'I', 'Me', or 'My'.

i like first person wayy better!! but i like it when one chapter is one characters pov and the 2nd is another characters point of veiw, and so on...

Yeah, i prefer first person!!! like some of you said, i find it easier to get into the story because you can see the characters feelings easier and stuff.

Tbh third person books take a lot to keep my interest depending on the book 🫣