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Old 03-13-2014, 12:18 PM   #41
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
The general dislike for first person narratives (YA or not) has been one the biggest surprises of my "online life." I enjoy well-written first person stuff myself. Couldn't have been more shocked to discover it was a stand-alone "factor" in determining what people like, actually. Sort of akin to not liking the past tense.
I don't really get it either. I like both. (First and Third)
For the tenses, I haven't read too much that is present tense. Although, while I enjoyed The Hunger Games, it being both first person and present actually made things less suspenseful for me.
Spoiler:
Can't exactly kill your narrator until the end.
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