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I woudn't refuse to read a first-person narrative, but I think it's a more difficult type of writing and easier to get wrong. It's one of those Jemima things - when it's good, it's very, very good (just think how many of the classics are in first person, at least part of the time), but when it's bad, it's rubbish. Possibly because the reader is being asked to invest more - i.e. identify with the character - so when it goes wrong, it's somehow more personal too.
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